Johann Heinrich Fuhr

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Johann Heinrich Fuhr (born January 21, 1777 in Darmstadt ; † April 18, 1840 there ) was a German merchant.

Life

Johann Heinrich Fuhr was born as the youngest son of Johann Heinrich Fuhr (* 1735 in Darmstadt; † December 1809), who built up an international trade in goods. He had three brothers and a sister. His brother JDF Fuhr built a trading house in Frankfurt am Main , with which he traded from Darmstadt, which enabled both businesses to expand regionally. His brother Wilhelm Fuhr continued the business in Darmstadt and his brother Ludwig Fuhr became the owner of an iron hammer in Ober-Ramstadt in the Odenwald . His sister Johanna Maria (* August 4, 1779 in Darmstadt, † October 27, 1857 there) was married to the Hofrat Ferdinand Schazmann (* July 15, 1766; † April 15, 1845).

Johann Heinrich Fuhr was taught at home by private tutors and later attended grammar school in Darmstadt, after which he received an apprenticeship as a businessman in his father's company. He supported his brother Wilhelm Fuhr in the business, but without being a co-owner. In June 1824 his brother Wilhelm died and the business in Darmstadt-Birngarten ( today: Alexanderstraße ) passed on to him, which he now continued as the sole business owner.

He bought in 1824, the formerly Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt associated Castle Braunshardt near Darmstadt.

When his imminent death was foreseeable, the unmarried man had a will drawn up in which he decreed that his fortune should be used for various charitable purposes:

  • the city ​​church of Darmstadt received 1,500 guilders, with the condition that the money should be used for the repair of the church;
  • A foundation was to be set up in Darmstadt to support craftsmen in need, the foundation was to be called the "Heinrich Fuhr Foundation". The municipal council was supposed to determine the needy, five artisans a year, who were to receive 150 guilders each, for which 30,000 guilders should be made available ( the capital became worthless in 1923 during the inflation );
  • the interest income of 10,500 guilders was to benefit named persons in equal parts. The term should exist until the last pension recipient dies, after which the remaining amount should go to the Higher Trade School ( predecessor of the Technical University of Darmstadt ) so that it can purchase physical and mathematical instruments, models, books, drawings and the like - the interest should be used for other beneficial purposes;
  • the police at the Darmstadt residence were to receive 1,000 guilders so that a building could be erected or rented in which detainees of the "educated class" could find accommodation;
  • the Braunshardt estate was to be inherited by his nephew, the farmer Georg Ludwig Heinrich Fuhr.

Half a year after his death, the trading company Johann Heinrich Fuhr in Darmstadt went out.

Honors

Heinrich-Fuhr-Straße in Darmstadt was named after him in 1918.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen ... BF Voigt, 1842 ( google.de [accessed on January 9, 2018]).
  2. ^ Fuhr, Johann Heinrich in the Hessian Biography
personal data
SURNAME Fuhr, Johann Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1840
Place of death Darmstadt