Heinrich Runge (heraldist)

Heinrich Runge (heraldist) 1867

Berlin memorial plaque on the house, Koepenicker Strasse 92, in Berlin-Mitte

tomb

Heinrich Runge (born December 15, 1817 in Zehdenick , † November 26, 1886 in Berlin ; full name: August Ferdinand Heinrich Runge ) was a German heraldist and curator .

He was the son of a wood and coal merchant who was also a city councilor in Berlin from 1844.

In 1851 Heinrich Runge moved to Switzerland . The reasons were the disadvantages of participating in the 1848 revolution . In the antiquarian museum of Zurich he found a job as a curator, which also required membership of the board. Returned to Berlin in 1861, he became a city councilor and member of parliament. In 1872 he was appointed city treasurer until his death. From 1867 to 1874 he was a member of the Reichstag for the Progress Party as a member of the Berlin constituency.

His heraldic merits can be seen in the effort to reissue the Zurich coat of arms . With a foreword from him in the edition, he reached the edition of the special work in 1860.

Honors

Runge is buried in the old Luisenstadt cemetery . His grave was dedicated to the city of Berlin as an honorary grave until 2017 . A street in Berlin is named after him.

Works

The coat of arms of Zurich: a heraldic monument of the 14th century , Antiquarian Society in Zurich, self-published by the society, Zurich 1860 ( online in the Google book search - with a redrawing of the complete set of coats of arms).

Individual evidence

^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives . 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 27; see. also A. Phillips (Ed.): The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1883. Statistics of the elections for the constituent and North German Reichstag, for the customs parliament, as well as for the first five legislative periods of the German Reichstag . Publishing house Louis Gerschel, Berlin 1883, p. 17.

literature

Heinrich Pröhle : Runge, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 29, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 688 f.

Web links

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

About Runge
The coat of arms of Zurich , Antiquarian Society in Zurich, 1860
Heinrich Runge in the database of members of the Reichstag

personal data
SURNAME	Runge, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German conservator, heraldist and politician (DFP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	December 15, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zehdenick
DATE OF DEATH	November 26, 1886
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives . 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 27; see. also A. Phillips (Ed.): The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1883. Statistics of the elections for the constituent and North German Reichstag, for the customs parliament, as well as for the first five legislative periods of the German Reichstag . Publishing house Louis Gerschel, Berlin 1883, p. 17.