The Tesdorpf family is a political and merchant Hanseaten family from

Lübeck Lübeck (; or ; Latin: ), officially the Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Lübeck (), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 220,000 inhabitants, it is the second-largest city on the German Baltic Sea, Baltic coast and the second-larg ...

and

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

Germany. The Tesdorpfs were an old Patrician family in Lübeck before became the mayor of Lübeck in 1715. Peter Hinrich Tesdorpf founded , the first wine trading house in Germany. Gjorslev Gods

Carl Tesdorpf is primarily known for making , a French red wine that ages as it is shipped from

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

to Lübeck. The Tesdorpf wine shop was known to supply wine to Germanic and Northern European royalty, as well as

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

. In 1999, Carl Tesdorpf was acquired by . The Carl Tesdorpf wine shop is also reported to be the oldest wine shop in Germany. In 1840,

Edward Tesdorpf Edward Tesdorpf (7 September 1817 – 2 May 1889), was a German-Danish landowner, agricultural pioneer and sugar manufacturer. He became the owner of ten estates; many were located in the Lolland-Falster area where he resided at Orupgaard near Nyk ...

moved to the island of

Lolland Lolland (; formerly spelled ''Laaland'', literally "low land") is the List of islands of Denmark#List of 100 largest Danish islands, fourth largest island of Denmark, with an area of . Located in the Kattegat, Belts and Sund area, it is part of Re ...

in Denmark, where he became a farmer, landowner, and sugar manufacturer. Many of the estates that

Edward Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...

and his son acquired have remained in the Tesdorpf family, including Orupgaard, Pandebjerg, Gjedsergaard, ,

Gjorslev Gjorslev is a cruciform medieval castle located 17 km south-east of Køge, on the Stevns Peninsula, Stevns Municipality, some forty kilometres south of Copenhagen, Denmark. Originally owned by the Diocese of Roskilde (Roman-Catholic), Bishop ...

and .

Germany

* * Burkhard Tesdorpf *

Ebba Tesdorpf Ebba Tesdorpf (23 January 1851 – 22 February 1920) was an illustrator and watercolorist from Hamburg, Germany. Life Tesdorpf came from a Hanseatic (class), Hanseatic family. She was the daughter of businessman Hans Peter Friedrich Te ...

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Denmark

* Frederik Tesdorpf * *

References

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