Dr. Karl Nikolaus Berg

Karl Nikolaus Berg (28 March 1826 - 26 January 1887) was a German politician from Frankfurt.

Biography

Berg was born to surgeon and military doctor Johann Gerhard Wilhelm Philipp and his wife Josephine Johanna Berg.[1] Berg became a lawyer in 1850[2] and was a notary from 1861. He became a senator in Frankfurt in 1865, and was named the second "Bürgermeister" of Frankfurt in 1868.[2][3]

Berg was a long time member of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift association, and took over from Otto Volger as its chairman in 1881.[4] He held this position until retirement in November 1885.[5] He was succeeded by Otto Heuer.

Berg died in 1887 aged 51.

References

  1. ^ "Berg, Carl". Frankfurter Personenlexikon. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b Adler 1959, p. 220.
  3. ^ "Berg, Karl Nikolaus". Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  4. ^ Adler 1959, p. 222.
  5. ^ Seng 2009, p. 39.

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