Friedrich Wilhelm Klöpper

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Friedrich Wilhelm Klöpper (born November 20, 1812 in Hamburg ; † November 22, 1876 ​​there ) was a German businessman .

Life

Klöpper was the son of the Hamburg textile merchant Friedrich Christoph Klöpper (1780–1850) and Anna Christina Margarethe Petersen (1784–1829). His father supported him in March 1840 in founding a trading company in Hamburg, which operated under the name Wm. Klöpper. The company carried out a wholesale trade in ribbon, silk, thread and thread. The company opened up new sales markets for the textile industry and became the leader in wholesaling of white goods in northern Germany, with a turnover of 2.5 million marks in 1877. Klöpper was able to end the supremacy of the retail trade and join the dealers because of its important trade relationships and large stocks make a wide range. He often gave loans to customers and his employees received profit sharing.

Klöpper was involved in the St. Nikolaikirche . There he was adjunct from 1855 to 1858 , from 1859 to 1870 in the Hundred Eighties and from 1871 to 1876 the church mayor. He was also a member of some civic bodies. Klöpper was a member of the Hamburg parliament from 1859 to 1876 . From 1865 to 1871 and 1872 to 1876 he sat on the citizens' committee . Hermann Baumeister described him in an obituary as one of the most industrious and versatile members of the citizenry.

In 1841, Klöpper married Maria Wilhelmine Rolffsen (1817–1882). His sons Heinrich Adolph Klöpper (1842–1878) and Friedrich Wilhelm Klöpper jr. (1844–1875) joined his father's company in early 1869.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hamburg address book for 1841 . Herrmanns Erben, Hamburg, p. 115 .
personal data
SURNAME Klöpper, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1876
Place of death Hamburg