Adolf Frentzel

Adolf Frentzel.

Adolf Frentzel (born November 15, 1833 - † July 17, 1905 in Berlin ) was a German businessman and association official.

family

Adolf Frentzel was the son of Henry Frentzel (1793–1872), a secret judge who had moved from East Prussia to Berlin . Adolf Frentzel's son Otto Frentzel (1864–1954) was a doctor and was elected mayor of the then still independent city of Charlottenburg .

Life

After finishing school, Adolf Frentzel completed an apprenticeship in a grain mill. He later founded the Bertheim & Frentzel oil mill . In 1870 he sold this oil mill to the Berlin-based product and commercial bank and joined the board of this bank. In the 1880s (?) Frentzel liquidated the bank and from then on devoted himself to activities in business associations. Frentzel was the owner of the manor on Bindewald near Bischofsthal.

From 1887 to 1894 Frentzel was chairman of the elders' college of the Berlin merchants. In 1890 he succeeded Adelbert Delbrück as chairman of the standing committee of the German Trade Conference (forerunner of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry DIHK ). After an amendment to the articles of association in 1901, Frentzel became the first chairman of the German Trading Conference and held this position until his death in 1905. a. in the Prussian Economics Council, in the Central Committee of the Reichsbank and in various supervisory boards. Furthermore, he was a government advisor and a member of various commissions on economic policy and commercial law issues, for example the stock market inquiry commission.

In 1897, King Wilhelm II appointed Frentzel to the Prussian mansion out of the utmost confidence . He belonged to this until the end of his life.

Honors

Order of the Red Eagle 2nd class

literature

Protocols of the Prussian State Ministry Acta Borussica Volume 8 / II (1890–1900) (PDF file; 2.19 MB), page 525

Death notice in The New York Times on July 18, 1905 (Engl.)

Individual evidence

↑ Christof Biggeleben: The "bulwark of the bourgeoisie": The Berlin merchants 1870-1920 ; Beck 2006 , p. 158
^ Collection of all of the manor's printed matter, year 1898, Volume 1
^ Gerhard Hardach: The German Chamber of Industry and Commerce 1861-2011 ; DIHT Selbstverlag 2001 ( Memento from December 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 1.3 MB), page 33
↑ Biggeleben 2006, page 159 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Frentzel, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German businessman and association official
DATE OF BIRTH	November 15, 1833
DATE OF DEATH	July 17, 1905
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Christof Biggeleben: The "bulwark of the bourgeoisie": The Berlin merchants 1870-1920 ; Beck 2006 , p. 158

[2] Collection of all of the manor's printed matter, year 1898, Volume 1

[3] Gerhard Hardach: The German Chamber of Industry and Commerce 1861-2011 ; DIHT Selbstverlag 2001 ( Memento from December 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 1.3 MB), page 33

[4] Biggeleben 2006, page 159 f.