Hinrich Dultz

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Hinrich Dultz (born May 12, 1735 in Altona ; † December 6, 1825 there ) was a German shipowner and businessman .

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Hinrich Dultz was the eldest son of Hans Jürgen Dultz. His father was a sailmaker and died in 1748. Hinrich Dultz took over the business after the death of his father at the age of 13 and looked after his mother and four younger siblings. Since 1756 he ran a trading business with ship materials on Grosse Elbstrasse . From 1763 he was the owner of the shipping company Dultz & Co and since 1781 owned a shipyard . Dultz had at least 14 ships built and bought more ships from other boat builders with an eight-person shipping association. He made a great fortune and was Altona's most important shipowner with 17 ships from 1788 to 1793.

Dultz ships were used in the context of north land voyages and trade with Iceland. Since 1786 he has also equipped three to four whalers a year . Since 1781, he also had ropes made in a Reeperbahn on the outskirts of Ottensen together with the shipowner Hinrich Christian Oldenburg . He used the proceeds to build new ships and buy land. Dultz had several houses built, including a summer house on the Palmaille, which was destroyed during the Second World War in 1943, and five town houses on the north side after 1796. After 1796, Dultz commissioned four residential buildings at today's Klopstockstrasse 2-8, which have been preserved and are among the oldest buildings in Altona.

As trade and shipping from 1801 to Denmark fell sharply and the privateering increased, founded Dultz 1804 with his son Johann Jacob and his son Ludwig Matthias Anton Brammer a factory for whalebone . After the British had arrested four out of five whalers on their return to the Hanseatic city at the mouth of the Elbe in August 1807 , the company, the Hinrich Dultz & Sons whalebone factory on the Große Elbstrasse, ran into economic problems. During the French period in Hamburg in April 1811, the company then had to file for bankruptcy.

Dultz spent the last years of his life impoverished with his eldest daughter Elisabeth Kessler. He lived in the former summer house on Palmaille.

social commitment

Hinrich Dultz was involved as a poor provisional for the poor institution, which senior pastor Nicolaus Funk mentioned in a necrology in 1825. In addition, the shipowner was active as a finance citizen and had been a member of the Commerz College since 1803. He was on friendly terms with business people John Parish , Johannes Schuback and Johann Gabe .

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SURNAME Dultz, Hinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German shipowner and businessman
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1735
PLACE OF BIRTH Altona
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1825
Place of death Altona