Heinrich Bernhard Röhrs

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Portrait - relief of Heinrich Bernhard Röhr , signed Bandel on the chest section , in the garden cemetery in Hanover

Heinrich Bernhard Röhrs (born August 10, 1776 in Bruchhausen in the county of Hoya ; † April 21, 1835 in Hanover ) was a German businessman and senator .

Career

Heinrich Bernhard Röhrs was the son of a captain who fought in the Seven Years' War and then withdrew into his private life. However, the father died in Heinrich Bernhard Röhr's youth. The further upbringing of the young Röhr was taken over by his maternal uncle , the archdeacon Thörl in Celle . He replaced the strict and upright education by the late Röhrs father with a loving and careful one . Heinrich Bernhard Röhrs learned old and new languages, but did not become a scholar, as his uncle had wished, but decided to become a businessman.

In several years traveling through the then Germany, Rohrs acquired by working in various large and nationally active Comptoirs particular an overview of the various commercial industries and trade in Europe.

Tomb in the garden cemetery

When the international economy in Europe picked up again after the end of the so-called French era and the restoration by the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Röhrs benefited from his earlier commercial experience: He opened a wool shop and exported to France , the Netherlands and England . Thanks to an affiliated cloth business , he was soon able to employ several important factories in Germany and abroad and even delivered his goods to the West Indies .

Around 20 families were able to earn a living by working for Röhrs. In addition , Röhrs unselfishly managed assets and goods entrusted to him . So he was first elected by the united citizens of the city of Hanover "to represent their rights and freedoms" and after four years by the magistrate in 1825 as senator. As such, the devout Röhrs, who had his own altar in his house , was initially responsible for the city's finances , which he knew how to preserve and increase.

Aftermath

See also

literature

  • Bernhard Friedrich Voigt: Heinrich Bernhard Röhrs , in: New Nekrolog der Deutschen , thirteenth year, first part, printing and publisher: Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar 1837, p. 421, online via Google books

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Bernhard Röhrs  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Bernhard Friedrich Voigt: Heinrich Bernhard Röhrs (see literature)
  2. ↑ Gerd Weiß, Marianne Zehnpfennig: middle , in: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, city of Hanover, part 1, [Bd.] 10.1 , ISBN 3-528-06203-7 , appendix directory of architectural monuments acc. § 4 (NDSchG) (except for architectural monuments of the archaeological monument preservation) , status: July 1, 1985, City of Hanover, Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation , p. 3f.
  3. ↑ NN : The graves of the garden cemetery ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the side of the Evangelical Lutheran garden church St. Marien @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gartenkirche.de
personal data
SURNAME Röhrs, Heinrich Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman and senator
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1776
PLACE OF BIRTH Bruchhausen
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1835
Place of death Hanover