Heinrich Kellinghusen

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Heinrich Kellinghusen

Heinrich Kellinghusen (born April 16, 1796 in Hamburg ; † April 20, 1879 there ) was a lawyer and First Mayor of Hamburg.

Life

Gravestone of Heinrich Kellinghusen , Ohlsdorf cemetery (2016)

Kellinghusen attended the Johanneum School of Scholars . There he befriended Otto Wolters, who later became the main pastor in Hamburg . He completed his law degree in Jena on July 9, 1819 . In the same year he obtained Hamburg citizenship . He was enrolled as a lawyer in Hamburg on October 4, 1819 and was admitted as such until 1831. As he was very successful, he was appointed to the Hamburg Senate on July 4, 1831, although he was Catholic . The Senate was also the supreme authority of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Hamburg state . He worked in the Senate in various functions, but above all in the judiciary. The Hamburg Senate was also the highest court in Hamburg. In 1843, after the fire in Hamburg , Kellinghusen was elected mayor. He has held this office (President of the Senate) since then, alternating annually with the presidency of the Hamburg Higher Court until 1860.

Kellinghusen voted against the reforms of the Senate, which were passed in 1860. For the first time, the newly composed citizens of Hamburg had a say in the election of the senators. Since he was unable to assert himself with his ideas, Kellinghusen resigned from the Senate on January 1, 1861 and became President of the Hamburg Higher Court, which was now separated from the Senate. He presided over the Supreme Court until he retired on April 11, 1876. Kellinghusen died on April 20, 1879, and the last old mayor died with him .

Others

A grandson of Kellinghusen, Carl August Schröder , and a son-in-law, Johannes Christian Eugen Lehmann , also became First Mayors of Hamburg.

The park in Hamburg-Eppendorf belonging to Kellinghusen has been partially preserved. Parts of the park are built over. a. the Kellinghusenstraße and the underground station of the same name on its former site.

literature

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Kellinghusen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Sillem:  Wolters, Otto . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, p. 122.
  2. ↑ Gerrit Schmidt: The history of the Hamburg legal profession from 1815 to 1879 . Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3923725175 , p. 322
personal data
SURNAME Kellinghusen, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hamburg Mayor
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1879
Place of death Hamburg