Max Predöhl

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Max Predöhl (1905)

Max Garlieb August Predöhl (born March 29, 1854 in Hamburg ; † March 11, 1923 there ) was a German lawyer and Hamburg senator and mayor .

Life

Mayor Predöhl (front right) at an exhibition of the painters' guild in 1911
Grave of Max Predöhl, family grave in the Ohlsdorf cemetery

Max Predöhl was the son of a Hamburg merchant. He studied law and received his doctorate from the University of Leipzig in 1876 . He then worked as a lawyer until 1893 . He had with Dr. Schlüter started a joint law firm, later with Otto Brandis . In addition to his work as a lawyer, he was the editor of the supplement to the commercial court newspaper .

On June 26, 1893, Predöhl was elected Senator for the late Otto Wilhelm Mönckeberg by the Hamburg city council and in 1910 became mayor of the Senate . In 1910/1911, 1914 and 1917 he held the post of First Mayor, in 1913 and 1916 the post of Second Mayor .

On May 13, 1911, the businessman Edmund Siemers handed over the lecture building to the Senate and his hometown, which later became the main building of the University of Hamburg . As Mayor of Hamburg, Max Predöhl accepted the building with the following words:

“(...) with a moved heart (we) accept this treasure. On behalf of our city, I promise him loyal care and maintenance, him and the thoughts and endeavors embodied in him; With warm and heartfelt thanks from the fellow citizens to the noble donor for the implementation of his great resolution, which prepares the nursing home for the up-and-coming Hamburg science and research at the right time. "

In 1918 Max Predöhl celebrated his 25th anniversary as senator. After the November Revolution he no longer held any political office.

family

Max Predöhl was married to Clara Predöhl, née Amsinck ; his mother-in-law was born Gossler . By marrying an Amsinck or Gossler, both from respected merchant families, social advancement in Hamburg in the 18th and 19th centuries was significantly simplified. Together they had nine children (five sons and three daughters), including Andreas Predöhl , who later became a university professor .

Max Predöhl was buried in the area of ​​the Predöhl family grave on the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg, grid square AB 10 (south-west of the north pond ).

Harvestehuder Weg 20

In 1906 the Predöhl family moved into the house at Harvestehuder Weg 20, on one of the most stately streets in the Hanseatic city. A year earlier, the 5000 m² property had been inherited from Clara Predöhl's grandfather Johannes Amsinck to Max Predöhl. The house was rebuilt for the family, only the old facade remained. The garden of the new home was designed by the close friend and director of the Hamburger Kunsthalle , Alfred Lichtwark . Lichtwark probably also designed some of the furniture for the living room.

The house on Harvestehuder Weg became the headquarters of Predöhl's prestigious store during his tenure as mayor. The dignitaries of Hamburg, but also of the German Empire, frequented there. Among others, Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Crown Prince were guests of Predöhl. For these imperial receptions, shield houses were built in front of the house.

The Predöhl house was destroyed by bombs in the Second World War ; today the “chateau” stands in its place. It housed the French Consulate General , which has been located in Heimhuder Strasse 55 for a few years.

literature

  • Adolf Buehl: From the old council chamber. Memories 1905-1918. (= Writings of the Association for Hamburg History , Issue 19.) Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1971. (Article about Predöhl pp. 42–44)
  • Richard J. Evans : Death in Hamburg. City, Society and Politics in the Cholera Years 1830-1910. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1996. (This book speaks of a Johann Predöhl , presumably it is a mistake and that means Max Predöhl , see discussion page)
  • Gerrit Schmidt: Hamburg lawyer from 1815 to 1879. Hamburg 1989. (Entry on Max Predöhl p. 372)
  • Cornelius Wasmuth: Hanseatic Dynasties. Old Hamburg families open their albums. Hamburg 2001.
  • Eberhard von Wiese: Hamburg, people, fate. Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main / Berlin 1967, pp. 34–38.

Web links

Commons : Max Predöhl  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerrit Schmidt: Hamburg lawyers.
  2. ^ Uni-Hamburg ( Memento from May 16, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Buehl: From the old council chamber. P. 44.
  4. ↑ Note on the Gossler family in the author's curriculum vitae in: Andreas Predöhl: The end of the world economic crisis. Reinbek 1962.
  5. ^ Evans: Death in Hamburg. P. 38 f.
  6. ↑ Celebrity Graves
  7. ↑ Wiese: Hamburg people. P. 34. (Johannes Amsinck acquired the property in 1840.)
  8. ↑ Wiese: Hamburg people. P. 34
  9. ↑ Wiese: Hamburg people. P. 36
  10. ↑ http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2004/07/15/318408.html?prx=1
personal data
SURNAME Predöhl, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Predöhl, Max Garlieb August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, Hamburg senator and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1923
Place of death Hamburg