Wilhelm Herz (entrepreneur)

Wilhelm Herz, 1906; Photo: Atelier Wertheim

Wilhelm Herz (born April 26, 1823 in Bernburg (Saale) ; † September 28, 1914 in Berlin ) was a German-Jewish entrepreneur and from 1902 to 1913 the first president of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce .

Life

Herz was born as the son of the entrepreneur Salomon Herz and Luise, geb. Wolff born. He later became a partner and, in 1865, the senior manager of the company founded by his father, the S. Herz oil and rubber factory . His son was the Commerce Councilor Paul Herz.

He was one of the founders of the Schultheiss-Brauerei AG , of which he was chairman of the supervisory board for 43 years after it was converted into a stock corporation in 1871. Under his leadership, the brewery group became the largest company in the European brewing industry. Herz was also a member of the board of directors from 1876 to 1889 , deputy chairman from 1889 and chairman of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bank from 1907 until his death

Honorary grave of Wilhelm Herz in the Jewish cemetery Schönhauser Allee

Wilhelm Herz died in Berlin in 1914 at the age of 91. He was buried in the Jewish cemetery at Schönhauser Allee . By resolution of the Berlin Senate, Wilhelm Herz's final resting place has been dedicated as an honorary grave for the State of Berlin since 2001 . The dedication is provisionally valid for 20 years, but can then be extended.

literature

Hans-Henning Zabel: Heart, Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 732 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

Villa Herz based on the designs of the architect Wilhelm Martens (architect)

Individual evidence

^ Hans-Henning Zabel: Heart, Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 732 ( digitized version ).
^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 352.
↑ Honorary graves of the State of Berlin (as of November 2018) . (PDF, 413 kB) Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection, p. 35; accessed on March 24, 2019. For a 20-year time limit, see: Implementing Regulations for Section 12 Paragraph 6 of the Cemetery Act (AV Ehrengrabstätten) (PDF, 24 kB) of August 15, 2007, Paragraph 10; accessed on March 24, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Heart, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	April 26, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bernburg
DATE OF DEATH	September 28, 1914
Place of death	Berlin

[NDB-1] Hans-Henning Zabel: Heart, Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 732 ( digitized version ).

[2] Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 352.

[3] Honorary graves of the State of Berlin (as of November 2018) . (PDF, 413 kB) Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection, p. 35; accessed on March 24, 2019. For a 20-year time limit, see: Implementing Regulations for Section 12 Paragraph 6 of the Cemetery Act (AV Ehrengrabstätten) (PDF, 24 kB) of August 15, 2007, Paragraph 10; accessed on March 24, 2019.