Paul Pickenpack

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Paul Pickenpack

Paul Johann Martin Pickenpack (Siamese honorary title: Luang Siam Yosbal; * 1834 in Hamburg ; †  October 20, 1903 ibid) founded the first German company in Siam , today's Thailand , with Theodor Thies on January 1, 1858 . Not only did you trade together, you were also an agent for example. B. for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank , the Bank of Rotterdam as well as for several transport and ship insurances. As a result, Thies and Pickenpack evidently gained so much trust that, until at least 1868, they were not only alternately consul and vice-consul for the Hanseatic cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck , but also for Sweden / Norway and the Netherlands. The consulate rooms were in the company Pickenpack, Thies & Co.

Right from the start, the company also took over the consulate for Sweden / Norway and, since 1860, that of the Netherlands .

Thies had officially become consul after the conclusion of a trade agreement on October 25, 1858 between the Hanseatic cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck on the one hand and Siam on the other; Pickenpack is z. B. named as deputy in the Bangkok calendar 1861. Thies, for his part, returned to Germany in 1864 due to illness, but was also officially stated both as a co-owner and as a consul or vice-consul.

The consular representation of the Hanseatic cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Lübeck, Sweden / Norway as well as the Netherlands by Thies and Pickenpack existed for years parallel to the Prussian representation, which from 1862 initially was the British ambassador Sir Robert H Schomburgk, from April 1865 the owner of the company Markwald & Co. , Adolf Markwald and Paul Lessler. Remarkably, Markwald & Co. was a direct competitor to Pickenpack, Thies & Co. , which, for example, acted as agents for very similar companies, particularly ship insurance companies.

Paul Pickenpack returned to Germany in the late 1860s and passed the Bangkok company into the hands of his brother Vincent Pickenpack. In addition to managing his business, he was also Consul General of Siam in Hamburg. In March 1900 he founded the East Asian Association together with other business people interested in East Asia and became its deputy chairman.

Paul Pickenpack died in Hamburg on October 20, 1903.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Founded according to Dan Bradley Alma Mach Bangkok Calendar 1861 ; For a picture of the company entry, see literature TIP newspaper for Thailand from January 20, 2013
  2. ↑ Information in the Bangkok Calendar 1861 ; Facsimile see literature TIP newspaper for Thailand from January 20, 2013
  3. ↑ Nationaal Archief, Den Haag (c) 2006: Inventory van het archief van het Nederlandse Consulaat-Generaal te Bangkok (Siam / Thailand), 1860-1942 (PDF; 338 kB) p. 5. (last accessed on October 10, 2018 )
  4. ↑ Chronicle of the East Asia Association (PDF; 2.8 MB) pp. 11–18. (last accessed on October 8, 2018)
  5. ↑ The death is announced of Mr. Paul Pickenpack… In: The Straits Times. November 2, 1903, p. 5. (short message, last accessed October 8, 2018)

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SURNAME Pickenpack, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pickenpack, Paul Johann Martin; Luang Siam Yosbal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German merchant and consul
DATE OF BIRTH 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1903
Place of death Hamburg