Christian Gottfried Lorsch

Christian Gottfried Lorsch ( born September 11, 1773 in Nuremberg, † February 19, 1830 ibid ) was from 1818 to 1821 the first civilian First Mayor of the city of Nuremberg after the transition to the Kingdom of Bavaria.

Dr. jur. Lorsch since 1796 working as a lawyer in the city and in 1801 member of the " Council of the City " (so-called " Named "). After a civil administration and a magistrate was set up because of the " community Edict " of the Bavarian King Maximilian I, he was elected on September 26, 1818 " First Major ". At the election in 1821, he failed, but was a member of the " Quorum of the community representative " (today's city council comparable).

Together with Johannes Scharrer 1821, he founded the bank in Nuremberg. According to him, a street in the district of Nuremberg is named Gleisshammer.