Henning Franz Hampe

Henning Franz Hampe (born July 13, 1670 in Hakenstedt ( Bördekreis ), † June 18, 1722 ) was a member of the council of the city of Haldensleben and treasurer .

Hampe was born as the son of the former leaseholder of the monastery, bailiff Gebhard Johann Hampe and his wife Catharina Elisabeth Hampe. He played an important role in the history of the town of Haldensleben at the beginning of the 18th century when the electoral court appointed him “a member of the council and a permanent chamberlain” on January 25, 1700.

At this time, Haldensleben also had to deal with the immigration of Huguenots , which the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm initiated in 1685. In 1699, Haldensleben took in the first 50 Huguenot families, for whom accommodation had to be provided and integration into existing structures had to be organized. Henning Franz Hampe was delegated there to deal with the complex tasks facing the council at the time.

To strengthen his official authority, Henning Franz Hampe was also awarded the title of third extraordinary mayor of the city of Haldensleben by the sovereign in May 1701. In 1706 he even moved to the first place of the council at that time. In the same year we chose Franz Henning Hampe also the mayor and city judge. He was now mayor, chamberlain and judge in one person. His organizational talent, his assertiveness and his professional competence had an impact on important structural tasks as well as structural urban planning and organizational changes, which to this day bear witness to his farsightedness. As a landowner with considerable possessions, he campaigned for the surveying of the urban area in 1721. After his death on June 18, 1722, he found his final resting place in a vault of the Jacobi Church.

Web links

• Henning Franz Hampe on the Hakenstedt website