Karl Berg
German politician from Frankfurt
About Karl Berg
Lived 1826 – 1887 (aged 60). Karl Berg was a notary and local politician.
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. Berg became a lawyer in 1850 and was a notary from 1861. He became a senator in Frankfurt in 1865, and was named the second "Bürgermeister" of Frankfurt in 1868.
Berg was a long time member of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift association, and took over from Otto Volger as its chairman in 1881. He held this position until retirement in November 1885. He was succeeded by Otto Heuer.
Berg died in 1887 aged 51.
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German politician from Frankfurt
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Karl Berg was born on 28 March 1826 in Frankfurt.
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Karl Berg died on 26 January 1887 in Frankfurt.
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Karl Berg was a notary and local politician.
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