JC Jauch & Sons
JC Jauch & Söhne was the most important timber wholesaler in Hamburg in the 19th century .
Origin in Güstrow (1688)
In 1688 Christian Jauch the Elder (1638-1718) started trading in Güstrow , which he relocated to Lüneburg in 1696 .
Construction in Lüneburg (1696–1752)
His sons Franz Jürgen Jauch and Christian Jauch the Younger († 1720) learned the trade in Hamburg from 1699. Christian Jauch the Younger became a citizen of Lüneburg in 1701 and in 1710 acquired the patrician house No. 97 in the inner city, the parent house. His son Carl Daniel Jauch (1714–1795) continued his father's act, which was initially continued under Christian Jauch's heirs, on his own. While Lüneburg was able to retain the splendor of its heyday in the 17th century, the city experienced increasing economic decline in the 18th century. "Everything in Lüneburg was in decline, the prosperity decreased more and more." The construction activity came to a standstill, whereby the historical cityscape was preserved. One of the exceptions is the new building built in 1740 by the son of Christian Jauch the Younger, the businessman Carl Daniel Jauch (1714–1795), in place of his father's house. In 1752, Carl Daniel Jauch moved his trading business from Lüneburg, which was becoming commercially uninteresting, to Hamburg.
Bloom in Hamburg (1752–1888)
Carl Daniel Jauch took his great-nephew Johann Christian Jauch senior (1765–1855) into his business, who continued it after the death of Carl Daniel Jauch. Johann Christian Jauch senior acquired the citizenship of the Free Imperial and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in 1799 and subsequently the hereditary upper citizenship in the male line .
To enforce the continental blockade , an economic blockade over the British Isles, Napoléon I had the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg occupied on November 19, 1806 during the Fourth Coalition War . The occupiers banned trade with Great Britain and confiscated all English goods in the city. Because England was Hamburg's second most important economic partner after France at the time, a large number of Hamburg trading companies went bankrupt. Jauch's timber trade was not directly affected by this, as its timber trade extended on land via Poland to Russia.
After Napoleon had ordered all islands to be occupied with redoubts and bridges to be built over the small arms, however, Davout confiscated the entire wood supplies for the construction in 1814. "The immeasurable supply of wood that such a building required was very close: the wooden harbor on the city dike, which enclosed beams and boards worth several millions".
For the reconstruction of the tower of the main church St. Jacobi in Hamburg, which was decided in 1822 and which was completed in 1830, Johann Christian Jauch was one of the wood suppliers.
In 1841 Johann Christian Jauch senior took his three sons into the business, which since then has been known as J. C. Jauch & Sons - Johann Christian junior (1802–1880), Heinrich Moritz (1804–1876) and Carl Daniel (1806–1866). With the purchase of numerous pieces of land, J. C. Jauch & Söhne's area finally extended from the city dike to Bankstrasse and Schleusenstrasse, so that “achter Jauch sin Plank” became a common place name.
The continuously increasing population in Hamburg and the shipbuilding industry caused a lack of raw materials, so that wood was brought in from more and more distant areas. JC Jauch & Sons bought their wood in Poland and Russia. The transport was carried out by rafting on the Elbe. The need for firewood in the 18th and 19th centuries was initially greater than that for construction wood . The timber trade experienced another high point in the second half of the 19th century, when, in the course of industrialization, wood was needed for energy generation and for building purposes.
The Hamburg fire of 1842 was of particular importance. As for the Hamburg area, the fire primarily had economic effects on the timber trade. The brick factories in the marshland on the Elbe and Oste, for example, flourished in the following period due to the large demand for building materials, as did Jauch's timber trade. In addition, the Jauchschen properties on the city dike and on the Alster were not affected by the fire. Johann Christian Jauch junior was soon able to acquire the Wellingsbüttel estate with his son Carl (1828–1888) . After the death of Johann Christian Jauch senior, his sons continued the business under the same company. In 1867, after the death of Carl Daniel Jauch, Moritz and Johann Christian Jauch junior took Carl Jauch (1828–1888), who had previously operated his own timber business on Grasbrook, into the company. After the death of his father, Carl Jauch was the sole owner of the company from 1880 to 1888.
Moritz Jauch's widow, Auguste Jauch (1822–1902), used the inherited assets to develop a rich founding activity in Hamburg and her hometown of Kiel .
Liquidation (1888)
After Carl Jauch's death, his heirs, who now ran the Jauch Gebr. Import & Export company, liquidated the company. The old office at Stadtdeich 9 was converted by Auguste Jauch (1822–1902) and her son Hermann Jauch (1858–1916), Herr auf Schönhagen , into a residential home for old men. It was destroyed in Operation Gomorrah in 1943 .
Quotes
"The import of construction timber on a larger scale in Hamburg is almost exclusively in the hands of two companies, namely Messrs. JC Jauch & Sons and Klinckrath & Martens, of which the former is particularly important in this field."
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Christian Jauch the Elder 1688 citizen and purveyor to the court of Güstrow 1696 merchant of Lüneburg 1703 citizen of Lüneburg 1638–1718 |
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Christian Jauch the Younger 1699 recorded in the guild register of the Krameramt in Hamburg 1701 citizens and traders in Lüneburg 1710 Acquisition of the patrician house No. 97 of the inner city in Lüneburg † 1720 |
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| Johann Christian Jauch 1702–1778 |
Carl Daniel Jauch in 1740 he moves down his father's house and builds the parent house. 1752 Founder of Jauch's shop in Hamburg 1714–1795 (childless) |
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Johann Georg Jauch 1727–1799 |
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Johann Christian Jauch senior citizen of Hamburg in the company JC Jauch & Sons Elder dyke jury member joined his great uncle Carl Daniel 1765–1855 |
Johann Georg Jauch timber merchant in Pretzetze on the Elbe ran the rafting on the Elbe for JC Jauch & Sons 1769–1840 |
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Johann Christian Jauch junior citizen of Hamburg in the company JC Jauch & Sons Herr auf Wellingsbüttel 1802–1880 |
Moritz Jauch citizen of Hamburg in the company JC Jauch & Sons Olt. d. Hanseatic. Cavalry 1804–1876 |
Carl Daniel Jauch citizen of Hamburg in the company JC Jauch & Sons 1806–1866 |
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Carl Jauch citizen of Hamburg in the company JC Jauch & Sons Herr auf Wellingsbüttel Olt. d. Hanseatic. Cavalry 1828–1888 |
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General view of the Hamburg Holzhafen
Detailed views by JC Jauch & Sons
Floor plan of Hamburg
1820 (Stadtdeich 9,
right in front of the Deichtor, marked
with "red" )
Jauch sawmill and
wood storage facility in the Elbe
View over the wooden harbor
on the city dike to the
city center
Late baroque ceiling painting in the Lüneburg headquarters - Allegory of Justitia
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Görres, August Nebe: History of the Johanneum in Lüneburg. Lüneburg 1907, p. 43.
- ↑ Today: Große Bäckerstraße 12
- ^ Heinrich Luden: Nemesis: Journal for Politics and History. Volume 4, 1815, p. 210.
- ^ Christian Carl André: Hesperus: encyclopedic magazine for educated readers. 1827, p. 540.
- ^ Arthur Freiherr von Hohenbruck: The wood export of Austria to the west and north. 1869, p. 78.