Hermann Rasch (City Director)
Johann Carl Hermann Rasch (born May 5, 1810 in Groß Lobke (today part of Algermissen), district of Hildesheim , † May 23, 1882 in Hanover ) was city director of Hanover from 1854 to 1881 .
Life
Rasch received private tuition until he was 16. Then he was a pupil of the pedagogy in Ilfeld . From 1828 to 1832 he studied law at the University of Göttingen . From 1828 he was a member of the Corps Lunaburgia II .
After completing his studies, he worked as an official auditor and from 1836 as an assessor . In 1840 he became secretary in the Hanoverian War Ministry , in 1846 a councilor in the Treasury and on January 1, 1854, the chief customs officer. In February 1854 he was finally elected city manager. He held this office for almost 30 years until he had to give it up in 1881 for health reasons. He represented the city of Hanover in the provincial parliament of the province of Hanover .
Rasch died on May 23, 1882. He was given a grave of honor in the Engesohder cemetery . The Raschplatz behind Hanover's main train station, which was laid out two years after his death, was named after him.
Time as city manager
During his time as city director, the population of Hanover rose from 33,000 to 128,000. The suburbs of Hanover (1859) and the suburb of Glocksee (1870) were incorporated during his tenure. Other official acts were the construction of the Engesohde town cemetery (1862), the inauguration of the new train station building (1879) and the Ernst-August monument , the opening of the zoological garden and the inauguration of the Christ Church . In addition, he contributed to the improvement of the school system by building five higher and seven elementary schools.
literature
- Klaus Mlynek in: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 292.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 79 , 104
Georg Ernst Friedrich Hoppenstedt (1821–1824) | Rudolph Wilhelm Philipp Rumann (1824–1843) | Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Evers (1843-1853) | Johann Carl Hermann Rasch (1854–1881) | Ferdinand Halthoff (1882-1891) | Heinrich Tramm (1891–1918) | Robert Leinert (1918–1924) | Gustav Fink (1924–1925) | Arthur Quantity (1925–1937) | Henricus Halthoff (1937–1942) | Ludwig Hoffmeister (1942–1944) | Egon Bönner (1944–1945) | Gustav Bratke (1945–1946) | Franz Henkel (1946) | Wilhelm Weber (1946–1956) | August Holweg (1956–1972) | Herbert Schmalstieg (1972–2006) | Stephan Weil (2006–2013) | Stefan Schostok (2013–2019) | Belit Onay (since 2019)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quickly, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rasch, Johann Carl Hermann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | City director of Hanover |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Groß Lobke (today part of Algermissen), Hildesheim district |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1882 |
| Place of death | Hanover |