Councillor of Justice Robert Simon Heinemann (1856 - 1920)

Robert Simon Heinemann was born on December 4, 1856 as the first child of Marcus and Henriette Heinemann in Lüneburg. Like almost all male members of the Heinemann family, he attended the Johanneum grammar school. Unlike his ancestors, he became neither a merchant nor a banker, but a lawyer.

After studying in various places, he returned to Lüneburg in 1886 and set up as a lawyer there. He married Selma Sternau from Dortmund and initially lived with her in an old town house in Obere Schrangenstra e, where his uncle Salomon Heinemann had previously lived. His children Else, Fritz, Gertrud, Lotte and Kurt were born there. In 1898, the family moved into a new house in Schießgrabenstraße, which was just becoming one of the best residential areas in Lüneburg at the time. In 1902, his son Hans was born there.

Robert Heinemann had his law firm in a small annex behind the house. Among other things, he successfully defended the legendary natural healer Schumer Ast, who had been accused of being a charlatan. He was also able to help the vegetable farmers from nearby Bardowick who were fighting for their rights in court. After the First World War, he brought the young, politically active lawyer Emil Strau   into his law firm. Robert Heinemann held the honorary title of councillor of justice and was appointed notary shortly before his unexpected death on 25.12.1920.

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