Johann Joachim Friedrich Torkuhl

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Johann Joachim Friedrich Torkuhl (born November 5, 1790 in Lübeck ; † February 5, 1870 there ) was mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.

Life

Torkuhl was the son of the Lübeck linen dealer Johann Jochim Torkul († 1820) from his third marriage. He studied law in Heidelberg , Dijon and Jena . During his time in Heidelberg, he became a member of the Corps Hannovera Heidelberg, which existed there for a short time . In 1814 he became a lawyer in Lübeck and in 1824 a councilor. He was busy in the administration of the city and in its foreign affairs. From 1835 he was repeatedly Lübeck's envoy to the German Confederation in Frankfurt am Main, and in 1845 he became mayor of Lübeck. After the constitutional amendment, he became chairman of the Senate in 1851/52, 1857 and 1858. He retired in 1865 due to blindness. He was honored by the Hanseatic City of Lübeck with its highest honor, the Bene Merenti commemorative coin .

literature

  • Heinrich Ferdinand Curschmann : Blue Book of the Corps Hannovera zu Göttingen , Volume 1: 1809–1899 Göttingen 2002, No. 037
  • Emil Ferdinand Fehling : On the Lübeck Council Line 1814-1914. Lübeck 1915, No. 32.
  • Emil Ferdinand Fehling: Lübeck Council Line , Lübeck 1925, No. 974
personal data
SURNAME Torkuhl, Johann Joachim Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 1870
Place of death Lübeck