Ernst Heinrich Lindemann (25 January 1833– 8 May 1900) was a

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. His grandson ''Kapitän zur See''

Ernst Lindemann Otto Ernst Lindemann (28 March 1894 – 27 May 1941) was a German ''Kapitän zur See'' (Captain (naval), naval captain). He was the only commander of the battleship during its eight months of service in World War II. Lindemann joined the Germa ...

was the commander of the

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''Bismarck'' in World War II. Lindemann was the son of the

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Heinrich Lindemann (1805–1861) who was the pastor of Kirchlegern since 1832. Lindemann studied

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at the universities in Bonn, Heidelberg and Berlin from 1851 to 1854. He was elected mayor of Essen in December 1858. He held this office nine years from 1859 to 1868. He resigned from office and worked as a bank director of the ''Westdeutschen Versicherungs-Aktienbank'' and then as general director of the ''Bochumer Verein für Bergbau und Gußstahlfabrikation (BVG)'', an iron factory, belonging to

Friedrich Grillo Henrich Friedrich Theodor Ernst Grillo (20 December 1825, Essen – 16 April 1888, Düsseldorf-Grafenberg) was a prominent industrialist in the Ruhr area of Germany, particularly in Essen and Gelsenkirchen. Born the son of an Essen merchant, into ...

. The father of three sons and two daughters died on 8 May 1900. His oldest son, Georg Heinrich Ernst Lindemann, was the father of the Captain of the battleship ''Bismarck'', Otto Ernst Lindemann.Grützner 2010, p. 17.

References

;Citations ;Bibliography * Grützner, Jens (2010). ''Kapitän zur See Ernst Lindemann: Der Bismarck-Kommandant - Eine Biographie'' (in German). VDM Heinz Nickel. . * Weidenhaupt, Hugo (1993). ''Kleine Geschichte der Stadt Düsseldorf. 9. Auflage''. Triltsch, Düsseldorf, . 1833 births 1900 deaths Mayors of Düsseldorf Mayors of Dortmund Members of the Prussian House of Lords Mayors of Essen {{Germany-mayor-stub