Karl August Friedrich Samwer

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Samwer, around 60 years old
Portrait bust in the German Insurance Museum in Gotha, erected on July 1, 1928 on the occasion of Samwer's 25th anniversary with Samwer. Artist: Adolf Lehnert
Gravestone in the main cemetery in Gotha

Karl August Friedrich Samwer (born April 17, 1861 in Gotha ; † February 6, 1946 there ) was a German lawyer and director of Gothaer Insurance.

Life

Karl Samwer was born as the son of the lawyer Karl Friedrich Lucian Samwer . He attended the High School Ernestinum and then studied in Leipzig and Berlin law . In 1883 Samwer received his doctorate on the relationship between gifts due to death and gifts among the living and the legacy in Leipzig. He completed his legal traineeship in Gotha, Kiel and Wandsbek in 1889 with the exam as an assessor . In 1891 he took up a job at Gothaer Lebensversicherungsbank , of which he was a member of the board from 1895. In 1903, after Arwed Emminghaus retired , he finally became its general director and held this position until 1930. He lived in the Villa Glenck , Mozartstrasse 5, until his death in 1946 .

When in 1922/23 the foreign exchange obligations from insurance contracts threatened the existence of the company due to inflation , he managed to save the company by separating old and new business and negotiating with foreign governments. In 1924 the subsidiary Gothaer Allgemeine Versicherung AG was founded under his leadership .

In addition to his activities at Gothaer Insurance and actuarial publications, he was involved in the community: from 1890 to 1894 he was a poor carer for the city, from 1896 to 1903 a member of the poor commission and from 1898 to 1909 a member of the school board for the elementary schools . Karl Samwer was a city ​​councilor between 1903 and 1919 , including twelve years as city councilor chief.

family

Samwer was married to Gertrud (January 21, 1864 - May 24, 1939), a daughter of the Heidelberg professor of agriculture, Adolph Stengel. Samwer had two sons: Friedrich Samwer and Adolf Franz Samwer . The latter was also active in the insurance industry.

In addition to his name, the tombstone in the main cemetery in Gotha also bears the names of his mother Magdalene (née Möller), his wife and sister Marie (January 12, 1858 to January 12, 1946).

Awards

Fonts

  • History of the Association of German Life Insurance Companies from 1896 to 1932. Mittler, Berlin 1933.
  • Gothaer Lebensversicherungsbank AG Farewell and welcome to General Directors K. Samwer and H. Ullrich at the turn of 1930/31. Gothaer Life Insurance Bank, Gotha 1931.
  • One hundred years of Gothaer Mutual Life Insurance Banks 1827-1927. Engelhard-Reyhersche Hofbuchdruckerei, Gotha 1927.
  • Fritz Bergmann. Stürtz, Würzburg 1921.
  • Suggestions for the Germanization of dispensable foreign words in insurance. Mittler, Berlin 1916.
  • In memory of Arwed Emminghaus . Fischer, Jena 1916.

literature

Works of art

  • 1927: Bust of Adolf Lehnert , pictured in: Hartmut Coch: Sculptor Adolf Lehnert Leipzig and the School of Medalists at the Academy for Graphic Arts and Book Industry. Self-published, Saalfeld 1993, p. 8.
  • 1931: Oil painting by E. Fröhlich

Web links

Commons : Karl August Friedrich Samwer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Award document of January 9, 1884
  2. Karl Samwer: Embossed life insurance | Gothaer. Retrieved March 9, 2017 .
  3. ^ Hans Samwer: 50 years of Gothaer Allgemeine Versicherung AG. Retrospect and Prospect. Gothaer General Insurance, Göttingen 1974.