Wilhelm Brehmer

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Wilhelm Brehmer
Wilhelm Brehmer, portrayed by Albert Lang

Wilhelm Brehmer (born May 19, 1828 in Lübeck ; † May 2, 1905 there ) was Senator and Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck .

Life

Wilhelm Brehmer was the son of Mayor Heinrich Brehmer and his wife Wilhelmine (née Behn).

Brehmer was admitted to the bar in Lübeck in 1852. Already elected to the citizenry in the following year, to which he belonged until his election to the Senate. Spokesman for the citizens' committee in 1868, the citizenship in 1869. From 1868 to 1871 director of the non-profit society . His election to the Senate followed in 1870 when his father retired. He headed the building deputation from 1870 to 1874, the finance department from 1879 (member since 1871) to 1896, the high school board from 1871 to 1872 and 1885 to 1886, the high school authority from 1887 to 1896, 1899 to 1900, 1903 to 1904, and was mayor in the years 1897 to 1898 and 1901 to 1902.

In 1879, after the death of Wilhelm Mantels, he was his successor as chairman of the Hanseatic History Association . He published numerous articles on the history of Lübeck and Mecklenburg in the Hanseatic History Sheets and other magazines, and made a contribution to researching the history of Lübeck, the city ​​library and the Natural History Museum . He was also a member of the Lübeck Masonic Lodge Zur Weltkugel . Brehmer dealt intensively with botany and in 1884, shortly after its foundation, became a member of the German Botanical Society . Part of his herbarium is now in the BGBM Berlin-Dahlem .

At the end of 1897, Wilhelm Christian Cuwie , Wilhelm Brehmer, Hermann Baethcke , Theodor Sartori and Ernst Stiller were elected as civil members of the joint commission for the tendering of the imperial monument . Johannes Daniel Benda and Julius Vermehren were appointed as substitutes for this . You should opt for a massive Uechtritz Kaiser Wilhelm monument . It was only Eduard Kulenkamp , chairman of the Society of Friends of Art , who succeeded in “liberating” the city from this. Kulenkamp was granted recognition by being appointed to the new commission for building regulations for an imperial monument.

In 1904 he retired for health reasons.

The University of Göttingen awarded him an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Philosophy in 1895 . In 1901 his services were awarded the gold medal of honor " Bene Merenti ".

The spokesman for the Lübeck citizenship, Adolf Brehmer, was his younger brother.

Works

  • Lübeck house names along with contributions to the history of individual houses. HG Rathgens, Lübeck 1890.
  • The street names in the city of Lübeck and its suburbs. Lübeck 1889.

literature

  • Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line. Volume 7, Issue 1. Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1925, p. 162, No. 1005.
  • Antjekathrin Graßmann : Brehmer, Wilhelm , in: Biographisches Lexikon für Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck , Volume 11, Neumünster 2000, pp. 65–67

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Brehmer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christof Nikolaus Schröder: Biogram Wilhelm Brehmer on CNSflora , accessed on July 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ Local Notes. , in Lübeckische Blätter ; Volume 40, number 2, edition of January 9, 1898, p. 15.
  3. ^ Association of Art Friends. , in Lübeckische Blätter ; Volume 67, number 6, edition of February 9, 1902, p. 68.
personal data
SURNAME Brehmer, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Senator and Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1905
Place of death Lübeck