Johann Friedrich Wülfing
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Johann Friedrich Wülfing (born April 23, 1780 in Elberfeld (today Wuppertal ); † September 1, 1842 there ) was a Bergisch merchant and large landowner .
Life
Johann Friedrich Wülfing came from a well-known and wealthy family in Elberfeld, at that time a center of the German textile industry. The family was able to advise and provided numerous mayors of the city. The father Johann Jakob Wülfing , the great-uncle Johannes Wülfing (mayor, 1683) and the great-grandfather Johannes Wülfing (mayor, 1649) were mayors of Elberfeld. In addition, his brother-in-law Kommerzienrat Peter de Weerth and his father-in-law Johann Wilhelm Siebel (politician, 1743) were to become mayors of the city.
Johann Friedrich Wülfing was already very successful and recognized as a merchant in the yarn and cloth trade and as the owner of a Turkish red dye works at a young age . In 1803 he married Johanna Maria Christina Siebel. He and his wife ran a hospitable home. Both the King of Westphalia and King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia were visiting her house .
During the time of the Grand Duchy of Berg , Johann Friedrich Wülfing was a member of the Conseil General of the Rhine department . At that time he acquired extensive property in the Bergisches Land. There are said to have been 99 properties and farms. These included the manor Volkardey near Ratingen and, since 1811, Eicherhof Castle in Leichlingen .
In accordance with the tradition of the Elberfeld nobility, his descendants only married within closed marriage circles . One daughter married into the family who owned the von der Heydt-Kersten & Söhne bank , and another into that of the silk textile company JP Bemberg .
Johann Friedrich Wülfing was portrayed by Peter Schwingen . There are several privately owned copies of the picture shown at numerous exhibitions.
literature
- German Gender Book , Volume 35, p. 494 / Volume 83, p. 534 / Volume 183, p. 25.
- Horst Heidermann : Documentation on the life and work of Peter Schwingen. Bonn-Bad Godesberg 2006. (Catalog raisonné, No. 56 ff.) (Online)
Footnotes
- ^ Klaus Goebel: Immigration between the Reformation and the French era. A contribution to the pre-industrial population and economic history of Wuppertal 1527–1808 . Published by the Wuppertal department of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Born 1966, p. 137.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wülfing, Johann Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bergischer merchant and large landowner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elberfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1842 |
| Place of death | Elberfeld |