Johannes Schuback

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Johannes Schuback, portrait by Friedrich Karl Gröger

Johannes Schuback (born September 16, 1732 in Hamburg ; † March 31, 1817 there ) was a German businessman .

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Johannes Schuback was the son of the Hamburg mayor Nicolaus Schuback . He completed a commercial apprenticeship in Lisbon , where he almost died during the earthquake of 1755 . He then returned to his hometown, where he founded the Johannes Schuback company (later Johannes Schuback & Sons ) on September 16, 1757 and rose to become one of the most important entrepreneurs in Hamburg in the following years.

The company was based on contacts in the Portuguese capital. Schuback bought salt, olives, lemons, oranges and wine there. He also bought tobacco, sugar, cocoa, coffee and spices that came from overseas. In return, he exported dried and salted meat, stockfish, herrings, smoked ham, cheese, canned beans, grain, flax, textiles, paper, linen, wood for barrels, glass and many other goods. The fish were imports from Norway, smoked ham and cheese came from Holstein, the grain and flax from Russia and the Baltic States. Schuback acquired linen in Bohemia, Silesia and Westphalia. In return, Schuback supplied the areas with the goods that he had bought in Portugal and its colonies. Schuback was considered an important point of contact of the Portuguese and in 1782 took over the position of the Portuguese consul general in Hamburg and eight years later became chargé d'affaires appointed at the Hanseatic cities, a post he occupied until the 1808th

In addition to trading, Schuback carried out extensive financial transactions with partners in London , Paris and Amsterdam . Austria also played a special role. He traded copper, silver and bronze with Austrian businessmen and gained the trust of the local government, for which he handled extensive subsidies from the English crown during the French period in Hamburg . Franz II and his wife Maria Theresa gave him Tokaji and jewelry as a sign of recognition . One of the snuffbox animals has been preserved. The brilliant-decorated box has been in the Museum of Hamburg History since 1984 , which Schuback's descendants Oswald R and Peter Amsinck gave to the museum.

Since 1762 Schuback was involved as a citizen in the lower court. From 1766 he was a member of the Commerz deputation, as its president he served in 1770/71. In 1765 he co-founded the Erste Assecuranz-Compagnie. Schuback, who was considered very well-educated, owned a house on the Cremon , which also served as an office and warehouse. He also had a summer residence in Jork , where Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Eva König married on October 8, 1776 . He sold the property in 1783 and instead bought a country house in Billwerder. Schuback had a library and collected paintings. He was also a member of the “Monthly Society”, where he met Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock , Friedrich Johann Lorenz Meyer and Johann Georg Büsch , among others .

Johannes Schuback died in March 1817.

family

Gravestone plaque Althamburg Memorial Cemetery Ohlsdorf

Johannes Schuback married Anna Elisabeth Volckmann in 1761, whose father was a lawyer. The couple had several sons who grew up in Billwerder under the care of Joachim Heinrich Campe . The names of the children can be found in Campe's work Robinson . Schuback also had a daughter named Elisabeth, who married the future mayor Wilhelm Amsinck in 1785 . Descendants from this marriage still run the Johannes Schuback & Sons company today.

Honor

In the area of ​​the Althamburg Memorial Cemetery in the area of ​​the Ohlsdorf Cemetery , merchants are remembered on the collective grave of Johannes Schuback (together with members of the Godeffroy family , among others ). Schubackstrasse in Hamburg-Eppendorf was named after him in 1910 .

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personal data
SURNAME Schuback, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1817
Place of death Hamburg