Otto Heinrich Framhein

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Otto Heinrich Framhein

Otto Heinrich Framhein (born February 9, 1823 in Hamburg ; † March 24, 1879 there ) was a Hamburg merchant and senator .

Life

After confirmation, Otto Heinrich Framhein independently selected an apprenticeship at the insurance company John Higson, which, according to his own statement, had been the right one for him. Through the mediation of his boss, Framhein started a job as a businessman in Manchester (England) in 1844 at the age of 21.

After two years he moved to Reiss Brothers, also in Manchester. She made him the offer to take over the management of her branch in Canton / China - after replacing the previous owner - as a partner. After being naturalized in England, he came to China in the fall of 1851. There he then carried out the business of the English company under his own responsibility from 1852 to 1857.

Then Framhein returned to Hamburg, where he worked as a businessman in the Joha. Dan. Christian Framhein commodity broker entered. In 1858 he married Maria Sophia de Hase (* May 4, 1836 in Bahia; † November 22, 1908 in Hamburg). The marriage resulted in five sons, among them Gustav Carl Framhein , and two daughters, who had already died as children. Professionally, he devoted himself not only to trading business, but also to the property market, which grew in importance in the 1860s after the gate lock was lifted on December 31, 1860. He had the prestigious semi-detached house built for his family on the Alster at St. Benedictstrasse 50 in the elegant Hamburg-Harvestehude district, which remained in the family until the death of his daughter-in-law Emily Eulenburg in 1966. The architect has not yet been identified.

Public offices

On December 31, 1863, Otto Heinrich Framhein entered public life with the election as commercial judge of the commercial court. He was a commercial judge in 1864. Here he was a member of various administrative authorities and, since his election by the city council on June 5, 1867, he was also a member of the finance deputation, to which he was a member until the end of his term in office at the end of 1875. Framhein was also a member of the Hamburg Parliament from 1864 to 1867 and from 1868 to 1876 , to which he belonged from 1864 to 1875 - with a half-yearly interruption on the occasion of his election to the finance deputation .

On October 9, 1876, Otto Heinrich Framhein was elected to the Senate, to which he belonged until his death at the age of 56 on March 24, 1879. Of his various tasks, it is particularly worth mentioning that he was chairman of the commission for the general elections. In this capacity he had to make the labor-intensive preparations for the elections, including the Reichstag elections.

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  • Directory of members of the Hamburg Parliament from 1859 to 1959 - short biographies. Compiled and edited by Franz Th. Mönckeberg. Bound typewriter manuscript; No. 460
  • Carl Gustav Framhein, "In Memoriam" (private family chronicle), Hamburg undated

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hamburg Gender Book Volume / German Gender Book Volume 63; Year 1929, p. 440
  2. ↑ Hamburg Gender Book Volume / German Gender Book Volume 63; Year 1929, p. 440
  3. ^ Carl Gustav Framhein, "In Memoriam" (private family chronicle), oP
  4. ^ Sutor: Origin of the Commercial Court, p. 179
  5. ↑ Hamburg Gender Book Volume / German Gender Book Volume 63; Year 1929, p. 440
personal data
SURNAME Framhein, Otto Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Framhein, Otto Hinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman, Member of the Bundestag, Hamburg Senator
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1879
Place of death Hamburg