Werner von Melle
Werner von Melle | |
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First Mayor of Hamburg and President of the Hamburg Senate | |
In office 1 January 1915 – 31 December 1915 | |
Preceded by | Max Predöhl |
Succeeded by | August Schröder |
In office 1 January 1918 – 12 November 1918 | |
Preceded by | Max Predöhl |
Succeeded by | Soldiers' and Workers' Council |
In office (acting only) 18 November 1918 – 27 March 1919 | |
Preceded by | Soldiers' and Workers' Council |
Succeeded by | himself (reëlected) |
In office 31 March 1919 – 31 December 1919 | |
Preceded by | himself (reëlected) |
Succeeded by | Friedrich Sthamer |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 October 1853 Hamburg |
Died | 18 February 1937 Hamburg | (aged 83)
Nationality | Georgia Augusta |
Werner von Melle (18 October 1853 – 18 February 1937) was a
Family
Melle was the son of Emil von Melle , a merchant who later became a senator of Hamburg and eventually sat in the senate of the North German Confederation. Melle's mother, Maria Geffcken, whom his father married in 1850, was the daughter of Senator Henry Geffcken. After marrying Emmy Kaemmerer, the daughter of Georg Heinrich Kaemmerer, a businessman and member of the Hamburg Parliament, in 1880, Melle fathered three daughters.
Career
Melle studied law at the
In 1900 the Hamburg Parliament elected Melle as fellow senator into the
On 12 November 1918 the
On 30 March 1919 the Hamburg Parliament, first time elected under equal suffrage by men and women of Hamburg, elected a new senate, into which Melle and six more pre-war senators were reëlected, besides eleven new senators. On 31 March 1919 the fellow senators elected Melle again their president and First Mayor of Hamburg. His predecessor as First Mayor was Max Predöhl (in 1914 and in 1917), his successors were Carl August Schröder in 1916 and Friedrich Sthamer in 1920.[citation needed]
Awards and honors
- 1917 Honorary Doctor of Theology Faculty of the University of Göttingen
- 1921 Rector magnificus honoris causa of the University of Hamburg[4]
- 1928 Honorary Doctor of Political Sciences, University of Hamburg
- Asteroid H 85).[6]
Works
- Die Entwicklung des öffentlichen Armenwesen in Hamburg, Hamburg 1883.
- Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer. Ein Lebens- und Zeitbild, Hamburg 1888.
- Das Hamburgische Staatsrecht, Hamburg 1891.
- Dreißig Jahre Hamburger Wissenschaft, 1891–1921. Rückblicke und persönliche Erinnerungen, 2 Bände, Hamburg 1923.
- Jugenderinnerungen, Hamburg 1928.
References
- ^ "The History of the University of Hamburg". University of Hamburg. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "The University of Hamburg". International Max Planck Research School. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek".
- ^ a b "Die Mitglieder des ersten Kuratoriums 1907". Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Stiftung. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ^ The election as First and Second Mayor of Hamburg followed a rotation in office.
- ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.