Adolf Prinzhorn

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Heinrich Friedrich Adolf Prinzhorn (born April 17, 1847 in Diepholz ; † March 28, 1913 in Stuttgart ) was a German chemist and company director.

Life

Adolf Prinzhorn was the oldest of seven children of Johann Friedrich Prinzhorn (* 1816 in Kolenfeld , Hanover region, † 1897 in Diepholz) and Wilhelmine Luise Altertine Fischer (1818–1895).

Adolf Prinzhorn studied chemistry at the TH Hannover . In 1865 he was one of the first members of the later Corps Alemannia . He served as an assistant in Hanover and received his doctorate there .

In 1874 he joined the Continental Caoutchouc & Guttaperche Compagnie . Two years later, the majority owner of this company, the banker Moritz Magnus , appointed him technical director on Siegmund Seligmann's advice. "Prinzhorn brings the ideas, Seligmann provides the money."

By setting up a laboratory for tire production, he put rubber production on a scientific basis. He allied Continental with the Harburger Gummi-Kamm-Compagnie (see New-York Hamburger Gummi-Waaren Compagnie ), acquired the Dunlop patents and was able to develop Continental into the market leader. He set up a pension, widows and orphans fund and set up a workers' benefit fund.

In July 1880 he married Marie Günzler (* around 1860 in Stuttgart) in Stuttgart.

He donated his hometown to build a school and the like. Diepholz made him a fourth honorary citizen in May 1904.

In 1908 he left the board of directors and remained on the supervisory board and as deputy chairman. In 1909 he became an honorary doctor and professor at the TH Charlottenburg .

Suddenly and unexpectedly he died in Stuttgart. He is buried in Hanover. He had built a house for his father at 26 Diepholzer Bahnhofstrasse, on which a plaque commemorates him today. In February 1938, Prinzhornstrasse was named after him there.

Publications

literature

  • Reinald Schröder: Adolf Prinzhorn (1847–1913): Director of Continental Gummiwerke and the city's great son ; ISBN 978-3-89728-010-6 (published 2013)

supporting documents

  1. ^ Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German biographical encyclopedia: (DBE) . Walter de Gruyter, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-598-25038-5 , p. 84 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ ortsfamilienbuecher.de: Entry on Johann Friedrich PRINZHORN , accessed on June 11, 2013.
  3. ^ FL Staub: Corps list of the Weinheimer SC from 1821 to 1906 . Dresden 1906, p. 87.
  4. ^ Hannover Oststadt-Journal: Archive September 2006 ( Memento from March 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Heinrich Friedrich Adolf Prinzhorn. City of Diepholz, accessed on March 19, 2017 .

}

personal data
SURNAME Prinzhorn, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prinzhorn, Adolf Heinrich Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist and company manager
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Diepholz
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1913
Place of death Stuttgart