Hermann Gossler (born 21 August 1802 in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

, died 10 May 1877 in Hamburg) was a Hamburg lawyer,

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

(1842–77) and First Mayor and President of the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (i.e. the city republic's

head of state A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and l ...

and

head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a gro ...

) in 1874. He was Second Mayor in 1870, 1871 and 1873. During much of his tenure as senator and his first term as Second Mayor, Hamburg was a fully sovereign country, while after 1871, the First Mayor as head of state of republican Hamburg was equal to the

federal prince Federal prince (german: Bundesfürsten, "Princes of the Federation") was the generic term for the royal heads of state (monarchs) of the various states making up the German Empire, with the exception of the states that were republics and Alsace-L ...

s (''Bundesfürsten'') within the German Empire. As a senator, he also served as Lord of Police (Polizeiherr), the equivalent of a Minister of Police. He belonged to the

Hanseatic The Hanseatic League (; gml, Hanse, , ; german: label=German language, Modern German, Deutsche Hanse) was a Middle Ages, medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Central Europe, Central and Norther ...

Berenberg-Gossler banking dynasty and was a son of the banker and senator

Johann Heinrich Gossler Johann Heinrich Gossler (born 28 March 1775, died 3 April 1842) was a Hamburg banker and grand burgher, a member of the Berenberg-Gossler-Seyler banking dynasty, a co-owner (from 1798) of the Berenberg Bank and a senator of Hamburg from 1821. He ...

(1775–1842), co-owner of Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co, and the grandson of

Johann Hinrich Gossler Johann Hinrich Gossler (born 18 August 1738 in Hamburg, died 31 August 1790 in Hamburg) was a German banker and grand burgher of Hamburg, a member of the Hanseatic Berenberg/Gossler banking dynasty and the owner and head of the firm Joh. Berenb ...

. His side of the family was stripped out of their Bank stock and sent to exile to Latin America. Hermann Gossler studied law at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

, and worked as a lawyer in Hamburg from 1826 to 1837. He became Senate Secretary (roughly comparable to

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (or just Parliamentary Secretary, particularly in departments not led by a Secretary of State (United Kingdom), Secretary of State) is the lowest of three tiers of Minister (government), government minist ...

) in 1837. From 1838 to 1842, he was ''Secretarius'' of the High Court. In 1842 he was elected Senator. He was the father of ''Emilie (Emmy) Helene Gossler'' (1838–1910), married to banker

Georg Heinrich Kaemmerer Georg Heinrich Kaemmerer (born 29 February 1824 in Hamburg, died 5 June 1875 in Hamburg) was a Hamburg banker and politician. He joined the company established by his family in 1750, which he from 1851 headed jointly with his brother Wilhelm Hein ...

.Deutsches Geschlechterbuch Nr. 27, 1914, S. 73

Literature

* Deutsches Geschlechterbuch Band 19, (Hamburgischer Band 2), Hamburg 1911, S.29

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gossler, Hermann Mayors of Hamburg Senators of Hamburg (before 1919) Hermann Grand burghers of Hamburg 1802 births 1877 deaths