Hermann Doormann

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Hermann Doormann (born August 23, 1752 in Hamburg ; † March 4, 1820 ibid) was a German council syndicate and diplomat .

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Hermann Doormann was the son of Frans Doormann . He completed his studies at the University of Göttingen in 1776 with a doctorate in both rights . His doctoral thesis dealt with Hamburg private law. He then worked as a lawyer . Since he had a good knowledge of the French language, the Hamburg council elected him in 1791 as Syndicus. During the French period in Hamburg , Doormann was more open to the views of the French diplomat Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne than to the wishes of the English envoy Edward Thornton .

In 1808, Doormann asked the British government via Patrick Colquhoun whether they would allow the Hanseatic cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck to join the Rhine Confederation . Bremen's Senator Johann Smidt also pursued the same plans, which were viewed with skepticism by the British . Doormann did not receive a clear answer to his request.

As part of the preparation for war against Russia , Napoleon Bonaparte formed the General Government of the Hanseatic Departments at the end of 1810. Hamburg became the capital of the department of the mouth of the Elbe . Doormann was doyen of a Hanseatic commission, which Napoleon pledged allegiance to in Paris in early 1811 . The Hanseatic cities have always asked for a common, connecting hinterland, the “Territoire”, said Doormann in his speech. Napoleon appointed Doormann a member of the Conseil général in 1811 . He should assist the prefect of the department, Patrice Claude Ghislain de Coninck . Together with Amandus Augustus Abendroth , Martin Jenisch and Hans Werner von Mending , Doormann became a member of the Paris Corps législatif in April 1812. Under the leadership of Jean-Pierre Bachasson de Montalivet , they worked in Paris from May to August 1812 together with other Législateurs from the departments of the Weser estuary and the Oberems and discussed details of the French assimilation policy in the Hanseatic departments, which was directed from Paris. In 1812 Napoleon awarded Doormann the lowest rank of the Réunion Order.

Even after the cantonal elections of November 1812, the results of which did not come into play due to political turbulence, Doormann remained in office. In February / March 1813 he took part in a meeting of the body of acclamation in the Palais Bourbon and received his remuneration until the spring of 1814, although the Generalgouvernement was under siege. During the short-term liberation of Hamburg under the leadership of Friedrich Karl von Tettenborn from March to May 1813, Doormann held back politically, but in 1814 he played an active role in the reparation and compensation negotiations that the Hamburg state led after the Paris Peace Treaty.

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SURNAME Doorman, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German council syndicate and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1820
Place of death Hamburg