Julius Brabant

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Julius Brabant (after 1900)

Bernhard Gerhard Julius Brabant (born August 7, 1825 in Neuenkirchen ; † February 7, 1912 in Bremen ) was a German adventurer and entrepreneur .

biography

Brabant was the son of a dyer. His ancestors, active in the textile industry, originally came from the area on the Franco-Belgian border; they settled in Neuenkirchen near Vechta . Brabant became a seaman and often sailed the area of North America . In 1850 he tried his luck on a trek to California to work as a gold washer . He then went to Australia and became a versatile businessman. He married a woman from Bremen and became consul of Bremen in Queensland . In 1866 he unsuccessfully spoke out in favor of founding a German colonial in New Guinea , which then took place in the northeast as Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land in 1899 .

In 1866 Brabant moved to Bremen and ran various shops. In 1876 he and others founded the joint stock company Bremer Pferdebahn , which operated a horse-drawn railway line from Herdentor to Vahrster Bridge and in 1877 on to Horn . From 1885 he was with his majority of shares on the supervisory board of the aluminum and magnesium factory he founded . He acquired more shares in the shipping company North Sea and at the George Mary's mining and metallurgy AG in Osnabrück ..

In 1888 Albert Haasemann founded the jute spinning and weaving mill in Bremen in Walle and Brabant and was a member of the supervisory board. He acquired further shares in the factory, which developed into one of the most important companies in this branch in Germany. In 1931 Haasemann resigned from the board and Carl Julius Brabant, nephew of the company co-founder and Julius Brabant, became the company's director.

From 1883 he ran a cigarette factory in Bremer-Neustadt , which J. Bredehorst later took over. In 1898 he transferred his business to his nephew. He bequeathed part of his fortune to a foundation.

Honors

The Brabantstraße in Bremen-Walle was named after him and the family.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Brabant, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brabant, Bernhard Gerhard Julius (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German adventurer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuenkirchen
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1912
Place of death Bremen