Ernst Heinrich Lindemann (25 January 1833– 8 May 1900) was German politician and mayor of Essen, Dortmund and Düsseldorf. His grandson Kapitän zur See Ernst Lindemann was the commander of the battleship Bismarck.
Ernst Heinrich Lindemann | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Düsseldorf | |
| In office September 1886 – June 1899 | |
| Mayor of Dortmund | |
| In office 1878–1886 | |
| Mayor of Essen | |
| In office 21 March 1859 – 1 September 1868 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1833 Kirchlengern |
| Died | 8 May 1900 (aged 67) Düsseldorf |
| Nationality | German |
| Relations | Ernst Lindemann (grandson) |
Lindemann was the son of the Theologian Heinrich Lindemann (1805–1861) who was the pastor of Kirchlegern since 1832. Lindemann studied law at the universities in Bonn, Heidelberg and Berlin from 1851 to 1854. He was elected mayor of Essen in December 1858. He held this office nine years from 1859 to 1868. He resigned from office and worked as a bank director of the Westdeutschen Versicherungs-Aktienbank and then as general director of the Bochumer Verein für Bergbau und Gußstahlfabrikation (BVG), an iron factory, belonging to Friedrich Grillo.
The father of three sons and two daughters died on 8 May 1900. His oldest son, Georg Heinrich Ernst Lindemann, was the father of the Captain of the battleship Bismarck, Otto Ernst Lindemann.
References
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- Bibliography
- Grützner, Jens (2010). Kapitän zur See Ernst Lindemann: Der Bismarck-Kommandant - Eine Biographie (in German). VDM Heinz Nickel. ISBN 978-3-86619-047-4.
- Weidenhaupt, Hugo (1993). Kleine Geschichte der Stadt Düsseldorf. 9. Auflage. Triltsch, Düsseldorf, ISBN 3-7998-0000-X.