August von Clemm
August Ernst Karl Konrad Clemm , since 1893 Knight von Clemm , (born December 8, 1837 in Gießen , † October 28, 1910 in Haardt ) was a German entrepreneur and politician.
Life
After studying chemistry , Clemm joined the aniline factory Sonntag, Engelhorn & Clemm founded by his brother Carl Clemm and Friedrich Engelhorn in Mannheim in 1862 . In 1865 he founded BASF with his brother Engelhorn, Seligmann Ladenburg , Leopold Ladenburg , Friedrich Reiß and others and took over the management of aniline production in Ludwigshafen . After he became Engelhorn's representative in 1869, he left BASF in 1882 in an argument with his brother. After Carl Clemm's departure, he returned to the Supervisory Board in 1885 , which he headed from 1897 to 1903.
From 1872 to 1898 Clemm was President of the Palatinate Commercial and Commercial Bank and in 1886 he was a co-founder of the Palatinate Hypothekenbank Ludwigshafen. In addition, Clemm was President of the Board of Directors of the Palatinate Railways until nationalization . From 1877 to 1898 he was chairman of the Palatinate Chamber of Commerce and Industry .
politics
From 1883 to 1899 Clemm was a member of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies for the National Liberals . In 1893 he became its vice-president and from 1897 to 1899 he was its president.
Honors
In 1892 the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein granted Clemm honorary citizenship . In 1893 he received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown from Prince Regent Luitpold . Associated with this was the elevation to the personal nobility and he was allowed to call himself Ritter von Clemm after his entry in the nobility register . Clemm was also a lifelong Imperial Councilor of the Crown of Bavaria .
literature
- Gustaf Jacob: Friedrich Engelhorn. The founder of the Baden aniline and soda factory. Society of Friends of Mannheim and the Former Electoral Palatinate, Mannheimer Altertumsverein from 1859, Mannheim 1959 ( publications of the Society of Friends of Mannheim and the Former Electoral Palatinate, Mannheimer Altertumsverein from 1859 8, ZDB -ID 846664-6 ).
- Stefan Mörz, Klaus Jürgen Becker (Hrsg.): History of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein. Volume 1: From the beginning to the end of the First World War. City archive, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2003, ISBN 3-924667-35-7 .
- Peter Ruf: Ludwigshafen deputy in the state parliament, Reichstag and Bundestag. Stadtarchiv, Ludwigshafen 1993, ISBN 3-924667-20-9 ( Publications of the Stadtarchiv Ludwigshafen am Rhein 16).
- Wolfgang Zorn: Clemm, August Ernst Karl Konrad Ritter von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 285 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- August von Clemm in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Clemm, August of |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clemm, August Ernst Karl Konrad Ritter von (full name); Clemm, August Ernst Karl Konrad |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1837 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | to water |
DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1910 |
Place of death | Haardt |