Johannes Bolongaro Crevenna

Johannes Bolongaro Crevenna (born April 3, 1807 in Amsterdam , † October 16, 1871 in Würzburg ) was a businessman and manufacturer.

Life

Bolongaro-Crevenna family grave

Bolongaro Crevenna came from the respected Frankfurt merchant family Bolongaro . He was the owner of a large cigar factory in today's Semmelstrasse in Würzburg. The tobacco factory was founded in 1810 for tax reasons as a branch of the company "Gebrüder Bolongaro-Crevenna", which was based in the Golden Angel in Frankfurt. The Würzburg company was initially managed by Jaques Philipp Bolongaro Crevenna. It became independent at the end of the 19th century.

Johannes Bolongaro Crevenna was a great supporter of the "Association for the Promotion of the Institute for the Blind". As an unnamed benefactor during his lifetime, he bequeathed a capital of 10,000 guilders to the foundation with the stipulation that from the interest a number of beneficiaries were to be provided with full board, board and clothing, who were educated and instructed in the institute, but with consideration due to their family and other circumstances could not be sent back home. It was only after his death that the name of Johannes Bolongaro Crevenna became known as the founder.

The city magistrate made him an honorary citizen of the city of Würzburg on April 18, 1856 with the consent of the parishioners . A street in Würzburg that leads from Annastraße to Siligmüllerstraße was named after him.

literature

• Beate Kann: Würzburg's honorary citizen 1837 to 1858: Countess Eleonora von Hessen-Rotenburg, Dr. Philipp Franz Horn, Dr. Franz Joseph Fröhlich, Johannes Bolongaro-Crevenna, Ludwig Wickenmayer, Martin von Wagner, Jakob Huth, Dr. Wilhelm Scanzoni von Lichtenfels . Wuerzburg 1994.

Web links

• The Bolongaro and Crevenna families
• BUNDESARCHIV - Central database for estates In: '' nachlassdatenbank.de ''. Retrieved on September 2, 2016 (information about the estate of the Bolongaro Crevennas family in the Institute for Urban History Frankfurt)