Johann Refardt

Johann Refardt 1905

Grave of Senator Refardt , Ohlsdorf

Johann Friedrich Carl Refardt (born January 2, 1843 in Hamburg; † November 23, 1917 there ) was a Hamburg merchant and senator.

Life

Refardt grew up in Hamburg as the son of Carl Refardt and attended secondary school here. After a commercial apprenticeship with Heinrich Wohlert at Grotjahn & Comp. in Lübeck he entered his father's business. After spending a year in England and traveling to the Scandinavian countries and Russia , he became a partner in 1864.

In 1872 Refardt was elected to the Hamburg citizenship through the elections of the landowners . He joined the faction on the right . Until 1892 he was a member of the citizenship and active in various deputations. The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce was one Refardt from 1876, from 1883 to 1884 as president. After Senator Charles Ami de Chapeaurouge (1830-1897) had retired in 1892, Refardt was elected to the Senate on December 12 , of which he was a member until his death. Refardt worked as a senator mainly in commissions and deputations in the areas of home affairs, finance and taxes as well as in the high school authorities .

Johann Refardt was buried in the area of the family grave on the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg, grid square T 26 (south of Kapellenstrasse, east of Waldstrasse ).

literature

Obituary from Hamburger Nachrichten No. 600 of November 24, 1917

Individual evidence

^ Kai Deecke: My parents' house: Memories of Wilhelmine Wendt. In: Der Wagen 2018, pp. 206–225, here p. 212
↑ Deviating from 1867: Entry in the company register under No. 79, Altona, December 28, 1867, Royal District Court, in: Königlich Preußischer Staats-Anzeiger 1868, Berlin 1868, p. 63, ( digitized version )

personal data
SURNAME	Refardt, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Refardt, Johann Friedrich Carl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German businessman and politician, MdHB
DATE OF BIRTH	January 2, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	November 23, 1917
Place of death	Hamburg

[1] Kai Deecke: My parents' house: Memories of Wilhelmine Wendt. In: Der Wagen 2018, pp. 206–225, here p. 212

[2] Deviating from 1867: Entry in the company register under No. 79, Altona, December 28, 1867, Royal District Court, in: Königlich Preußischer Staats-Anzeiger 1868, Berlin 1868, p. 63, ( digitized version )