Hermann Schömbs

Hermann Schömbs

• Father: Zacharias Schömbs b. circa 1645, d. 24 May 1707
• Mother: Anna Magdalena (?) b. circa 1646, d. 7 February 1716

• In 1707 Hermann Schömbs became mayor of Undenheim. As far as we know he was the first Schömbs to hold the position of mayor in Undenheim. In the literature of Undenheim by the researcher Dr. Curschmann, it is mentioned many times of Hermann performing his official duties. For example, in the year 1706 Herman borrowed money which many years later led to a dispute. He received the amount of 64 Gulden in that year. The lender was the so-called "Reformierte Almosen“, or Reformed Charities. But Hermann was not a reformed Catholic. Three Gulden and 12 Kreutzer was due annually as interest, but it was never received by the Reformed, apparently. It turned out that Hermann had made the payments to a Catholic priest, but they had not been passed along to the Reformierte Almosen. In 1718 in the year of his death Hermann paid the money back to the Charity.
• Hermann Schömbs was born circa 1666 prior to the family moving to Undenheim, first known child. The years of his birth is based upon the age recorded in his death record.
• He married Elisabetha (?)
• He married Anna Margaretha (?)
• In 1695 Hermann Schömbs became mayor of Undenheim. He was the first Schömbs to hold the position of mayor and he was the first Catholic mayor since the Reformation. In the literature of Undenheim by the researcher Dr. Curschmann, it is mentioned many times of Hermann performing his official duties.
• Hermann Schömbs died on 15 May 1718 in Undenheim, Rheinhessen.
• Photographs of present-day Undenheim.

• Last Edited: 2 Jul 2013