Adolph Jencquel

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Adolph Jencquel (born December 7, 1792 in Hamburg ; † June 8, 1855 there ) was a German entrepreneur .

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Adolph Jencquel was a son of the wealthy Hamburg businessman and Senator Jacob Hinrich Jencquel . He completed a commercial apprenticeship during which he spent some time in Sweden and England . His father made it possible for him to start his own business. From 1814 he belonged to the Masonic Lodge St. Johannes. An inheritance and the generous dowry his wife brought into the marriage enabled Jencquel to expand his business early on. He bought shares in the insurance company and invested in a cigar factory.

After speculating, he lost a huge fortune in the early 1840s, but made it back to economic success with land speculation. He invested in the Hamburg-Bergedorfer Railway and in particular in the development of the Hamburg-Uhlenhorst district . Like the merchants August Abendroth and Carl Heine , he paid 80,000 marks in 1837 for the “Landunternehmung Uhlenhorst”, which proved to be extremely successful shortly before his death. Jencquel, who had been married to Emma, ​​nee Moller, since 1825, had eight children.

From 1845 to 1985, Adolphstrasse in the Uhlenhorst district commemorated the businessman who died in 1855. Today this street is named after the former mayor of Hamburg, Herbert Weichmann .

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SURNAME Jencquel, Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1855
Place of death Hamburg