Wulff Salomon Warburg

Wulff (Wolff) Salomon Warburg (born November 9, 1778 in Altona ; † January 3, 1854 ibid) was a German banker.

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Wulff Salomon Warburg was a member of the Warburg family, a son of Salomon Moses Warburg, called Frankfurter, (born August 17, 1747 in Altona; † April 2, 1824 there) and his wife Zippora ( Sophie ), née Leidersdorff. Died June 1796 in Altona. Warburg himself married on February 13, 1805 in Altona Bela Stieber, called Betty Lazarus (born October 5, 1782 in Hamburg , † April 13, 1862 in Altona). The couple had five daughters and four sons, including Moritz and Pius .

Warburg founded the Wulff Salomon Warburg company together with his brother Samuel S. in 1805 , which he managed himself. In 1820 the company moved into business premises on Breiten Straße in Altona. The brothers mainly took over current account transactions with merchants and industrialists from Altona, Hamburg and the duchies. In 1848 Samuel S. left the company, Wulff's sons Pius and John joined in return.

Warburg was not an Orthodox Jew, but did not open his shop until 1864 on the Sabbath and other Jewish holidays. After Prussia had annexed the duchies, Warburg's company was the first in the new Prussian province to be declared a subscription agency for issues of imperial and Prussian government bonds. This is an indication of the importance the bank had at the time.

Warburg was involved in the High German Jewish community in Altonas. As a member of the administration elected in 1819, he had been a member of the board since 1822 and shortly thereafter became chairman of the board. He held this position for nearly twenty years. In May 1843 he got the Altona citizenship.

Warburg and his wife were buried in the Jewish cemetery in Altona .

literature

• Peter Freimark: Warburg, Wulff Salomon . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 367.