Johann Christian Gentz

Commemorative plaque for the Gentz merchant family on the site of the former old cemetery in Neuruppin

Johann Christian Gentz (born July 26, 1794 in Neuruppin , † October 4, 1867 there ) was a cloth maker, merchant and owner of peat cutting. He founded the Gentzrode estate near Neuruppin.

Gentz became known through Theodor Fontane's wanderings through the Mark Brandenburg , who devoted an entire chapter to him there. Fontane wrote of Gentz: “A figure like his was only possible in the march, and within it perhaps only in the Ruppin , because he not only had petty-bourgeois relationships (as are peculiar to this county) as a prerequisite, but built his wealth also on something specifically Ruppinschem: on the peat. "

Career

Gentzrode

Gentz was born the son of a cloth maker. In 1820 he married Juliane Voigt and bought a small iron and haberdashery shop and expanded it into a bank and exchange business. With his profit he bought the Wustrauer Luch in 1840 and founded Gentzrode . His eldest son died of consumption when he was in his twenties. His next older son was Wilhelm Gentz . Around 1855 he handed over his business to the youngest of his four sons, Alexander Gentz . He spent a lot of time in the Neuruppin temple garden , which he and the temple in front of the temple gate saved from further decay and had it expanded. After his death he was buried in Alt Ruppin .

literature

Theodor Fontane: I. The county of Ruppin Am Ruppiner See Neu-Ruppin 10. Johann Christian Gentz , in: Walks through the Mark Brandenburg
Brigitte Meier: The company "Johann Christian Gentz" in the age of industrialization - facets of a Neuruppin company history . In: Neuruppin. 750 years of city charter . Neuruppin 2006, pp. 85-91.
Johannes Schultze: Gentz, Johann Christian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 194 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Website of the Association for the Preservation of the Neuruppin Temple Garden

Individual evidence

^ Fontane, Walks through the Mark Brandenburg , 10. Johann Christian Gentz.
^ Fontane, Walks through the Mark Brandenburg , I. Die Grafschaft Ruppin f. 1. From the founding of Gentzrode in 1855 to the death of Johann Christian Gentz in 1867.
^ ^A ^b Fontane, Walks through the Mark Brandenburg , 11. Wilhelm Gentz.
↑ Historischer Verein Neuruppin: The museum now has nudes - object of the month November are two nude studies by Wilhelm Gentz ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , seen October 5, 2008. @1@ 2

↑ Uwe Pahl: “Vacation in the Ruppiner Land” [story of] Neuruppin - 1794 ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2

^ Fontane, Walks through the Mark Brandenburg , I. Die Grafschaft Ruppin f. 2. From the death of old Johann Christian Gentz (1867) to the construction of the Gentzroder manor house in 1877.

↑ Karin Rhein: "Deutsche Orientmalerei in the second half of the 19th century", Tenea Verlag Ltd., 2003, ISBN 3865040357 , ISBN 9783865040350 , p. 42.

personal data
SURNAME	Gentz, Johann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	July 26, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neuruppin
DATE OF DEATH	October 4, 1867
Place of death	Neuruppin

[1] Fontane, Walks through the Mark Brandenburg , 10. Johann Christian Gentz.

[2] Fontane, Walks through the Mark Brandenburg , I. Die Grafschaft Ruppin f. 1. From the founding of Gentzrode in 1855 to the death of Johann Christian Gentz in 1867.

[Wilhelm-3] A ^b Fontane, Walks through the Mark Brandenburg , 11. Wilhelm Gentz.

[4] Historischer Verein Neuruppin: The museum now has nudes - object of the month November are two nude studies by Wilhelm Gentz ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , seen October 5, 2008. @1@ 2

[5] Uwe Pahl: “Vacation in the Ruppiner Land” [story of] Neuruppin - 1794 ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2

[6] Fontane, Walks through the Mark Brandenburg , I. Die Grafschaft Ruppin f. 2. From the death of old Johann Christian Gentz (1867) to the construction of the Gentzroder manor house in 1877.

[7] Karin Rhein: "Deutsche Orientmalerei in the second half of the 19th century", Tenea Verlag Ltd., 2003, ISBN 3865040357 , ISBN 9783865040350 , p. 42.