Gethmann (entrepreneurial family)

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Coat of arms of the Gethmann family
Document by Friedrich-Wilhelm Gethmann (1630–1705)
Portrait of Wilhelm-Anton Gethmann (1804–1877)

The Gethmann family was an entrepreneurial family in Blankenstein , Hattingen .

Jürgen-Henrich Gethmann (1698–1750) acquired the Gethmann parent company in Blankenstein in 1730 . He bequeathed it to his Johann Wilhelm Friedrich Gethmann (1734–1807), who ran the Gethmann and Consorten woolen cloth factory until 1788 .

His son Carl Friedrich Gethmann (1777-1865) was a tradesman in the Ruhr mining industry and produced about an Aak per year in a shipyard on the Ruhr , of which he owned nine himself and thus brought coal and salt to Ruhrort . In 1806 he laid out the Gethmann garden in Blankenstein. The family was also a patron of the Catholic Church of St. Johannes Baptist zu Blankenstein. His son was Wilhelm-Anton Gethmann (1804–1877).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The gardens of Carl Friedrich Gethmann in Blankenstein over the Ruhr. by Benno Eichholz / City of Bochum. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ The early mining on the Ruhr - Gethmann family . On ruhrkohlenrevier.de. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ Blankenstein historical - Stammhaus Gethmann Heimatverein Blankenstein. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ In Carl Gethmanns Garten Auf derwesten.de (WAZ). Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  5. ↑ Online brochure: Blankenstein Historisch Auf: hattingen.de. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  6. ↑ https://www.lokalkompass.de/hattingen/c-natur-garten/erinnerungen-an-carl-friedrich-gethmann_a527449
  7. ↑ https://www.waz.de/staedte/hattingen/am-anfang-war-die-propstei-id10846523.html
  8. ↑ https://hvb45527.wordpress.com/cf_gethmann/