Hermann Schemmann
Conrad Hermann Schemmann (born August 26, 1842 in Hamburg ; † September 15, 1910 Hamburg) was a businessman and Senator from Hamburg.
Life
In 1871 Schemmann became a partner in the long-established Schulte & Schemmann company founded in 1792 . This company was Hamburg's largest iron trading company , which dealt with wholesale and retail trade . While Schulte & Schemmann initially brokered iron products from England to Northern Europe, trading in English goods ceased in Schemmann's time and the company mainly sold products from the Ruhr area in Hamburg.
The company had its office in a vaunted building with a storeroom built in 1843 by Alexis de Chateauneuf .
In addition to his professional activity, Schemmann was involved in the Hamburg municipal administration and was elected to the Hamburg parliament. When his father died in 1883, he and his brother Gustav took over the management of the company.
On November 30, 1885, Schemmann was elected to the Senate for the resigned Peter Heinrich Wilhelm Großmann . Schemmann did not play a formative role in the Senate as he continued to run his company. He was active in various offices, including leading the pub deputation. At times Schemmann was a landlord and therefore had to present himself in person during the cholera epidemic of 1892 , when the residents of Finkenwerder refused to bury their deceased for fear of infection, in order to convince them of the sense of burial.
Schemmann resigned from his Senate offices on December 31, 1904 because his health was in poor health and he had to look after his company more intensively. His successor in the Senate was Carl Mathies . In 1907 Schulte & Schemmann was converted into a limited partnership that accepted new partners; Schemmann became a limited partner .
Others
Schemmann was honorary chairman of the Hamburg Philharmonic Society . The Schemmannstraße in Hamburg-Volksdorf bears his name in his honor.
literature
- Ernst Hieke: Schulte & Schemmann 1792-1967 , Hamburg 1966.
Individual evidence
- ↑ see Schulte & Schemmann, 1792–1967, p. 60
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schemmann, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schemmann, Conrad Hermann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German businessman and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Senator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1910 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |