Johannes Kiep

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Inscription on the family grave in Ballenstedt

Johann Nikolaus called Johannes Kiep (born March 25, 1847 in Hamburg ; † March 10, 1935 in Ballenstedt , Anhalt ) was a German-British merchant and consul .

Life

Kiep was the son of the Hamburg merchant and spice wholesaler Nicolaus Kiep (1809–1899) and Catherine Witt. After a commercial apprenticeship with a Hamburg druggist or paint shop, he followed his brother Karl to Glasgow and got into his commission business in 1867 . As a volunteer he served in the Franco-German War in 1870/71 . On his return to Glasgow he became a partner in his brother's business - now called Carl Kiep & Brother . In 1873 he took on British citizenship. From 1891 he was a leading partner with a majority stake. As a timber importer (timber mainly from Scandinavia and Russia) he became one of the most prominent German entrepreneurs in Glasgow.

He married Charlotte Rottenburg (1858–1939), daughter of the businessman Franz Napoleon von Rottenburg, sister of the Reich Chancellor Franz Johannes von Rottenburg and the foster daughter of the Glasgow chemicals dealer Louis Leisler . The couple had a daughter and four sons, including the entrepreneur Louis Leisler Kiep and the diplomat and resistance fighter Otto Kiep . The children were brought up in a German national spirit.

From 1894 to 1908 he was Honorary Consul of the German Empire for Glasgow and western Scotland. In 1906 - on the occasion of the silver wedding anniversary of the German imperial couple - he donated 5,000 pounds or 100,000 marks for the construction of a German church in Glasgow. In 1908 he withdrew from the business, which he passed on to his nephew Roland Kiep. After a stay in Berlin, Johannes Kiep bought a house in the small town of Ballenstedt in Anhalt , where he lived until his death. The family grave is also located in the local cemetery.

Publications

  • Germany Thirty Years Ago and Today - Lecture given at the Edinburgh German Society on March 6, 1903, Edinburgh 1903.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Carl Kiep: My way of life 1886-1944. Records while in custody. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2013, pp. 20, 22.
  2. ^ Stefan Manz: Migrants and internees. Germans in Glasgow 1864-1918. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden / Stuttgart 2003, p. 70.
  3. ^ Stefan Manz: Migrants and internees. Germans in Glasgow, 1864-1918. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden / Stuttgart 2003, pp. 62–63.
  4. ^ Stefan Manz: Migrants and internees. Germans in Glasgow 1864-1918. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden / Stuttgart 2003, pp. 224–225.
  5. ↑ Otto Carl Kiep: My way of life 1886-1944. Records while in custody. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2013, p. 21.
  6. ^ Stefan Manz: Migrants and internees. Germans in Glasgow, 1864-1918. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden / Stuttgart 2003, p. 71.
  7. ↑ Otto Carl Kiep: My way of life 1886-1944. Records while in custody. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2013, p. 22.
personal data
SURNAME Kiep, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kiep, Johann Nikolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German merchant and consul
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1935
Place of death Ballenstedt