Otto Heinrich Volger
Otto Heinrich Volger (born August 24, 1676 (?) In Hanover ; † August 2, 1725 there ) was mayor of Hanover from 1713 to 1725 .
Life
Coming from the Volger merchant family, known in Hanover since 1313 , Otto Heinrich was the son of an urban reed master . From 1699 he studied at the University of Jena .
After his return to Hanover in 1706 he was first secretary of the magistrate and from 1710 to 1712 held the office of Deputy Syndic. In 1713 he was elected mayor. From 1722 he was also active as a consistorial councilor. One of his most important official acts as mayor was a reform of the local school system. His tenure ended with his death in 1725.
Honors
- A path through the Steintorfeld that already existed around 1700 was named Volgerswinkel in 1830 and Volgersweg in 1845 .
- The Neue Volgersweg, named after the family in 1851 (previously also Volgerswinkel ) in the eastern part of the city , was renamed Gartenstraße in 1852 , according to the Hannoversche Geschichtsbl Blätter from 1914 “probably after the gardens there”.
- The Völgerstrasse , which was laid out in Wülfel in 1957 , was named “after the patrician Otto Völger, friend of the pastor at the market church Rupert Erythropel ( address 1958), who, according to tradition, was believed to be dead during the plague in 1598 and Magister Erythropel when the coffin was opened again should have greeted with the words "Look! Guden Dag, Herr Magister! «, However, at the time of Erythropels no bearer of the first name» Otto «is known in the Volger family”.
literature
- Helmut Zimmermann : VOLGER In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 372.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Helmut Zimmermann: VOLGER (see literature)
- ↑ Helmut Zimmermann: Volgersweg. In: The street names of the state capital Hanover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung , Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 254
- ^ Helmut Zimmermann: Gartenstrasse. In: The street names ... , p. 88
- ^ Helmut Zimmermann: Völgerstrasse. In: The street names ... , p. 253f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Volger, Otto Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of Hanover |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1676 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1725 |
| Place of death | Hanover |