caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
mirko hermann with his family . 02 april 1927 zagreb -rrb- , kingdom of yugoslavia , -lrb- now croatia osijek , austro-hungarian monarchy , -lrb- now croatia -rrb- croat mirko hermann 05 august 1868 mirko ehrmann and his family . . jpg mirko hermann
 mirko emerich hermann industrialist , businessman
mirko hermann

mirko hermann -lrb- born ; 5 august 1868 -- 2 april 1927 -rrb- was an croatian industrialist , businessman and member of the freemasonry in osijek , croatia .
hermann was born in osijek on 5 august 1868 .
he was raised in a croatian jewish family of david hermann .
hermann finished elementary and high school in osijek .
he attended and graduated from the university of veterinary medicine vienna and university of university of natural resources and life sciences , vienna .
for a short period of time , after graduation , hermann worked in lika and later moved to Čepin near osijek .
in 1897 hermann acquired on lease the agricultural estate `` mihajlović '' .
he was also a renowned art collector and a longtime member of the `` first croatian-slavonian traded company for the sugar industry '' in osijek .
hermann was one of the key renovators of masonic activity in osijek .
from 1903 he was a member of the freemasonry lodge `` ljubav bližnjega '' -lrb- `` the neighbour 's love '' -rrb- and from 1912 founder and worshipful master of the lodge `` budnost '' -lrb- `` vigilance '' -rrb- .
due to disagreements with some members and the internal conflicts in the lodge , caused by new political circumstances after the world war i , hermann retired from a place of worshipful master and left the lodge in 1923 .
hermann was legal guardian of terezija svećenski , mother of louis svećenski , until her death .
he died in zagreb on 2 april 1927 and was buried at the mirogoj cemetery .
