Johann Wilhelm Radich
Johann Wilhelm Rettich (* 1735 in Lübeck ; † June 7, 1788 ibid) was a German merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.
Life
Johann Wilhelm Rettich was the son of a Lübeck merchant who immigrated from Tübingen , where his grandfather was the cellar master of Hohentübingen Castle . Rettich worked in Lübeck as a long-distance trader and owner of a shipyard on the Lastadie . As the first Lübeck merchant chartered it in North America sailing ships for its own account, which from there to the port of Lübeck anliefen directly. He was a member of the Lübeck Schonenfahrer and was elected to the Lübeck Council in 1784 from their ranks.
Radich was married to a daughter of the main pastor at the Petrikirche in Hamburg, Johann Georg Palm .
literature
- The meritorious life of Mr. Johann Wilhelm Rettich, distinguished merchant and member of a highly noble and highly wise council of the imperial free imperial city of Lübeck drafted from reliable news and communicated on the day of the solemn burial of the benevolent ... on June 13, 1788 , Römhild, Lübeck 1788
- Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeckische Ratslinie , Lübeck 1925, No. 933
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Radish, Johann Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1735 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1788 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |