Nikolaus Nack

Nikolaus Nack, contemporary illustration

Nikolaus Nack (born January 17, 1786 in Mainz ; † May 5, 1860 there ) was a German merchant and mayor of the city of Mainz.

Nack (son of a butcher) was a middle-class merchant and wine merchant . Without any legal training, he nevertheless got the position of Deputy President of the Mainz Commercial Court. He held the office of mayor of the city of Mainz from April 1, 1842 until his death on May 5, 1860. On December 26, 1858 he was awarded the honorary title of "Lord Mayor".

During his tenure, Nack appointed Joseph Laské to be city architect. During the events of the revolutionary year of 1848 , he took on a mediating position and was able to prevent bloodshed in a conflict between the vigilante and Prussian soldiers in May.

Nack died during his tenure in 1860.

Today in Mainz the Nackstrasse (in the Mainzer Neustadt ) is named after Nikolaus Nack.

Events during his tenure

First German industrial exhibition in the Deutschhaus Mainz (1842)

First German Catholic Day in Mainz (1848)

Acquisition of the site of the former invalids' house to accommodate the needy (1848)

Opening of the Episcopal Willigis Gymnasium (then Marienschule) (1852)

Establishment of the Vincenz and Elisabethen Hospital (1850)

Foundation of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum (1852)

Opening of the main station in Mainz under the name "Centralbahnhof" (1853)

Street lighting (1855)

Explosion of the powder tower (1857)

Street signs (1860)

literature

Wilhelm Huber: The Mainz Lexicon. Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Mainz 2002, ISBN 3-87439-600-2
Mainz: personalities of the city's history ; Wolfgang Balzer; Kügler Verlag, Ingelheim 1985-1993
- Volume 1: Honorary citizens of Mainz, princes of Mainz, military figures, Mayors of Mainz ISBN 3-924124-01-9

Individual evidence

↑ Tradition of social responsibility preserved - Mainz retirement home 50 years. From the handicapped house to the modern retirement and nursing home. Mainze city press office, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved April 7, 2012 .

personal data
SURNAME	Naked, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German merchant and mayor of the city of Mainz
DATE OF BIRTH	January 17, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mainz
DATE OF DEATH	May 5, 1860
Place of death	Mainz

[1] Tradition of social responsibility preserved - Mainz retirement home 50 years. From the handicapped house to the modern retirement and nursing home. Mainze city press office, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved April 7, 2012 .