Siegmund Hinrichsen

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Siegmund Hinrichsen (born January 17, 1841 in Hamburg ; † September 22, 1902 there ) was a banker, member of the Hamburg city council from 1871 to 1902 and president of the city council from 1892 to 1902.

Life

After completing a commercial apprenticeship with a focus on banking, he initially worked as a banker . In 1879 he founded the banking company " Hardy & Hinrichsen " after having been an authorized officer at Norddeutsche Bank .

In 1871 he was elected to the Hamburg parliament in general elections , of which he remained a member for over 30 years until his death. He joined the Left Center faction. Hinrichsen was first secretary on the board of the citizenship in 1872, before he was elected its first vice-president in 1880 and its president in 1892.

Of his numerous offices, the following should be mentioned: his membership in the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce , of which he was President in 1889/90 and who sent him to the deputation for indirect taxes and duties, his position on the board of directors at Norddeutsche Bank, his work in the administration of the Lübeck- Büchener Eisenbahn , the deputy chairman of the provisional exchange committee in Berlin , as well as membership in the board of the foundation school from 1815 .

Hinrichsen died of a heart attack on September 22, 1902 while presiding over a session of the citizenship.

The former State Councilor of the Hamburg tax authorities, Leo Lippmann , who was forced into early retirement as a Jew by the National Socialists , wrote in his memoirs of Hinrichsen:

"My father often spoke to us boys of him as a man who, as an unbaptized Jew, could not become a senator, but who has achieved an almost equally high position as president of the citizenry."

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The President of our Chamber of Commerce from 1665 until today. (No longer available online.) Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, archived from the original on April 16, 2014 ; accessed on March 29, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hk24.de
  2. ^ Leo Lippmann : My Life and My Official Activity, Hamburg 1964, p. 98
personal data
SURNAME Hinrichsen, Siegmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician, MdHB
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1902
Place of death Hamburg