Johann Christoph Plessing
Johann Christoph Plessing (* 1705 in Lübeck ; † March 26, 1773 ibid) was a merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.
Life
Plessing was the son of the council cellar master Peter Christoph Plessing († 1712). In 1720 he started a commercial apprenticeship with the businessman Ludwig Mentze and in 1727 worked for the businessman Adolf Rodde . Business trips from 1736–37 took him to Amsterdam, Paris and Bordeaux. In the Baltic region, his travel activities extended to Danzig and Königsberg. As a member of the Schonenfahrer merchants' company , he founded his own trading company and in 1744 became a senior man of the Schonenfahrer, from whose ranks he was elected to the city council in 1753. In the council he was active in betting and combing, the lower court and as a war commissioner.
His son was the mayor of Lübeck, Johann Philipp Plessing .
literature
- Emil Ferdinand Fehling: Lübeckische Ratslinie , Lübeck 1925, No. 893
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plessing, Johann Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lübeck councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1705 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 1773 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |