Martin Johann Jenisch the Younger
Martin Johann Jenisch (born April 12, 1793 in Hamburg ; † March 7, 1857 in Vevey / Switzerland ) was a businessman and an influential senator in Hamburg. He had the Jenisch House built.
Life
Born as the son of the Hamburg merchant and senator Martin Johann Jenisch the Elder , Martin Johann Jenisch the Younger inherited an important fortune, which he knew how to secure in the long term by buying extensive property in Hamburg and Holstein.
In 1828 he acquired the extensive property of Baron Voght in Klein Flottbek , at that time a rural community west of the city of Altona , as well as the Holstein estates of Blumendorf and Fresenburg near Bad Oldesloe and the rule of Kalø in Jutland . On his property near the Elbe in Klein Flottbek, today the Jenischpark , he had Franz Gustav Joachim Forsmann build the Jenisch House above Teufelsbrück in 1831–34 . This is now a branch of the Altona Museum .
Jenisch earned particular merits as Senator and President of the Building Deputation - functions that particularly challenged him when the rebuilding of the destroyed parts of the city was due after the great Hamburg fire of 1842.
In Vevey , his widow Fanny Jenisch (1801–1881) made the Musée Jenisch possible with a donation . She wanted to express her gratitude to the Vevey community for the happy times she had spent there with her husband. The museum opened in March 1897.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Musée Jenisch Vevey - History . museejenisch.ch. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jenisch, Martin Johann the Younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jenisch, Martin Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hamburg Senator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1857 |
| Place of death | Vevey , Switzerland |