Andreas Kaltenbach

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Andreas Kaltenbach (also: Andrew Kaltenbach; * December 4, 1828 in the Grand Duchy of Baden ; † July 21, 1913 in Niagara Falls , New York ) was a German revolutionary and American hotelier.

Life path

As a young man, Andreas Kaltenbach took part in the freedom movement of 1848 in his home country, the Grand Duchy of Baden. He was friends there with some of the leaders of the 1848 revolution, such as Lorenz Brentano , Gottfried Kinkel , Franz Sigel and Friedrich Hecker . After the failure of this freedom movement, Kaltenbach - like many of his fellow campaigners - felt compelled to emigrate to the USA (see Forty-Eighters ).

From 1855 to 1856 he worked for a year on his friend Friedrich Hecker's farm in Illinois.

In 1865 he went to Rochester (New York) . There, Andrew Kaltenbach apparently operated various trades: From around 1867 until 1869 he was the sole owner of the “Terrapin Saloon” at 9 South St. Paul Street. Kaltenbach & Schoelz Saloon "renamed. Kaltenbach was living on Stone Street at the time. From 1870 to about 1878, when he moved to Niagara Falls, Kaltenbach was a co-owner of a ready-to-wear clothing store called Kramer & Kaltenbach and lived on Lake Avenue. He also appears to have worked in the real estate business together with a William Graebe in 1877.

In 1878 Kaltenbach finally went to Niagara Falls, where he settled with his family and built the hotel named after him with around 50 rooms.

He was apparently temporarily active in the banking sector, as Vice President of the "Niagara County Savings Bank" founded on January 2, 1891 and on the board of directors of the "Power City Bank" founded on June 19, 1893.

Andreas Kaltenbach was the founder, namesake and operator of the Hotel Kaltenbach, which opened on May 21, 1878, on Buffalo Avenue in Niagara Falls, New York. After the early death of his wife Marianne, his daughter Emily Graebe supported him in running the hotel.

Among the well-known guests of the Hotel Kaltenbach were u. a .:

Kaltenbach died on July 21, 1913 in Niagara Falls and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery (Lot C).

family

Andreas Kaltenbach was married to Marianne Kaltenbach (* 1828, † August 1, 1889 in Niagara Falls) since 1850; the couple had at least two daughters, one of whom was named Emily, married Graebe.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Pool, "Landmarks of Niagara County, New York," D. Mason & Co., 1897, p. 225, https://archive.org/details/landmarksofniaga00pool/page/n259
  2. ^ Tchaikovsky Research, "Tchaikovsky at Niagara Falls", http://en.tchaikovsky-research.net/pages/Niagara_Falls
  3. ↑ Lawrence A. Scaff, "Max Weber in America", Princeton University Press, 2011, p. 29, https://books.google.de/books?id=ArwmbALdzQQC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29
personal data
SURNAME Kaltenbach, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaltenbach, Andrew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German revolutionary and American hotelier
DATE OF BIRTH December 4, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH Grand Duchy of Baden
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1913
Place of death Niagara Falls (New York) , USA