Johann Conrad Ahlmann

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Johann Conrad Ahlmann (born October 9, 1773 in Sønderborg , † February 6, 1852 in ibid.) Was a politician and judiciary.

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Johann Conrad Ahlmann was the youngest son of the ship's captain and owner Hans Ahlmann (1743-1818) and his wife Christina, née Thuleen from Flensburg . Due to the order of birth, he did not have to continue his father's business. Together with his brother Hans he received private lessons, including from the future Bishop Boisen. In 1790 he began studying law at the University of Kiel , which he continued after 1792 at the University of Jena .

After passing the exam, Ahlmann traveled abroad and got to know several enlightenment officers there. He then worked as an official secretary in Bredstedt and after a few years switched to the German law firm in Copenhagen , where he showed himself to be very close to Denmark.

After Peter Boysen's death in 1802, Ahlmann took over the post of mayor and city secretary of Sønderborg as his successor . His appointment took place on October 29, 1802. In the following year he took over the office of Hardesvogts of the Süderharde from the Sønderborg administrator . He also served as a judicial councilor. Due to this accumulation of offices, Johann Georg Rist wrote in 1813 that Ahlemann had "almost unlimited power" in Sønderborg and was therefore respected on all sides. On July 9, 1812 he was one of the founding members of the Altona Patriotic Society.

When he took over the office of mayor, Ahlmann acquired a still new, representative house at Perlegade 4 in Sønderborg. After his mother died in 1809, Ahlmann's father moved into the house and lived there until his death.

When it became known in 1817 that the Sonderburger treasurer had embezzled funds, the Ahlmann subordinate magistrate received a reprimand for insufficient control of the city's accounting system. This could have been one of Ahlmann's reasons for later asking to resign from his office. He himself asked for his release due to increasingly poor health. He went on two bathing trips, which did not improve his condition.

On March 1, 1823, at the age of 50, Ahlmann was given permission to retire. Hinrich Carl Esmarch took over the office of mayor . Ahlmann partially financed his retirement from the assets inherited from his father. He also received a mayor's pension amounting to 800 Reichstalers annually . The pension fund took over 600 Reichstaler, the city had to pay for the remaining 200 Reichstaler, against which the councilors protested unsuccessfully.

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SURNAME Ahlmann, Johann Conrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Politician and Council of Justice
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Sønderborg
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1852
Place of death Sønderborg