Samuel Friedrich Osterrieth

Samuel Friedrich Osterrieth

The red house on the Zeil (first house on the right)

Samuel Friedrich Osterrieth (born December 29, 1763 in Strasbourg ; † May 23, 1821 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German businessman and senior at the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce .

Life

Osterrieth was the eldest son of the Strasbourg building contractor, cathedral master craftsman and architect Johann Friedrich Osterrieth (1732–1775). He left Strasbourg during the revolution and moved to Frankfurt am Main. There he married on September 25, 1791 Johanna Dick (* December 2, 1764 in Frankfurt; † January 15, 1799 there), the daughter of the most important innkeeper in the city. The father-in-law was the owner of the "Rotes Haus" hotel on the Zeil (later the main post office was built on the property). Samuel Friedrich Osterrieth was a merchant and wholesale trade in tobacco products and Alsatian wines. He also acquired the neighboring house on the Zeil. After the death of his first wife, he married Elise Osterrieth, born D'Orville on November 3, 1799 in Offenbach am Main (* May 7, 1772 in Offenbach; † September 9, 1842 in Frankfurt). His eldest son from his first marriage, Johann Adam Hernann Osterrieth (1792–1868), continued the trading business. Other children from his first marriage were the daughter Marie Elisabeth (Lilli) (1795–1865) and the son Carl Friedrich (1796–1841). His son from his second marriage , August Osterrieth , became a print shop owner, publisher and politician. Other children from the second marriage were the daughters Jenny (1800–1870) and Marie Elisabeth Johanna Carolina (1802–1858) and the son Georg (1809–1882).

In 1808 the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce was founded. Osterrieth became a member of the Chamber and served as a senior in 1819 until his death in 1821.

literature

• Archibald Osterrieth: Samuel Friedrich Osterrieth, 1988, self-published.
• Franz Lerner: Black and Colorful - 125 Years of the August Osterrieth Printing Works, 1956, pp. 1–11.