Wilhelm Rickmers

Wilhelm Rickmers ( Willy Rickmers ) (* 1844 in Bremerhaven ; † 1891 in Bremen- Oberneuland) was a German shipyard owner, shipowner and travel agent.

biography

Willy Rickmers was the son of Rickmer Clasen Rickmers (1807–1886), founder of the well-known Rickmers shipping company . With his brothers Andreas Rickmers (1835–1924) and Peter Rickmers (1838–1902) he managed the founder's company. The mountaineer, ski pioneer and explorer Willi Rickmer Rickmers (1873-1965) and the participant in the failed Hitler putsch of 1923 Johann Rickmers (1881-1923) were sons.

He received his training in his father's company. In 1883 he became managing director of the newly taken over starch factory Union strength in Hannoversch Münden . After the sale of this company to Hoffmann strength he joined the board of directors of the entire company Rickmers Reismühlen Rhederei und Schiffbau AG and soon after became a member of the supervisory board. He controlled Rickmers Reismühlen GmbH in Bremen in the family business .

Rickmers Park

Kreyenhorst Castle around 1900

One of the “three Vahr estates ” stretched from Vahrer Strasse to Achterdiek , and in 1735 a Dr. Rosenkamp mentioned. Here, in 1873–1875, Gut Kreyenhorst, a castle-like property, was built, which in 1888 passed first to Wilhelm Rickmers and then to his son Willi. He enlarged the estate to 312 acres and had an English landscape garden laid out with its own hunt. The landlord made friends with the painter Arthur Fitger , who created large wall paintings for Schloss Kreyenhorst. The painter-poet built his artist's home with a large studio in 1890 on a leased garden plot. In 1911 the city of Bremen bought the site and had the castle demolished in order to build country houses here. Since 1921 the area was called Rickmers Park. From 1933 the rhododendron park was laid out on parts of the park and the adjacent Allmers Park .

Honors

• The Rickmersstraße in Bremerhaven- Lehe was named after him and his family
• The barque Willy Rickmers (1868–1889) bore his name
• The four-masted steel barque Willy Rickmers (1895–1912) bore his name

literature

• Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .