Laeisz

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Laeisz (pronounced Laiß ) is the name of a family who immigrated to Hamburg from Swabia between 1700 and 1750 . The Laeiszhalle (Hamburg Music Hall), which opened in 1908, is named after her.

The first Laeisz in Hamburg was the master carpenter Johann Laeisz , who worked on the construction of the St. Michaelis Church under the architects Ernst Georg Sonnin and Johann Leonhard Prey . His son Johann Hartwig was the first Laeisz to be born in Hamburg and became the progenitor of the Laeisz family in Hamburg . The family later owned the F. Laeisz shipping company .

Other family members are:

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Individual evidence

  1. Laeiszhalle. Elbphilharmonie, accessed on January 21, 2018 .