Heinrich Gerhard Schumacher

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Heinrich Gerhard Schumacher (born August 31, 1695 in Hamm ; † February 21, 1766 in Bremen ) was a German professor at the Academic Gymnasium in Bremen and mayor of Bremen .

biography

Schumacher was the son of the professor of philosophy at the Academic Gymnasium in Bremen and Reformed pastor Albert Schumacher (1661–1743). He studied law in Halle from 1718 to 1721 and then in Duisburg. Here he received his doctorate in 1721. jur. He then became professor of law at the Academic Gymnasium in Bremen.

From 1727 he was councilor in the Bremen council and in the 3rd line from 1751 to 1766 Bremen mayor . In connection with his tasks in the implementation of the Second Stade Settlement, it is documented that he was also Gohgräfe in Niedervieland and ship owner of the common good at the time . As the successor to Mayor Henrich Meier, who died in 1747, he was a visitor to the churches in the rural area.

Schumacher was married to Ilsabetha Holler (1704–1758), daughter of Mayor Johann Holler (1674–1742). Their children were Albert (1729–1783) and Margareta (* 1733).

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  • Manfred Komorowski: The Academic Gymnasium Hamm and the University of Duisburg: two reformed universities of the early modern period. In: Festschrift for the 350th anniversary of the Hammonense grammar school. 1657-2007 , ed. vom Gymnasium Hammonense, Hamm 2007, p. 27.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ As Gohgräfe at the acceptance of the homage of the inhabitants of the Niedervieland: Johann Herman Dunze: History of the Free City of Bremen . tape 4 , 1851, pp. 436 ( Scan: SuUB [accessed January 19, 2018]).
  2. ^ As a ship owner in the handover of the Blumenthal office and the court of Neuenkirchen: Johann Herman Dunze: History of the Free City of Bremen . tape 4 , 1851, pp. 433 ( Scan: SuUB [accessed January 19, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Konrad Elmshäuser: The church in Rablinghausen: church planting and church building in the Bremer Niedervieland . In: Bremisches Jahrbuch . tape 79 . Bremen 2000, p. 44 ( Scan: SuUB [accessed January 19, 2018]).
  4. ^ Johan Philip Cassel: Bremensia . tape 1 . Bremen 1766, p. 162 ff . ( Scan: SuUB [accessed on January 19, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Schumacher, Heinrich Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German university professor and mayor of Bremen
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1695
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamm
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1766
Place of death Bremen