Julius Klostermann

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Julius Alfred Klostermann

Julius Alfred Klostermann (born November 14, 1826 in Wengern , † February 12, 1900 in Jena ) was a German merchant and Swedish-Norwegian consul general in Messina , Italy.

education

Julius Alfred Klostermann grew up with his older brother Heinrich and younger brother Rudolf in Wengern, which is now a district of Wetter (Ruhr). In 1845 he began his commercial apprenticeship at the Aders bank in Elberfeld . Klostermann stayed there for a few years after his training.

The activity as a businessman

In July 1851 Klostermann moved to Messina, which belonged to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies . There he entered the business of consul Wilhelm Jaeger, whose wife was a born Aders. In Messina, Julius Klostermann married Emilie Gonzenbach in 1855 (* September 26, 1834 in Messina, † March 12, 1864 in Messina). They had four children together: Emilie (* March 9, 1857 in Messina, † July 5, 1881 in Verna), Helene Luise (* July 29, 1858 in Messina, † May 27, 1935 in Putbus), Anna (* March 25, 1860 in Messina, † 24.6.1864 in Messina) and Alfred (* 28.11.1861 in Messina, † 24.11.1863 in Messina).

In 1862 Klostermann left the business of Consul Jaeger and, together with his father-in-law, founded the export and manufacturing business Gonzenbach-Klostermann & Co. 12 years later, the export business was closed after Klostermann received the offer from Julius Jaeger - a son of Wilhelm Jaeger had to become a partner in the W. Jaeger business.

The activity as consul general

In 1856 Julius Klostermann became Vice-Consul of the Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway in Messina. 9 years later he was then by the Swedish King Charles XV. appointed consul general of Sweden and Norway throughout Sicily. After his first wife Emilie had died five years earlier, Julius Klostermann married Helene Eckard (born January 27, 1849 in Messina) in 1869. The couple had five children: Eckard (* 5.9.1870 in Messina, † 18.09.1958 in Düsseldorf), Elisabeth (* 1.1.1872 in Messina) married Müllensiefen , Julius (* 26.2.1874 in Messina), Irmgard (* 13.12. 1880 in Messina) and Werner (* 4.1.1886 in Berlin).

During his time as Vice-Consul and later as Consul General of Sweden and Norway, the Klostermann house regularly became a meeting place for scientists and naturalists, including the zoologists Ernst Haeckel , Ludwig Graff de Pancsova and Anton Dohrn . Ernst Haeckel wrote in a letter to his bride: "But the young Klostermanns are very excellent and extremely amiable young people". Ludwig Graff de Pancsova even named the vortex worms he discovered after Julius Klostermann, the Turbella Klostermanni, as thanks for the hospitality . For his services as Swedish-Norwegian consul general, Klostermann was awarded the Gustav Wasa Order in the 1970s and the Order of Saint Olav in 1882 .

Awards

Web links

Commons : Julius Klostermann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolf Arndt: Klostermann, Eduard Hermann Rudolf. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. Bd 51. Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, 1906, accessed on March 4, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Klostermann, Heinrich August (Ed.): Consul Julius Alfred Klostermann. In: News about the Klostermann family. Printed by Dr. Friedrich Middelhauve in Opladen near Cologne, 1925. pp. 167–186.
  3. ↑ a b Family tree of the Jaeger and Aders family. In: Frak Heidermann's ancestral database. Frank Heidermanns, accessed on March 4, 2020 .
  4. ^ Michael Klostermann: Klostermann, Vittorio. In: New German Biography. Vol 12. Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, 1980, accessed on October 18, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Certificate of appointment in
    Commons : Julius Klostermann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  6. ↑ Consul Julius Klostermann in the Swedish-Norwegian state calendar 1874. In: Sveriges och Norges Stats-kalendar för år 1874. Kongl. Majts. Wetenskaps-Akademi, 1874, accessed October 18, 2019 .
  7. ^ Haeckel, Ernst: Italy trip letters No. 52-70. Kurt Stübers Online Library, 1860, accessed on October 18, 2019 .
  8. ^ Haeckel, Ernst: Italienfahrt Brief Nr. 44. Kurt Stübers Online Library, 1860, accessed on October 18, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Pseudostonum monastery manni - Graff, 1874: Declaration of the vortex worm after Julius Klostermann. World Register of Marine Species, accessed October 18, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Certificate of award in
    Commons : Julius Klostermann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  11. ↑ Certificate of award in
    Commons : Julius Klostermann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  12. ↑ Certificate of award in
    Commons : Julius Klostermann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  13. ↑ Certificate of award in
    Commons : Julius Klostermann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  14. ↑ Certificate of award in
    Commons : Julius Klostermann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Klostermann, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klostermann, Julius Alfred (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman and Swedish-Norwegian consul general in Messina
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Wengern
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1900
Place of death Jena