Adolf Vorster (papermaker, 1610)
Adolf Vorster (* around 1610 in the office of Steinbach near Olpe ; † January 3, 1675 in the rule of Broich ) was a German paper manufacturer.
Live and act
Adolf Vorster is considered to be the founder of the widespread Vorster papermaking dynasty, which developed over generations in the Rhineland and Westphalia .
Adolf Vorster leased a paper mill in Broich near Mülheim an der Ruhr in 1643 . The lease contract was carried over from one generation to the next, so that the Broicher Mühle remained in the Vorster family for 268 years.
From the Broicher mill, the paper manufacture came to Westphalia, where Adolf Vorster's descendants built paper mills in Eilpe and Delstern (today districts of Hagen ). An employee of Adolf Vorster - Wilhelm Rettinghaus - took his knowledge with him overseas and built the first paper mill on American soil in Germantown near Philadelphia.
Marriage and offspring
Adolf Vorster was married three times and had numerous children with these women. His first marriage was with a woman named Maria from the Steinbach office .
His second marriage was to a woman named Christine (* around 1630, † 1672) from Mülheim an der Ruhr. From this connection (∞ around 1651) nine children were born, including three sons, all of whom turned to papermaking. This is also known as the Broicher line of the Vorster family. The nine children were:
- Johannes (* 1653 in Broich, † 1708 in Broich), successor to his father, second tenant of the Broich paper mill
- Mathias (* 1659 in Broich, † 1704 in Delstern), founder of a paper mill in Delstern near Hagen
- Margarethe (1660-1692)
- Maria (1661–1699)
- Christine (1664–1685)
- Anna Sophie (* 1666)
- Gertraud (* 1668)
- Hermann (* 1670 in Broich, † 1740 in Wesel), founder of a paper mill or business in Wesel
- Anna Christine (* 1672)
He concluded his third marriage in 1674 with Catharina from Bieg. They had a daughter named Elisabeth (* 1675).
A descendant of Adolf Vorster - his great-grandson Johann Hermann Voerster - was the first mayor of the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr, which was made a municipality in 1808 .
literature
- The Vorster family. The story of a German papermaking family . Edited by Ferdinand Vorster. Hagen 1929-1936.
- Ilse Barleben : Mülheim ad Ruhr. Contributions to its history from the city elevation to the founding years . Mülheim an der Ruhr 1959, pp. 342–359.
- Hubert Köhler, Sabine Schachtner: Chancellery paper from Mülheim an der Ruhr: Rise and fall of the Vorster papermaking dynasty , in: Horst A. Wessel (Ed.): Mülheim entrepreneurs: Pioneers of the economy. Business history in the city on the river since the end of the 18th century . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2006, pp. 124-136.
- Erich Kuß: Commented excerpt from “The Vorster family. The history of a German papermaking family ”. Edited by Ferdinand Vorster, Hagen, in the years 1929–1936. ( Full text )
Other sources
- City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, inventory 1550 No. 31.
- City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, holdings 1390/14/1 ff.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vorster, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German paper manufacturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1610 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Office Steinbach near Olpe |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1675 |
| Place of death | Reign of Broich |