Hinrich Christian Elmenhorst

Hinrich Christian Elmenhorst (born May 10, 1726 in Hamburg-St. Georg , † May 27, 1779 in Altona ) was a German merchant and shipping company owner .

Life

As the only son and third of five children of Hans Hinrich Elmenhorst and Catrin Dorothea Elmenhorst, geb. Borchers, in Hamburg-St. Born Georg, Elmenhorst first apprenticed to the French Peter Bruze. After completing his apprenticeship, he stayed there, as usual, for a few years as a “Kontorbursche”. After Bruze's death on April 19, 1751, he took over the business, which dealt with the sale of Lüneburg salt and the import and export to and from the Mediterranean and the French Atlantic ports, initially with his brother-in-law Philipp Jacob Stenglin . In 1754 he acquired the citizenship rights in Altona and was already classified in the highest tax bracket. In 1756 he bought a large hereditary funeral for himself and his family in the Altona Heilig-Geist-Kirche ; 1759 an inheritance on the south side of Elbstrasse, opposite the Sandberg, with a living and packing room.

From 1761 Elmenhorst continued the company under his own name. As his first ship, he had the frigate Die Stadt Altona built with 82 Commerz loads , which he managed himself, as a part-owner with 5/8 parts . The Great Schnau Prince Carl v. Hessen , the brig Queen Juliane Maria with 74 Commerz loads and the Great Schnau Prince Friedrich with 77 Commerz loads. He also owned 1/16 part of the Fortuna Galley , the Nicolas and the St. Peter .

In 1767 he was appointed a deputy of the Royal Danish herring company and a member of the Commerz College. In 1778, one year before his death, he was appointed Banco Commissioner of the “Royal Exchange and Bank Comptoir”. At his death in 1779 he left a sizable fortune of 100,000 Courantmarks . This corresponds to the equivalent of around 24 tons of fine silver, which made him one of the richest and wealthiest merchants in Hamburg at the time.

literature

• Hamburg gender book , fifteenth volume, volume 209 of the complete series, p. 10 f., CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 1999.