Carl Friedrich Gethmann (entrepreneur)

Carl Friedrich Gethmann (* 1777 ; † March 22, 1865 ) was a wealthy Blankenstein entrepreneur, merchant, cloth weaver, tradesman, coal trader. The Gethmann family ran the woolen cloth factory Gethmann und Consorten until 1788 , then invested in mining in the Ruhr area and produced around one Aak per year in a shipyard on the Ruhr , of which he owned nine himself and thus brought coal and salt to Ruhrort .

In 1806 he laid out the Gethmann garden in Blankenstein. In 1833 Gethmann was visited by the Prussian Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm IV , who raised him to the position of Royal Prussian Commerzienrat in 1842 . He also carried the Order of the Red Eagle . He is said to have turned down the offered hereditary nobility with the words that he would rather be an old citizen than a new nobility.

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• The gardens of Carl Friedrich Gethmann in Blankenstein over the Ruhr. by Benno Eichholz / City of Bochum. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
• Early mining on the Ruhr - Gethmann family . On ruhrkohlenrevier.de. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
• Blankenstein historical - Stammhaus Gethmann Heimatverein Blankenstein. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
• In Carl Gethmanns Garten Auf derwesten.de (WAZ). Retrieved June 30, 2015.
• Online brochure: Blankenstein Historisch on: hattingen.de. Retrieved June 30, 2015.