Heinrich Franz Lehmann

Heinrich Franz Lehmann

Owned by Lehmann: House Große Märkerstraße 27 in Halle

Heinrich Franz Lehmann (born January 9, 1764 in Detershagen , † October 7, 1846 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German entrepreneur. He was a businessman and banker and founder of the HF Lehmann banking house in Halle (Saale).

Life

Lehmann was the son of the royal Prussian domain tenant, bailiff and later senior bailiff Friedrich Ludwig Lehmann , who died when Heinrich Franz was only seven years old. After the death of his father he was sent to the orphanage in Magdeburg . Thanks to the support of the Heusinger family from Halle, he obtained citizenship in this city in 1788 and shortly afterwards married a Heusinger niece. When his father-in-law Johann Friedrich Ernst suddenly died, he took over his business in 1788 as the HF Lehmann company on Halle's market square. In addition, he became a Prussian lottery holder in 1789. As a merchant, he mainly traded in salt, pasta, wine and starch. During the existence of the Kingdom of Westphalia , Lehmann was appointed salt factor. In this role he increasingly took on commission and forwarding business.

To alleviate the increasing plight of the poor, he became a co-founder of the town's citizens' association. He was also instrumental in founding the association for trade in Halle and was a member of the swimming pool in Halle. As such he wrote u. a. 1814 to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .

His son Ludwig Lehmann supported him in the business and in 1828 suggested a change of interests and the establishment of a banking business in Halle. As he got older, the father left the management to his son. This developed the HF Lehmann banking house into an important factor in the economic life of the Prussian province of Saxony and Central Germany .

literature

• Benno Rummel: Heinrich Franz Lehmann . In: Mitteldeutsche Lebensbilder, Volume 1, Lebensbilder des 19. Century . Magdeburg 1926, pp. 31-39