Georg Gleistein
Jürgen Georg Gleistein , (also Gloistein ) (born July 26, 1771 (other source 1770) in Fähr ; † October 23, 1831 (other source 1830) in Vegesack ) was a German sailing ship captain and founder of the Georg Gleistein & Sohn cordage factory .
biography
Gloistein (later Gleistein) was the son of the Rönnebeck sailor Lür Gloistein. He learned the trade of a ship's carpenter and first went to sea. In 1818 he became the captain of a sailing ship. In 1824 he and his eldest son Johann Gleistein (1797–1837) founded the Georg Gleistein & Son cordage factory in Bremen- Vegesack, along the Kirchheide between Georg-Gleistein-Strasse and Fährgrund . 12 Reepschläger processed the natural fibers (hemp, tow) available in Europe by hand into ropes. Customers were cargo and river boaters, shipping companies and agriculture. Today the company is the oldest existing industrial family company in the Hanseatic City of Bremen.
- Honors
- The street of the first company location was named after him.
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gleistein, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gleistein, Jürgen Georg; Gloistein, Jürgen Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German captain and entrepreneur in Vegesack |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1770 or July 26, 1771 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ferry |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1830 or October 23, 1831 |
| Place of death | Vegesack |