Hermann Heinze (entrepreneur)

Hermann Heinze

August Hermann Heinze (born October 9, 1860 in Obhausen ; † July 13, 1920 in Hamburg ) was the cafetier and leaseholder of the fourth Alsterpavilion (1899–1913) on Jungfernstieg on the Hamburg Alster .

life and work

Hermann Heinze grew up as the second child of eleven children of the court master Christoph Friedrich Heinze from today's Großwilsdorf near Naumburg and the mother Eva Johanna Elbe from Querfurt in Obhausen. At a young age he went to Hamburg and learned to be a waiter . As a restaurateur, he successfully opened the Hackerbräu restaurant on the corner of Altenwall and Rathausmarkt . In April 1899 the city agreed to Heinze's offer: he built the fourth Alster pavilion with the winning competition design by the architect Wilhelm Hauer . Heinze bore the costs of buying the old pavilion, building the new one and the 25-year lease. Heinze met the visitors to the much discussed new building, who came from all over the world, with courage, courtesy and a good reputation. As an attraction, he offered pigeon feeding at the coffee house with a palm grove on Jungfernstieg . In September 1913 he sold the Alster pavilion. Heinze continued to run a pastry shop and the Alsterpavillon nursery in Alsterkrugchaussee. Heinze brought his entire family to Hamburg and found them a place to live and work. He separated from his first wife and married Friedchen Anna Marie Steinort . The family grave exists in Hamburg-Ohlsdorf on the Ohlsdorf cemetery .

Hermann Heinze in front of the Alster pavilion

literature

• Fritz Busse, Dirks Paulun: Hamburg sketches. 2nd Edition. Südwest Verlag, Munich 1969, OCLC 249245852 , pp. 5, 6.
• Carl Düsterdiek: 150 years of the Alster pavilion on Jungfernstieg. Hanseatische Druckanstalt, Hamburg 1949, pp. 39–49, 57, 92.
• Dorothée Engel (Ed.): The Jungfernstieg, yesterday today the day after tomorrow. Die Hanse, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-434-52606-4 , pp. 8, 10, 40, 43, 49.
• Fritz Lachmund, Rolf Müller, Max Lobusch: Hamburg; At that time during the imperial era 3. Edition. Das Topographikon Verlag Rolf Müller, 1966, DNB 574531572 , pp. 16, 17, 18, 65.
• Paul Möhring : Hamburg with heart and humor. 4th edition. Hansa Verlag, Husum 1982, ISBN 3-920421-40-X , p. 18.
• Udo Pini : A guest in old Hamburg. Hugendubel, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-88034-350-0 , pp. 23, 24, 38-40, 51.
• Hans Reye: The crash from peace, Hamburg 1914-1918. Axel Springer Verlag, Hamburg 1984, OCLC 256922663 , p. 36.