| Code | DS/UK/637 |
| Dates | 31/01/1868-06/11/1933 |
| Person Name | Petersen; Carl Wilhelm (31/01/1868-06/11/1933); Dr. iur.; Dr. med h.c. |
| Surname | Petersen |
| Forenames | Carl Wilhelm |
| Title | Dr. iur.; Dr. med h.c. |
| Activity | Lawyer, politician and mayor of Hamburg (1924-1930; 1932-1933); founding member and chairman (after the death of Friedrich Naumann) of Deutsche Demokratische Partei (1919-1924; 1932); MP for Hamburgische Bürgerschaft (1899-1918; 1921-1924; 1928-1933); founding member and chairman of the party 'Vereinigte Liberale in der Bürgerschaft' (1906); member of the national assembly (1919/20); MP in the German Reichstag (1920-1924); chairman of the German investigating committee of war (Untersuchungsausschuss zur Aufklärung der Kriegsschuld); member of the Hamburg Senate (1918-1919; 1919-1933); first mayor of Hamburg (1924-1929; 1932-1933), second mayor (1930/31) . |
| Relationships | Petersen's one grandfather was Carl Friedrich Petersen (1809–1892), an important mayor of Hamburg. His other grandfather was Leopold Wilhelm Behrens, owner of the Hamburg Bank L. Behrens & Söhne. He is the older brother of Rudolf Petersen, another mayer of Hamburg. |
| History | Studied law at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; member of Corps Vandalia at universities of Heidelberg and Leipzig; dissertation (1890); member of the Hansabund and Bund deutscher Bodenreformer. Dr. med. h.c. |
| Source | Erich Lüth und Hans-Dieter Loose: Bürgermeister Carl Petersen 1868–1933. Carl Petersen - Wegbereiter des Bündnisses zwischen Bürger und Arbeiter in Hamburg. Carl Petersen im Spiegel persönlicher Dokumente, Hrsg. vom Verein für Hamburgische Geschichte (Reihe Vorträge und Aufsätze, Band 18), Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1971; Sigrid Schambach: Carl Petersen. (Reihe Hamburger Köpfe), Ellert und Richter, Hamburg 2000; |
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