Alexander plum

Alexander Pflaum , from 1881 von Pflaum (born June 4, 1839 in Pflaumloch ; † December 15, 1911 in Berlin ), was a German banker and patron .

Life

Alexander Pflaum was born in Pflaumloch as the eldest son of the Jewish grain trader Elias Pflaum. Elias Pflaum founded the Pflaum bank in Stuttgart in 1855 . His son Alexander completed a bank training in Frankfurt am Main , Berlin , Brussels and Darmstadt . In 1865, Alexander Pflaum and his brother Moritz became partners in his father's bank, which was renamed Württembergische Bankanstalt in 1881 and merged with Württembergische Vereinsbank . Alexander Pflaum, a promoter of the Württemberg industry, was ennobled by the king in 1881 and appointed a secret councilor of commerce. In 1907, Pflaum became an honorary citizen of the Pflaumloch community. There he donated a synagogue that was later used as a community hall. A street in Pflaumloch was named after him.

The childless Kommerzienrat Pflaum, who with Marie Clementine nee Emden was married, and when he died in 1911, he left behind a sizable shareholding and a large art collection, some of which was bequeathed to the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart . He donated part of his fortune to the construction of a nursing home in Stuttgart and the central management for charity in Württemberg . His villa on Falkert Straße, acquired in 1877, was demolished in 1914 and a school building was built on the property.

Awards

1881 Ehrenritter cross of the Order of Württembergischen crown , which with the personal needle tracks ( Nobilitierung was connected)
1896 Commentary Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown
1891 Commentary Cross 2nd class of the Württemberg Order of Frederick
1885 Saxon Order of Albrecht , 2nd class
1888 Order of the Crown of Italy
Prussian Crown Order II class

reception

Inge Barth-Grözinger, a high school teacher from Ellwang, wrote a novel for young people entitled Alexander , which was published in 2009 , based on the biography of Alexander Pflaum .

literature

Anne Hermann: Pflaum, Alexander von (Württemberg staff nobility 1881). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 346 f. ( Digitized version ).
Supporting association of the former synagogue in Oberdorf eV (ed.): Encounter with remarkable people. Life pictures of Jewish personalities from the Ries . Exhibition catalog, o. O. and o. J. (2010), p. 11 f. ( Alexander Pflaum. Private banker in Stuttgart ).

Web links

Rolf Hofmann: Alexander von Pflaum. The life story of an important Stuttgart banker in the late 19th century (PDF; 20 kB) at Alemannia Judaica
Alexander von Pflaum Mansion in Stuttgart at Alemannia Judaica (with many photos)

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Pflaum Foundation in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

↑ Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1894, p. 34.
↑ Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1901, p. 32.

personal data
SURNAME	Plum, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Plum, Alexander von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	banker
DATE OF BIRTH	June 4, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH	Plum hole
DATE OF DEATH	December 15, 1911
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1894, p. 34.

[2] Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1901, p. 32.