Hermann Stürcke

Hermann Friedrich Stürcke (born June 16, 1832 in Bremen , † March 6, 1911 in Erfurt ) was a German banker and co-owner of the private bank Adolph Stürcke in Erfurt. He held the honorary title of secret commercial councilor .

Life

Former bank Stürcke am Anger in Erfurt

Hermann Stürcke was the son of Nicolaus Stürcke (1788–1868) and his wife Anna Adelheid Stürcke (1792–1867). He was the brother of Adolph Stürcke (1817-1860), who in 1849 had taken over a small banking house in Erfurt founded in 1827, which became known as Bankhaus Stürcke or Bankhaus Adolph Stürcke . In 1859, Hermann Stürcke became a partner in his brother's private banking house, which he ran with Adolph Stürcke junior. The family-run bank was one of the most important financiers alongside Wilhelm Moos’s bank and became the house bank of the Erfurt upper middle class . The Stürckes were among the most respected families in town.

As the wealthiest citizen of Erfurt, Hermann Stürcke was a member of the city ​​council from 1865 to 1892 , and from 1867 head of the city council. In 1872 he was given the honorary title of Kommerzienrat . In 1876 he was awarded the Prussian Royal Crown Order IV class .

As early as 1869 he was elected to the board of directors of Thuringia Versicherungs-AG at the general assembly. According to the newspaper Der Aktionär, in 1873 he left the Board of Directors of Weimarische Bank . In 1886 Hermann Stürcke was one of the founding members of the Erfurt Art Association , for which he also acted as treasurer . As chairman of the board of directors of Thuringia Versicherungs-AG, he took part in the constituent meeting of the supervisory board of Munich Reinsurance Company on April 23, 1880 , at which he also sat on the supervisory board at the beginning. At that time he was also a member of the administrative board of the Thuringian gas company .

Until the foreclosure auction in 1871, he headed the Ilmenau porcelain factory , which was then converted into a stock corporation (AG). Hermann Stürcke was also President of the Erfurt Chamber of Commerce from 1872 to 1882 , of which he was previously Deputy President. Stürcke also sat on the board of directors of the Thuringian Railway Company . His long-term membership in the Erfurt branch of the Saxon-Thuringian Geography Association is well known .

In his first marriage, Hermann Stürcke was married to Antonie Stürcke, née Schmidt, with whom he had a son and a daughter. From his second marriage to Agnes Amalie Stürcke geb. Klapp (1852-1892) was the birth of the banker Max Stürcke and two other children.

Like his brother Adolph and his son Max, Hermann Stürcke was a Freemason .

Several documents indicate that he was also awarded the title of Privy Councilor of Commerce . In addition, the city of Erfurt granted him honorary citizenship , after he had last donated 100,000 marks , the interest of which, according to his wishes, should be used for art purposes.

Individual evidence

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2. ^ Willibald Gutsche : History of the city of Erfurt. Böhlau, Köln / Weimar / Wien 1989, p. 263, p. 296. ( limited preview in the Google book search)
3. ^ Personnel chronicle of the public authorities. In: Official Gazette of the Royal Government of Erfurt , Item 25, Erfurt June 15, 1872.
4. ↑ Personal details and small notes. In: Wallmann's Versicherungszeitschrift , 11th year, Volume II, No. 72 (from July 3, 1877). ( limited preview in Google Book search)
5. ↑ Erfurt. In: Deutsche Versicherungs-Zeitung , Volume 10, 1869, No. 58 (from July 22, 1869). ( limited preview in Google Book search)
6. ^ Weimar Bank. Nineteenth annual report for 1872. In: Shareholder's first supplement. To: The shareholder. International central organ. No. 1004, March 23, 1873.
7. ↑ ^{a b} The Erfurt Art Association. Between avant-garde and adaptation. A documentation from 1886 to 1945. With contributions on the history of the “Association of Erfurt Museum Friends” and the “Museum Community of Erfurt”. Angermuseum , Erfurt 2009, pp. 226–227.
8. ^ Reinhard Spree : Two Chapters on early history of the Munich Reinsurance Company. The Foundation / The San Francisco Earthquake. Munich Discussion Paper No. 2010–11, Economics Faculty of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , January 2010, p. 20. ( pdf )
9. ↑ Johannes Bähr , Christopher Kopper : Munich Re. The history of Munich Re 1880–1980. CH Beck, Munich 2005. ( limited preview in Google book search)
10. ↑ Yearbook for History 10. Akademie-Verlag, 1974, p. 354.
11. ↑ Allgemeine Hopfen-Zeitung , Volume 8, 1869, No. 79 (from July 13, 1869). ( limited preview in Google Book search)
12. ^ Thuringian Railway Company. In: Friedrich Wilhelm Christians : German stock exchange papers, representation of the personnel and financial conditions of the German and foreign banking, insurance, industrial and railway companies on stocks. Springer-Verlag, 2013, p. 648. ( limited preview in Google book search)
13. ↑ Membership directory: III. Branch association to Erfurt. In: Communications from the Saxon-Thuringian Association for Geography in Halle / S. Saxon-Thuringian Association for Geography, 1877, p. 255.
14. ^ Walter Künzel : Acta Apostolorum Erfurtensium 1819–2009. Erfurt Apostle Community. A chronicle between a quill pen and a personal computer. Druckhaus Gera, Gera 2009, p. 58. ( limited preview in Google book search)
15. ^ Rudolf Martin: Yearbook of the wealth and income of the millionaires in Prussia 1912. Verlag W. Herlet, Berlin 1912, p. 386. ( limited preview in the Google book search)
16. ^ Die Kunst , Volume 24, 1911, Issue 2, SI ( limited preview in the Google book search)
17. ^ Hermann Stürcke Foundation. Museum, Bd. 1, archive material signature: 1-2 / 942- 6872 Date: 1912–1921. In: 1-2 urban files 1872-1945 in the Thuringia archive portal.