Eduard Bohlen
Eduard Bohlen (born June 28, 1847 in Hamburg ; † January 31, 1901 there ) was a German shipowner and consul .
He was married to Luise Friederike (Lulu) Woermann since 1877. She was the daughter of Carl Woermann , a Hamburg overseas merchant and founder of the coastal service of the Woermann Line on the West African coast , from which the Woermann Line emerged in 1885 . In 1880 - the year Carl Woermann died - he became a partner in the shipping company. In the 1890s, Bohlen became a member of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce . With Eduard Woermann (1863–1920) he headed the German East-Africa Line in the 1890s .
The daughter of Eduard Bohlen and Lulu, geb. Woermann, Thekla Aline Bohlen (1879–1933) married the son of the shipbuilder and shipowner Martin Garlieb Amsinck , Arnold Amsinck , who in 1916 became chairman of the board of the Woermann Line and the German East Africa Line .
From 1892 to 1900 Bohlen was Consul General of the Congo Free State .
The ship was named Eduard Bohlen after him.
literature
- Karl Brackmann: Fifty Years of German Africa Shipping . Reimer / Steiner, Berlin 1935.
- Theodor Bohner : The Woermanns. From becoming German greatness . Publishing house Die Brücke zur Heimat, Berlin 1935
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Luise Friederike Bohlen , hamburgerpersoenitäten.de (accessed on July 22, 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bohlen, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German shipowner and consul |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1901 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |