Jean Jacques Cuny
Jean Jacques Cuny (* 1795 in Altona ; † December 29, 1843 in Magdeburg ) was a German businessman and entrepreneur.
Life
Cuny was born as the son of the businessman Louis Cuny and the grandson of the Magdeburg soap manufacturer Jean Jacques Cuny and the nephew of the later government official Christoph von Cuny . His family belonged to the French Calvinist religious refugees in Magdeburg and immigrated in the 1720s.
His father died early. Cuny therefore grew up with relatives in Schwedt , where he received an education. In 1817 his grandfather also died. Together with David Cuny , his uncle, he took over the business of his grandfather Cuny Sohn & Co. In 1837, Cuny succeeded Carl Schultze as 1st chairman of the board of elders of the Magdeburg Corporation of Merchants, to which Cuny had been elected at the end of 1831. He was one of the founders of the Magdeburger Dampfschiffahrts-Compagnie , which started operating in 1837 , was a member of the Magdeburg city administration and an unpaid city councilor. He lived in the house of the Alter Markt 19 family in Magdeburg. However, through participation in a beet sugar factory in Bernburg , he suffered considerable losses. He was forced to sell his land in Magdeburg and give up his business.
Cuny was particularly committed to the construction of the Magdeburg – Leipzig railway line and was chairman of the railway committee founded in 1835. The opening of the Magdeburg-Halberstädter Railway on July 16, 1843 is partly due to his efforts. In addition, he was committed to the revival of the Magdeburg Stock Exchange , which resumed regular trading from August 1, 1843.
On August 19, 1841, he was seriously injured in a train accident near Fermersleben . He was on the locomotive of the evening train going from Schönebeck in the direction of Magdeburg. Due to a signal misunderstood in foggy conditions, an auxiliary machine was sent from Buckau to meet the train , but this was neither requested nor required. There was a head-on collision. At least six people were seriously injured. Three died a short time later from their injuries. Cuny's injuries were also so severe that he died of them in 1843.
literature
- Horst-Günther Heinicke: Cuny, Jean Jacques. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 , p. 117f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Portrait of Jean Jacques Cuny in the German Huguenot Museum
- ^ Johannes Fischer, The French Colony of Magdeburg , City of Magdeburg 1942, page 159
- ^ Neue Würzburger Zeitung of August 27, 1841
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cuny, Jean Jacques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German businessman and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altona |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1843 |
| Place of death | Magdeburg |