Adolph Tesdorpf
Adolph Tesdorpf (born August 7, 1811 in Hamburg ; † November 26, 1887 there ) was a Hamburg merchant and senator .
Life
Tesdorpf completed a commercial apprenticeship at Leech & Harisson in Liverpool before returning to Hamburg to work in his father's business, FJ Tesdorpf & Sohn . In 1866 he took over the company and since then it has been called A. Tesdorpf & Co. Tesdorpf was a successful businessman and that enabled him to get involved in local politics . The following offices, which he held for one year each, document his voluntary work. In 1843 he became provisional officer of the orphanage , he was a member of the poor college in 1847 and worked as a commercial judge in 1849. In 1849 Tesdorpf was elected to the Hamburg Constituent Assembly. On June 8th, 1852, Tesdorpf was co-opted into the Hamburg council . In the council he mainly worked in the tax area, especially in the Accise Deputation. In addition, he held various other offices: he was stable master of the Marstall, mill lord, lord of the Hamburg bank , lord of the Geestlande , he temporarily headed the administration of the Hamburg observatory and was temporarily a member of the higher court .
In December 1864, Tesdorpf resigned from his position as senator from the committee that had meanwhile changed from the council to the Hamburg senate , in order to devote himself fully to his commercial activities again. In 1877 Tesdorpf bought a piece of land in Nienstedten on the Elbchaussee and built a villa there. On his death he left a fortune of 6.5 million marks. From 1877 to 1887 he was a member of the supervisory board of the Norddeutsche Bank .
family
Tesdorpf was a son of the elder Friedrich Jacob Tesdorf (1781-1832) and a grandson of the Lübeck mayor Peter Hinrich Tesdorpf . Tesdorpf's marriage remained childless, he adopted two children, of whom Elise Mathilde Borberg (1846–1923) married the future mayor Johann Georg Mönckeberg .
Honors
A street on the Moorweide in Hamburg-Rotherbaum was named after him.
literature
- German Gender Book Volume 51, Hamburg Gender Book Volume 7, 1927, p. 490
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul Th. Hoffmann: The Elbchaussee. Your country estates, people and fates , Hamburg, 1977, p. 211
- ↑ Frank M. Hinz: Planning and financing of the Speicherstadt in Hamburg : Mixed economy company foundations in the 19th century with special consideration of the Hamburg Freihafen-Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft, 2000, ISBN 3825836320 , p. 69, footnote 230
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tesdorpf, Adolph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tesdorpf, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hamburg senator and businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1887 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |