Their grandfather Carl Friedrich Petersen had officiated as first mayor several terms, last until his death in 1892.
[1] In May 1945 after the World War II, Brigadier General Sir George Armytage [de] — Military Governor of Hamburg — appointed Petersen mayor of Hamburg.
In 1946, he was followed by Max Brauer, who was elected as the First Mayor, and Petersen remained member of the Hamburg Parliament until 1949.
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