Johann Martin Hirschmann

Johann Martin Hirschmann, last honorary mayor of Offenbach am Main

Johann Martin Hirschmann (* 1803 ; † after February 9, 1874 ) was the last honorary mayor of Offenbach am Main from March 5, 1867 to February 10, 1874 .

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Johann Martin Hirschmann was the owner of a lithographic establishment in Offenbach am Main. In 1856 he had taken over the first chairmanship of the community board of the free religious community in Offenbach am Main from Joseph Pirazzi . On March 5, 1867 he became the last honorary mayor of Offenbach and held this office until his death in 1874.

Hirschmann decreed on July 20, 1870 in the publication "Offenbacher Intellektivenblatt" that all Offenbach horse owners had to make their horses available to the military as part of the general mobilization. The horses were then used in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871 . When the soldiers from Offenbach returned home victorious on June 24, 1871, they were greeted by Mayor Hirschmann, other representatives of the authorities and the population on Sprendlinger Strasse.

In 1873, Mayor Hirschmann's last year in office, the Frankfurt - Bebra railway line was opened and the Offenbach main station was inaugurated after controversial discussions in the Offenbach city council.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Time in the newspaper . 200 years in Offenbach
2. ^ History of the free religious community Offenbach. From: freireligioese-offenbach.de , accessed on May 3, 2016.
3. ↑ Offenbach intelligence paper . Title page from July 20, 1870.