Tesdorpf family explained
The Tesdorpf family is a political and merchant Hanseaten family from Lübeck and Hamburg Germany. The Tesdorpfs were an old Patrician family in Lübeck before became the mayor of Lübeck in 1715.[1] Peter Hinrich Tesdorpf founded, the first wine trading house in Germany.[2] [3] Carl Tesdorpf is primarily known for making, a French red wine that ages as it is shipped from Bordeaux to Lübeck.[4] The Tesdorpf wine shop was known to supply wine to Germanic and Northern European royalty, as well as Napoleon.[5] In 1999, Carl Tesdorpf was acquired by . The Carl Tesdorpf wine shop is also reported to be the oldest wine shop in Germany.[6] [7] [8]
In 1840, Edward Tesdorpf moved to the island of Lolland in Denmark, where he became a farmer, landowner, and sugar manufacturer.[9] Many of the estates that Edward and his son acquired have remained in the Tesdorpf family, including Orupgaard, Pandebjerg, Gjedsergaard,, Gjorslev and .[10] [11] [12] [13]
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References
- Web site: Carl Tesdorpf . wein.plus . en.
- Web site: 'Carl Tesdorpf, das Traditions-Weinhaus in Lübeck' . www.tesdorpf.de.
- Web site: Who’s Who in Germany Meiningers Wine Business International . www.wine-business-international.com.
- Web site: Regional products - luebeck-tourismus.de . www.luebeck-tourism.de.
- Web site: Carl Tesdorpf . wein.plus . en.
- Web site: Meet the French Red Wine That Germany Made Better . www.vice.com . en.
- Web site: Limited . Alamy . Stock Photo - Lubeck showroom of Carl Tesdorpf, est. 1678, Germany's oldest wine importer . Alamy . en.
- Web site: Brand Unit E-Commerce – Hawesko Holding . en-GB.
- Web site: Edward Tesdorpf . www.gravsted.dk.
- Web site: lollands-herregaarde.dk - Vi giver dig indsigt i de lokale danske firmaers services, produkter, tilbud mm. . lollands-herregaarde.dk . da-DK.
- Web site: Gjorslevs historie . gjorslev.dk.
- Web site: Ad. Tesdorpf . gravsted.dk.
- Web site: Historisk Atlas . historiskatlas.dk . da.
