Friedrich Muhl

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Friedrich Muhl (born March 16, 1732 in Danzig , Polish Prussia , † January 21, 1797 in Danzig, West Prussia province ) was a German long-distance merchant and councilor in Danzig.

Life

Langer Markt 14 (right house, reconstructed)
Wife Johanna Florentina Świetlicka

The family on his father's side came from Hamburg . Grandfather Jacob emigrated to Amsterdam , father Abraham Muhl received citizenship in Gdansk in 1712. There he married the Dutch woman Constantia Mulhem called Hagedorn. Friedrich Muhl learned the trade from his father. From 1762 to 1763 he was in the Netherlands and other Western European countries.

In 1765 Muhl received the citizenship of the city of Danzig. In 1767 he opened a wine trade with his brother Abraham, who had received his father's inheritance, with its headquarters in Brotbänkengasse, since 1779 at Langen Markt 14 (442).

Friedrich Muhl was chairman of the reformed parish of St. Peter and Paul since 1766, chairman of the reformed parishes of Danzig since 1772 and of all reformed parishes of the remaining Polish Prussia since 1784. In that year he was also a lay judge in the law town and in 1792 a councilor. In 1793 he was involved in redesigning the city's administrative structures under the new Prussian rule.

Friedrich Muhl owned several estates and properties in Gdansk and the surrounding area, including a summer residence in Langfuhr and the house Langer Markt 1 (423), one of the city's finest houses, in which Polish kings had previously been quartered. He amassed an important collection of paintings and engravings.

Friedrich Muhl was married to Johanna Florentina, a daughter of the Polish pastor and author Paul Świetlicki . They had seven children

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Muhl (* 1766)
  • Abraham Ludwig Muhl (1768–1835), long-distance merchant, shipowner and senator in Danzig
  • Johanna Agathe Muhl (* 1769)
  • Friederike Luise Constantia Muhl (* 1770)
  • Wilhelmine Amalie Muhl (* 1771)
  • Friederike Auguste Muhl (* 1774)
  • Friedrich Muhl (* 1776)

literature

  • John Muhl : The Danzig councilor Friedrich Muhl 1732–1797. In: Communications of the West Prussian History Association. 17. 1918. pp. 61-67.
  • Dorothea Weichbrodt: patricians, citizens, residents of the Free and Hanseatic City of Danzig in family and name boards from 14th to 18th centuries Century . Volume 1. Danziger Verlagsgesellschaft Paul Rosenberg, Klausdorf near Kiel, 1986. P. 331

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Muhl: The register of Senator Abraham Ludwig Muhl (1782–1789). In: Communications of the West Prussian History Association. 14, 1915, pp. 73-76
  2. ^ John Muhl: The painting and engraving collection of the Muhl family in Danzig. In: Communications of the West Prussian History Association. 11, 1912, pp. 65-69
personal data
SURNAME Muhl, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German remote merchant and councilor in Danzig
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH Gdansk , Polish Prussia
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1797
Place of death Gdansk, West Prussia Province