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Enrique Gottel

Enrique Gottel (1831–1875) was a German-Nicaraguan journalist, music composer, and historian. Arrival in Nicaragua Gottel was born in Danzig, Kingdom of Prussia, and emigrated to the United States at

Enrique Gottel (1831–1875) was a German-Nicaraguan journalist, music composer, and historian. Arrival in Nicaragua Gottel was born in Danzig, Kingdom of Prussia, and emigrated to the United States at a young age. He spoke English, Spanish, and German. When the gold rush struck in California, he arranged for a trip via Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt’s Accessory Transit Company which took a natural route through the San Juan river in Nicaragua. Gottel decided to stay in Rivas, a city located in Nicaragua’s Southwestern Pacific region. He later established a contract with the Accessory Transit Company. Gottels contract with the Accessory Transit Company consisted of diligences hauled by horses to transport people between Bahía de la Virgen (Bay of the Virgin) in Lake Nicaragua and the port in San Juan del Sur. In 1856, it left him in ruins due to the struggle between William Walker and Vanderbilt. Gottel resumed his diligence service in 1861 with his new partner, Colombian General Pedro Ruiz Tejada. After Gottels death, Ruiz kept the service going and added a new route from León to Chinandega. Gottel ran the newspaper for 9 years, up until 1874. El Provenir was transferred to Managua,

Era
Romantic
Lived
1831–1875
From
Germany
Born in
Free City of Danzig · died Managua
Known as
composer

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.