Hermann Erhard

Hermann Hesperus Erhard (born January 15, 1883 in Schwäbisch Gmünd , † January 5, 1968 ) was a German entrepreneur and local politician.

Career

Hermann Erhard attended the Realgymnasium in Schwäbisch Gmünd and first studied new philology and philosophy in Heidelberg from 1901 . In autumn 1902 he moved to the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , where he made friends with the later Federal President Theodor Heuss . In 1908 he was in Munich with the work Psychology as alleged basis of history and social economics to Dr. phil. PhD. He then went to Rome for a year , where he worked as a teacher.

From 1922 to 1957 he was commercial director and director of the metal goods factory Erhard & Söhne GmbH

Erhard was a member of the DDP during the Weimar Republic . From 1946 to 1953 he was a member of the local council in Schwäbisch Gmünd for the DVP .

He represented professional interests from 1949 to 1958 as Vice President of the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce and Industry .

Grave slab on the family grave in Gmünder Leonhardsfriedhof (2020)

He was buried in the Leonhard Cemetery in Gmünd . Part of the estate is preserved in the Schwäbisch Gmünd city archive .

Honors

1952: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1952: Honorary citizen of the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd

literature

Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German Who's Who . Arani, Berlin 1955.
Frieder Günther (Ed.): Theodor Heuss. Departure in the Empire. Letters 1892–1917 . Saur, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-25123-8 , p. 566 .

Individual evidence

^ Stadtarchiv Schwäbisch Gmünd, inventory D15.
↑ "On the 70th birthday in appreciation of the great services rendered to the intellectual and artistic life in his hometown, the political and social community and economic advancement", according to the Schwäbisch Gmünd city archive, local council minutes of October 30, 1952.

personal data
SURNAME	Erhard, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Erhard, Hermann Hesperus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German entrepreneur and local politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 15, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwäbisch Gmünd
DATE OF DEATH	5th January 1968

[1] Stadtarchiv Schwäbisch Gmünd, inventory D15.

[2] "On the 70th birthday in appreciation of the great services rendered to the intellectual and artistic life in his hometown, the political and social community and economic advancement", according to the Schwäbisch Gmünd city archive, local council minutes of October 30, 1952.