Alfred von Kaulla

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alfred Lucien Kaulla , von Kaulla since 1893, (born August 8, 1852 in Strasbourg ; died January 14, 1924 in Stuttgart ) was a German-Jewish banker and industrialist. He gave the decisive impetus for the establishment of the Anatolian Railway Company .

Life

Born in Strasbourg, Alfred von Kaulla attended German and British schools. From 1868 to 1871 Alfred Kaulla studied at the TH Stuttgart . Interrupted by his participation in the Franco-Prussian War from 1870 to 1871, Kaulla continued his studies in 1872 and received his doctorate in Dr. iur. In 1875 he joined the Württembergische Vereinsbank , where he had already completed an internship during his studies . In 1881 he was appointed general manager , in 1882 as deputy director and in 1888 he was appointed to the board . Since 1884 Kaulla was also commercial director and personally liable partner at Gebrüder Mauser KG in Oberndorf am Neckar , in which the Württembergische Vereinsbank had a majority stake.

At the Württembergische Vereinsbank, Alfred von Kaulla mainly dealt with foreign trade. When he was in Constantinople in 1887 in order to conclude a contract with the government of the Ottoman Empire (" Hohe Pforte ") for the supply and financing of rifles from the companies Mauser KG and Ludwig Loewe & Co. to the Ottoman Army , Kaulla was on the possibility of the acquisition of Ottoman railway concessions by German banks. In this way, the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II wanted to free himself from being too dependent on French and British banks. Through Kaulla's efforts, a German banking consortium under the leadership of Deutsche Bank received the concession to build the Constantinople – İzmit railway line in 1888 . The consortium founded the “ Anatolian Railway Company ” to operate this route . In 1892 the railway line was extended to Ankara . In 1896 a junction from Eskişehir to Konya was finally completed, which in turn became the starting point of the Baghdad Railway in 1903 .

Alfred von Kaulla was a member of the supervisory board of many industrial companies in southern Germany. He resigned from the management board of Württembergische Vereinsbank in 1900 and switched to its supervisory board . He was chairman from 1921 until his death in 1924. He was also a member of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bank , which had owned shares in Württembergische Vereinsbank since the 1880s. The latter, for its part, held a majority stake in Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft since 1901 and in 1902 sent Alfred von Kaulla to its supervisory board. As the successor to Max von Duttenhofers , Kaulla was Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Daimler from 1910 to 1922. Immediately after Alfred von Kaulla's death, the Württembergische Vereinsbank was merged with Deutsche Bank in 1924.

Family and private

Alfred von Kaulla was the son of Dr. med. Georges Hermann Kaulla (1819–1855), doctor in Strasbourg , and by Clarissa Pfeiffer (1826–1889), daughter of the director of the Württembergische Hofbank Marx Pfeiffer (1786–1842) and his third wife Pauline Wittersheim (1801–1867). From this marriage came the Privy Councilor Ernst Ezechiel Pfeiffer (1831–1904) and the banker and social reformer Eduard Pfeiffer (1835–1921). Through his father, Alfred von Kaulla was a descendant of the court factor Karoline Kaulla (1739–1809). Alfred von Kaulla remained unmarried throughout his life and had no children.

In the “ Yearbook of the wealth and income of millionaires ” from 1914, Alfred von Kaulla's wealth is given as 9 million marks .

In addition to his residence at Seestrasse 26 in Stuttgart, Alfred von Kaulla also acquired Roseck Castle near Unterjesingen in 1891 .

In 1904 he won the “ Diana Prize ” with his horse Lucca , a horse race in Düsseldorf . In 1905 he helped found a golf club in Baden-Baden , the first in what is now Baden-Württemberg . He was also a lifelong member of the Imperial Yacht Club in Kiel .

Honors

In 1893, Alfred von Kaulla was raised to the Württemberg staff nobility in recognition of his economic services to the Kingdom of Württemberg .

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Lenz: Kaulla, Alfred von (Württemberg staff nobility 1893) . In: Neue Deutsche Biographie 11 (1977), pp. 359-360 [online version]; URL: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd116077913.html (accessed on October 24, 2018).
  2. ↑ The delivery and financing of 500,000 rifles and 50,000 carbines amounting to 37 million marks was agreed .
  3. ↑ In addition to the Deutsche Bank, which was in charge, the Württembergische Vereinsbank, the Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft , the Deutsche Vereinsbank and the private banks Robert Warschauer & Co. and Jacob SH Stern were represented in the consortium.
  4. ^ Contributions to the Kaulla family by the "Museumsverein Oberdischingen eV" on www.alemannia-judaica.de
  5. ^ Rudolf Lenz: Kaulla, Alfred von (Württembergischer Personaladel 1893) . In: Neue Deutsche Biographie 11 (1977), pp. 359-360 [online version]; URL: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd116077913.html (accessed on October 24, 2018).
  6. ↑ Information from Rolf Hofmann about the Pfeiffer and Kaulla families at www.alemannia-judaica.de
  7. ↑ Georg Gaugusch: “Who once was - The Jewish upper middle class Vienna 1800–1938 - AK”, Amalthea Signum Verlag, Vienna 2011, p. 1383, ISBN 978-3-85002-750-2
  8. ^ Contributions to the Kaulla family by the "Museumsverein Oberdischingen eV" on www.alemannia-judaica.de
  9. ^ Kai Drewes: “Jüdischer Adel - Nobilitierungen von Juden in Europa des 19. Century”, Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2013, p. 100, ISBN 978-3-593-39775-7
personal data
SURNAME Kaulla, Alfred von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaulla, Alfred Lucien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German banker and industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1924
Place of death Stuttgart