Andreas Rickmers

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Andreas Clasen Rickmers (* December 1835 in Bremerhaven ; † March 7, 1924 in Bremen ) was a German shipyard owner, shipowner and rice merchant.

biography

Andreas Rickmers was the son of Rickmer Clasen Rickmers (1807–1886), founder of the well-known Rickmers shipping company . With his brothers Peter Rickmers (1838–1902) and Wilhelm Rickmers (1844–1891) he managed the founder's company.

He received his training in his father's company. After the death of their father in 1886, he and his brother Peter managed the entire company, which has been called Rickmers Reismühlen Rhederei und Schiffbau AG since 1889 . The shares of the original trading company RC Rickmers remained in full possession of the family.

Andreas managed the rice business of Rickmers Reismühlen in Bremen in the group of companies . The North German rice mill was founded in Hamburg in 1893 and various other companies in the rice business were affiliated. In 1901 the nine German rice mills merged to form the Reis- und Handels-Aktien-Gesellschaft with headquarters in Bremen. In 1902 Andreas Rickmers became chairman of the AG's supervisory board. In 1910 he resigned as chairman of the supervisory board and sold his shares to brother Peter. 1912 led his nephew Robert Rickmers the rice plants Rickmers GmbH . The company remained in the possession of the Rickmers family until 1963. After the rice business was spun off, the company was called Rickmers Rhederei und Schiffbau AG from 1914 .

Honors

  • The Rickmersstraße in Bremerhaven- Lehe was named after him and his family
  • The wooden full ship Andreas had had his name since 1864
  • The full ship Andreas Rickmers (1873–1879) bore his name

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Corpse book entry. (No longer available online.) The MAUS - Society for Family Research e. V. Bremen , formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 13, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.die-maus-bremen.de  

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personal data
SURNAME Rickmers, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rickmers, Andreas Clasen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German shipyard owner, shipowner and rice merchant
DATE OF BIRTH December 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremerhaven
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1924
Place of death Bremen