Zimbert Jenisch (1587,

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– 28 November 1645,

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) was a German merchant and patrician.Deutsches Geschlechterbuch Vol. 127 p. 27

Background

The son of Augsburg council member Melchior Jenisch and Elisabeth Haintzel von Degelstein, Zimbert's mother was a granddaughter of Catharina

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(1487–1550), who was a sister of

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and aunt of Philippine Welser. In 1618 Zimbert became a burgher of Hamburg, and founded the firm ''Paulus Pütz & Zimbrecht Jenisch'' with his relatives. The firm became a major import-export firm from the

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area in Russia to the

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. Married twice, Zimbert's first wife from 1618 was Maria Elisabeth Putz from Stade and after her death from 1635 he remarried to Esther

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, a daughter of Hamburg senator Rudolf Amsinck. In 1641 he founded the ''Drondheimbsche Compagnie'' (

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Company), headquartered in Glückstadt (then in Denmark), that imported fish from Norway to Germany.

Nobility

Zimbert Jenisch was ennobled by

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in 1629. He didn't use his noble title in the

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of Hamburg, however.

References

Literature

* Percy Ernst Schramm, "Jenisch, Zimbert", in: ''

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'', Vol. 10, Berlin 1974, pp. 401–402 {{DEFAULTSORT:Jenisch, Zimbert 1587 births 1645 deaths 17th-century German businesspeople German merchants