Hermann Baumeister (politician)

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Hermann Baumeister
Master builder bust by Engelbert Peiffer in Hamburg City Hall .
Hermann Baumeister's statue at the civil justice building in Hamburg

Hermann Baumeister (born January 4, 1806 in Hamburg ; † April 16, 1877 ibid) was a German politician , member and president of the Hamburg Parliament and a lawyer .

Life

Hermann Baumeister came from a Hamburg merchant family and studied law in Tübingen . At first he was a lawyer . In 1835 he moved to the lower court as a judge , where he worked until 1859. This step was necessary because Baumeister wanted to devote himself more to scientific and political issues and this was easier as a judge. In 1848/49 he was President of the Constituent Assembly in Hamburg and a fighter for a modern Hamburg constitution. He was also a member of the Council u. Citizens' Deputation of the City.

From 1859 until his death in 1877, Baumeister was employed as a judge at the higher court and in 1876 became its president.

He belonged to the Hamburg citizenship from 1859 until his death and was President of Parliament from December 1863 to December 1865, January 1868 to June 1869 and December 1869 to April 1877. Since 1833 he was a member of the Hamburg Freemason Lodge Ferdinand zum Felsen .

Hermann Baumeister is commemorated on the double collecting grave plate of the Upper Court of the Althamburg Memorial Cemetery, Ohlsdorf Cemetery .

Fonts

  • Look at individual objects of Hamburg law. Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1852.
  • The private law of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. 2 volumes. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1856; (The book, also known under the name "Baumeister's Textbook", was considered a standard work on Hamburg private law). Also available in the online offer of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History .
    • Volume 1: General Part. Property law. Code of Obligations. 1856;
    • Volume 2: Family Law. Inheritance law. 1856.
  • The semi-public mild foundations in Hamburg. Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 1869.

literature

  • Wilhelm Heyden : The members of the Hamburg citizenship 1859–1862. Festschrift for December 6, 1909. Herold, Hamburg 1909, pp. 8-14.

recognition

The Baumeisterstraße in Hamburg-St. Georg was named after him.

Web links

Commons : Hermann Baumeister  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carl Hermann Eberstein: Hamburg's development from 1860–1884 . Hamburg 1884, p. 20 .
personal data
SURNAME Master builder, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician, Member of the Bundestag and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1877
Place of death Hamburg