Hergenhahn, August Karl Friedrich von (1883 hereditary Prussian nobility)

Lawyer, Member of Parliament

born: 14.03.1830 in Wiesbaden

died: 07.07.1903 in Frankfurt am Main

With a doctorate in law, he had been working as a government assistant in Koblenz since 1862. In 1866, he took part in the so-called German War and moved to Wiesbaden to the Prussian Civil Commissariat for Nassau, where he was responsible for drafting the administrative regulations for the new Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau. Hergenhahn worked as a government councillor in Wiesbaden until 1872. In 1870/71, he took part in the Franco-Prussian War. He then became Chief of Police in Frankfurt am Main. He gave up his post on 01.01.1888.

Chancellor Otto von Bismarck had accused him of incompetence in connection with the funeral of the Social Democrat Hugo Hiller on July 22, 1885 at Frankfurt's main cemetery. A banned social democratic rally had allegedly taken place, whereupon the police had dispersed the mourners gathered at the grave and severely injured several people with sabre blows.

Despite criticism of his behavior in this matter, Hergenhahn, who sat in the Prussian House of Representatives for the National Liberal Party from 1889-91, was later elevated to hereditary nobility and received the Order of the Red Eagle II. Class.