Alfred C. Stürken
Alfred Christian Andreas Stürken (born November 25, 1868 in Hamburg ; † September 14, 1925 in Hamburg) was a German businessman and member of the Hamburg parliament .
biography
Stürken was the son of the Hamburg businessman Klaus Hinrich Stürken and his wife Caroline, née Plate. Stürken was married to Emmy Traun, the daughter of Hamburg merchant and senator Heinrich Traun.
Stürken had been a partner in the Dutch-German company Prins & Stürken since 1893 . In 1903, Stürken separated from his partner Prins and joined the company Traun, Stürken & Co. , which was founded with his father-in-law, the Hamburg businessman and Senator Heinrich Traun . Traun, Stürken & Co. owned rubber plantations in German East Africa and also traded with Persia .
Stürken was wealthy, in the ranking list of the richest Hamburgers published in 1912, Stürken was listed among the 200 richest people in Hamburg with a fortune of around 1.0 million marks.
From 1907 to 1912 Stürken was a member of the Hamburg citizenship, he belonged to the faction of the right.
swell
- Olaf Brodacki: Hamburg and the Persian Gulf - A chapter of Wilhelmine-German economic history . In: Journal of the Association for Hamburg History 77, Hamburg 1991.
- German gender book . Volume 200, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn 1996.
Individual evidence
- ^ Freiburger Zeitung, August 25, 1905, 1st sheet, 1st page
- ↑ Rudolf Martin (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the wealth and income of millionaires in the three Hanseatic cities (Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck) . Berlin 1912, p. 73.
- ↑ see GND entry
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Stürken, Alfred C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stürken, Alfred Christian Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German businessman and politician, MdHB |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1925 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |