Joachim Rump

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Joachim Rump (born February 26, 1686 in Lübeck ; † June 8, 1749 ibid) was a merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.

Life

Joachim Rump was the son of the Lübeck brewer Rump. His (eponymous) grandfather Joachim Rump was a member of the merchants' corporation of the Lübeck mountain drivers . He attended the Katharineum in Lübeck up to secondary school. Joachim Rump was then sent to Riga to do a commercial apprenticeship in 1701 , after which he learned the Polish language from a Polish clergyman for two years in order to later be able to trade with Poland. After his return to Lübeck, he entered the trading business of the merchant Johann Zitschy, an uncle on his mother's side. He found his trading partners in Denmark and Livonia. As a businessman, he was a member of the Lübeck Schonenfahrer . On a proposal from their ranks, he was elected to the city council in 1732. During his term of office as councilor, the self-completion of the Lübeck council, forced by the citizens, fell in 1739 .

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SURNAME Rump, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1686
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1749
Place of death Lübeck