Martin Garlieb Amsinck
Martin Garlieb Amsinck (born September 23, 1831 in Hamburg ; † April 10, 1905 there ) was a German shipbuilder and shipowner .
Family and early life
Amsinck came originally from the Netherlands next family Amsinck that the Hanseatic counted upper class Hamburg. He was the son of the businessman Johannes Amsinck , owner of the company Johannes Schuback & Sons .
Amsinck completed a commercial apprenticeship, but then, unlike four brothers, did not join his father's company, but instead turned to shipbuilding. In this context he stayed for several years in Nuremberg and in Great Britain . In the Scottish Glasgow he was in the construction of sailing steamer Great Eastern part, of the then largest ship in the world.
Shipbuilders and shipowners
In 1856 he opened a shipyard for the construction of sailing ships on the Kleiner Grasbrook in Hamburg . Until 1878 he mainly built barges in sizes up to 1000 register tons. Since he also worked as a shipowner from 1859, he built almost half of his ships on his own account. In 1878 he gave up shipbuilding, as the artisanal wooden shipbuilding was gradually being replaced by iron and steel shipbuilding.
In a community with his brothers Wilhelm and Heinrich, Amsinck became a successful shipowner. His company MG Amsinck rose to become one of the largest sailing ship shipping companies in Hamburg. With the growing trade he steadily increased his fleet. He bought the Flora as his first iron construction in 1880, which was also the first ship to be built at the Blohm & Voss shipyard . It was built by Blohm & Voss on their own account.
Martin Garlieb Amsinck was to the Board in 1883 , Hamburg Süd chosen belonged from 1877 to 1886 of citizenship and from 1882 the deputation for trade and shipping to. In addition, he fulfilled civil honorary posts as a commercial judge (1880-1885), sworn ship taxator (1876-1885) and assessor of the maritime office.
Martin Garlieb Amsinck died in 1905 and was buried in the old Niendorfer cemetery in Hamburg. A year later the shipping company was dissolved by his son .
On the occasion of Amsinck's hundredth birthday, the Hamburg Senate decided in 1931 to rename the sailing ship quay to Amsinck quay. The site was redesigned in the 1970s, but a bank on the Amsinck still reminds of the shipowner.
literature
- Renate Hauschild-Thiessen: Amsinck, Garlieb . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 2 . Christians, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-7672-1366-4 , pp. 28-29 .
- Paul Schroedter, Gustav Schroedter (Ed.): 100 years of shipping, shipbuilding, ports. Schiffahrtsverlag Hansa, Hamburg 1964.
- Erik Verg, Martin Verg: The adventure that is called Hamburg. The long way to the cosmopolitan city. 4th, revised and expanded edition. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8319-0137-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Renate Hauschild-Thiessen: Amsinck, Garlieb . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 2 . Christians, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-7672-1366-4 , pp. 28-29 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amsinck, Martin Garlieb |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German shipbuilder, shipowner and politician, MdHB |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1905 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |