Gesine Wencke

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Gesine Wencke , b. Schilling, (born December 7, 1807 in Vegesack , † February 15, 1866 in Bremerhaven ) was a German shipbuilding entrepreneur and shipowner.

biography

Wencke was the daughter of Captain Claus Schilling and his wife Mette Schilling. In 1834 she married the Bremerhaven shipbuilder Friedrich Wilhelm Wencke (1806-1859), who had been running the family shipyard and shipping company on the right bank of the Geeste since 1833 . Both had seven children. The family lived in their town house on the harbor and, since 1854, also in the representative country estate Friedrichs-Ruh in Langen , north of Lehe .

In 1859, after the husband's death, Gesine Wencke and son-in-law Friedrich Wilhelm Albert Rosenthal (1826–1882) ran the company. In 1864 the resolute entrepreneur fell ill and appointed her son-in-law as a partner, who now ran the company alone. After her death, her sons Nicolaus Diedrich (* 1848) and Johannes Bernhard (* 1850) should inherit the company.

A granddaughter of Friedrich Wilhelm and Gesine Wencke was the Worpswede painter Sophie Wencke-Meinken (1874–1963).

Honors

  • The Gesine-Wencke-Weg in Bremerhaven - Leherheide was named after her in 2016.

Literature, sources

  • Anja Benschneidt: Wencke, Gesine, b. Shilling . In: Women's history (s) , Bremer Frauenmuseum (ed.). Edition Falkenberg, Bremen 2016, ISBN 978-3-95494-095-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Dede
  2. ↑ Source: worpswede.de Wencke, Sophie ( Memento of the original from June 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.worpswede24.de
personal data
SURNAME Wencke, Gesine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German shipbuilding entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Vegesack
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1866
Place of death Bremerhaven