Mirko Hermann

Mirko Herrmann (5 August 1868 – 2 April 1927) was a Croatian industrialist, businessman and member of the Freemasonry in Osijek, Croatia.

Mirko Herrmann
Mirko Herrmann with his family.
Born
Mirko Emerich Herrmann

(1868-08-05)5 August 1868
Osijek, Austro-Hungarian monarchy, (now Croatia)
Died2 April 1927(1927-04-02) (aged 58)
Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, (now Croatia)
NationalityCroat
Occupation(s)Industrialist, businessman

Herrmann was born in Osijek on 5 August 1868. He was raised in a Croatian-Jewish family of David Herrmann. Herrmann finished elementary and high school in Osijek. He attended and graduated from the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna and University of University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. For a short period of time, after graduation, Herrmann worked in Lika and later moved to Čepin near Osijek. In 1897 Herrmann acquired on lease the agricultural estate "Mihajlović". He was also a renowned art collector and a longtime member of the "First Croatian-Slavonian traded company for the sugar industry" in Osijek. Herrmann was one of the key renovators of Masonic activity in Osijek. From 1903 he was a member of the Freemasonry lodge "Ljubav bližnjega" (The Neighbour's Love) and from 1912 founder and Worshipful Master of the lodge "Budnost" (Vigilance). Due to disagreements with some members and the internal conflicts in the lodge, caused by new political circumstances after the World War I, Herrmann retired from a place of Worshipful Master and left the lodge in 1923.[1][2][3][4] Herrmann was legal guardian of Terezija Svećenski, mother of Louis Svećenski, until her death.[5] He died in Zagreb on 2 April 1927 and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery.[1][6]

Works
  • O gospodarskoj snazi Jugoslavije (1918), Hrvatski štamparski zavod d. d. podružnica Osijek

Bibliography
  • Živaković-Kerže, Zlata (2005). Židovi u Osijeku (1918.-1941.). Osijek: Židovska općina Osijek – Tiskara Pauk d.o.o., Cerna. ISBN 953-6659-22-0.

References
  1. Živaković-Kerže, Zlata; Nevenka Drahotuski (4 August 2011). "Osječki spomendan 5. kolovoza". Osijek (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  2. Matičić, Slaven (24 November 2012). "Masoni u Osijeku: Jedna od najjačih loža u cijeloj regiji". Kultura u Osijeku - www.kultura-osijek.com (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  3. "Otvorenje izložbe OSTAVŠTINA OSJEČKE SLOBODNOZIDARSKE LOŽE "BUDNOST" u Hrvatskom povijesnom muzeju u Zagrebu". culturenet.hr (in Croatian). 2004. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  4. "Zbirka slikarstva 20. stoljeća, I. polovica". Galerija likovnih umjetnosti Osijek – www.gluo.hr (in Croatian). 2004. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  5. "Biografija: Lujo Svećenski". essekeri.hr (in Croatian). Essekeri. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  6. (in Croatian) Gradska groblja Zagreb: Mirko Herrmann, Mirogoj Ž-8-I-61
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