Johann Otto Stammann
Johann Otto Stammann (born December 11, 1835 in Hamburg ; † February 7, 1909 there ) was a Hamburg lawyer , senator and mayor .
Life
Stammann's father was a doctor in Hamburg, his uncle was the Hamburg architect Franz Georg Stammann . After studying law, he received his doctorate in Heidelberg in 1857 , he was enrolled as a lawyer in Hamburg on April 23, 1858. He was enrolled as a lawyer until 1886. In 1867 he married Bertha Schlueter, whose grandfather David Schlueter was Mayor of Hamburg from 1835 to 1843 . The lawyer Alfred Otto Stammann was his son.
On September 22, 1886 Stammann was elected to the Senate for the late Hermann Anthony Cornelius Weber . He was a member of this until his death in 1909. He worked in various authorities, such as in the high school authority , the emigration department and in the medical college, in 1900 he was police chief. In 1906 Stammann was elected second mayor and the following year he was elected first mayor of Hamburg. Since he became seriously ill at the end of 1908, he was not re-elected mayor in 1909, contrary to custom.
His funeral led to a public controversy, as he was constitutionally buried like a simple senator, without a church ceremony, two senators were present. Many felt that having been a former mayor, he was entitled to a state funeral .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerrit Schmidt: The history of the Hamburg lawyers from 1815 to 1879, Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3923725175 , p. 356
- ↑ Hans-Günther Freitag: From Mönckeberg to Hagenbeck, a guide to memorable graves at the Ohlsdorfer Friedhof , 2nd edition, Hamburg 1973, p. 56
swell
- German Gender Book Volume 21, (Hamburgischer Volume 3), Hamburg 1912, p. 434
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stammann, Johann Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hamburg mayor and lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1909 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |