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Johannes Quistorp
Johannes Heinrich Quistorp (14 November 1822 – 9 May 1899Berlin registry office; some encyclopedias incorrectly state May 8 - instead of May 12 - as burial date. source:Familial Biography with Sources/ref> ) was an entrepreneur and philanthropist in Stettin, Germany (today Szczecin, Poland). He was also the founder of a number of regional philanthropic projects. Life Johannes Quistorp was born on 14 November 1822 in Greifswald, the eldest son of a royal commissioner. At sixteen he began training at the JG Michaelis & Sohn company in Rostock, where he worked for several years as an assistant. In 1846 he moved to Stettin. After completing a year of military service he partnered with various companies, including Goldammer & Schleich, and in 1850 he founded his own company, Johs Quistorp & Co. In 1852 he married Theune Wilhelmina (1830–1886) and had five children: Mary in 1853, Heinrich in 1856 (died in 1880), Johanne in 1858, Luise in 1859, and Martin in 1860. In 1888, he marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greifswald
Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg. In 2021 it surpassed Stralsund for the first time, and became the largest city in the Pomeranian part of the state. It sits on the River Ryck, at its mouth into the Danish Wiek, a sub-bay of the Bay of Greifswald, which is itself a sub-bay of the Bay of Pomerania of the Baltic Sea. It is the seat of the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, Western Pomerania-Greifswald, and is located roughly in the middle between the two largest Pomeranian islands of Rügen and Usedom. The closest larger cities are Stralsund, Rostock, Szczecin and Schwerin. It lies west of the River Zarow, the historical cultural and linguistic boundary between West (west of the river) and Central Pomerania (east of the river). The city derives its name from the dukes of Pomerania, the Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Kasprowicz Park
The Jan Kasprowicz Park, also known as the Kasprowicz Park, and until 1945 known as Quistorp Park, is the biggest urban park in Szczecin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ..., Poland located within osiedle, municipal neighbourhood of Łękno near the boundaries of Śródmieście–Północ and Niebuszewo–Bolinko. The area of the park is circa 27.03 Hectare, ha. Together with Arkonian Forest Park it forms Kasprowicz–Arkonian Park Complex which area is 91,69 ha. It borders the Jasne Błonia on the south east and the Stefan Kownas Arboretum on the north. Characteristics The park borders are formed by J. Słowacki Street, B. Zaleski Street, S. Wyspiański Street and P. Skarga Street. It is located on the slops of Niemierzyńska Valley next to Rusałka, Szczecin, Rusa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
