Johann Friedrich Tönnies (16 July 1662 in

Stralsund Stralsund (; Swedish language, Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German language, German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklen ...

– 12 April 1736 in

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) was a

merchant and banker. His firm, Tönnies & Behrmann, was a leading Hamburg bank in the early 18th century. The firm had been founded by his father-in-law (in his first marriage) Johann Behrmann (1635–1698), also a native of Stralsund who had moved to Hamburg, and was originally mainly active in exporting cloth to

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. After Behrmann's death, the firm was continued by Tönnies. Tönnies held the grand burghership of Hamburg. A portrait of him by the Swedish painter Anton Paulsen from around 1720 survives. After the death of his first wife, he married Anna Wolpmann in 1696.Denkmalverein läßt Barockgemälde restaurieren
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Toennies, Johann Friedrich German bankers Grand burghers of Hamburg 18th-century German businesspeople 1662 births 1736 deaths