Gustav Godeffroy

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Gustav Godeffroy , CdV , Charles Junod, Hamburg around 1864

Gustav Godeffroy (born January 8, 1817 in Hamburg , † August 7, 1893 in Dockenhuden ) was a German businessman and Hamburg senator.

Life

Gustav Godeffroy grew up as the fourth of five children of Johan Cesar Godeffroy (1781–1845) and Sophie, b. Meyer (1786-1842). In winter they lived above the office in Alten Wandrahm 25 and in summer in Landhaus JC Godeffroy in Hirschpark . He spent part of his school days with his brothers at the Katharineum in Lübeck .

He did a commercial apprenticeship at Parish & Co. From 1839 to 1842 he worked for his father's company Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Sohn worked in Rio de Janeiro and Valparaíso and was their partner from 1842 to 1872. On April 1, 1842, he became a citizen of Hamburg. From September 1848, Godeffroy was the successor to the resigned Edgar Daniel Roß, alongside Johann Gustav Heckscher and Ernst Merck, one of three representatives for the city of Hamburg in the National Assembly in Frankfurt's Paulskirche. From November 6, 1854 to September 10, 1872 he was a member of the Hamburg Senate . In 1856, eight Hamburg companies (including Joh. Ces. Godeffroy & Sohn) founded the Norddeutsche Bank . Gustav Godeffroy was the chairman of the supervisory board for 37 years from 1856 until his death. He also sat on the supervisory board of the Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks Gesellschaft .

At the end of 1872 Gustav Godeffroy left as a partner in the Joh. Ces company. Godeffroy & Sohn and founded the company "Gustav Godeffroy".

Although senators were elected for life, Gustav Godeffroy retired as senator in 1872. In 1872 he became a partner in the newly founded Hanseatische Baugesellschaft , which u. a. built the Hansa fountain in today's St. Georg district , created the Hansaplatz and developed the surrounding area with tenement houses.

After he had accepted a Russian order in 1878, he lost the title of senator and the honorary rights associated with this position. Hamburg senators - including former ones - were prohibited from accepting medals or titles from ruling houses (→ Hanseatic League and Awards ).

His first marriage was to Sophie Hanbury (1826-1860). There were three children from this marriage. After the death of his wife, he went into a second marriage with Mrs. Julie Dreyer (1838-1912). There were two children from this marriage. During the summer months he and his family lived in the Beausite country estate that he had built in the Hirschpark on Elbchaussee in Hamburg-Blankenese .

Gustav Godeffroy was a co-founder of the Hamburg racing club in 1851 . On January 30, 1868, at the annual general assembly , he was elected President of the Hamburg Racing Club to succeed his brother Adolph , who had retired for health reasons. He held the office from 1868 to 1893. In December 1867 he was elected one of the deputies of the President of the Union Club , which was based in Berlin.

Works

literature

  • Claus Gossler: Godeffroy, Gustav . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 5 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8353-0640-0 , p. 138-141 .
  • Frank Hinz: Planning and financing of the Speicherstadt (publication of the Hamburg working group for regional history) (HAR) Vol. 7, LIT Verlag, Hamburg, 2000. ISBN 3-8258-3632-0
  • Manfred Pohl: Hamburg banking history , V. Hase & Koehler Verlag, Mainz, 1986. ISBN 978-3775811361
  • German gender book . Volume 127. Ninth Hamburg volume. Starke, Limburg an der Lahn 1961, p. 303.
  • Ernst Baasch: The Association for Freedom of Commerce in Hamburg 1848–1868 , in: Journal of the Association for Hamburg History , Volume 24, Johann August Meissner, Hamburg 1921, p. 32 ff., (Re. G. Godeffroy's activities as chairman in the “Association for freedom of trade ", online )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Directory of those who have become citizens , in: Hamburger Nachrichten, April 5, 1842, page 2
  2. Percy Ernst Schramm : Nine Generations: Three Hundred Years of German “Cultural History” in the Light of the Fate of a Hamburg Bourgeois Family (1648–1948). Volumes I and II. Göttingen 1963/1964; Volume 2, p. 150.
  3. Entries in the commercial register , in: Hamburger Nachrichten of January 3, 1873, page 4
  4. ^ Planning and financing of the Speicherstadt in Hamburg , Frank M. Hinz, LIT Verlag
  5. 125 years of Hansabrunnen , p. 7 (PDF; 2.2 MB)
  6. ^ Renate Hauschild-Thiessen: Bürgerstolz & Kaisertreue, Hamburg and the German Empire from 1871 , Christians Verlag, Hamburg, 1979, p. 105.
  7. Hamburger Nachrichten of February 3, 1868, page 4, ( digitized version )
  8. 100 years of Derby. Hamburger Rennclub, Braunschweig 1969.