Bagel (entrepreneurial family)

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The Bagel family is a German entrepreneur family based in Düsseldorf . It is owned by the Bagel Group , which currently operates in the publishing , printing and service sectors (finance, purchasing, real estate, human resources).

history

The Bagel family descends from Huguenots who lived as craftsmen and small traders in Montauban , a stronghold of the Calvinists . After the edict of Nantes was repealed by King Louis XIV in 1685, the bagels fled to Geneva and later reached the left Lower Rhine , where they could develop professionally. You are a publisher and printer owner.

Johann Bagel (1775–1855) settled in Wesel in 1800 as an independent master bookbinder . In 1826 he founded a bookstore himself, which the son was entrusted with running. In 1831 he set up a paper mill near Dorsten , which was converted into a paper mill in 1838 . The Bagels printing and paper mill emerged from these businesses.

His son Peter August Bagel (1809–1881) officially ran the business since 1843, the company was renamed “A. Bagel "renamed. Since the city of Wesel was too small for the desired expansion of the Bagel factories, the company was relocated to Düsseldorf in 1848. Peter August Bagel founded the Bagel paper factory in Eggerscheidt in 1855. His son August Bagel "the younger" took over the business after the death of his father. The second son Felix Bagel separated from his brother and founded his own business in Düsseldorf with part of the publishing house .

Julius Bagel (1826–1900), the 17 years younger brother of August Bagel “the elder”, was a co-owner of the Julius Bagel & Cie. Company until 1854. In Dusseldorf. His son was the publisher Julius Bagel junior (1861–1929). He had the Villa Bagel built in Mülheim an der Ruhr .

Carl August Bagel (1902–1941) married in 1929 into the Henkel family from Düsseldorf . His granddaughter Simone Bagel-Trah is the chairwoman of the supervisory board and chairwoman of the shareholders' committee of the Henkel Group .

In the field of printing and other business areas, the Bagel Group still exists today. It is run by the seventh generation.

genealogy

Bagel grave on the mound of the north cemetery in Düsseldorf

I. Johann Peter Heinrich Bagel (1775–1855) ⚭ Susanne, b. Scholl (1779-1852)

II.1. Peter August Bagel (* March 2, 1809; † January 6, 1881), "August Bagel the Elder", Kommerzienrat ⚭ Karoline Uhlenbruck
III.1. August Bagel (born February 10, 1838; † January 20, 1916), "August Bagel the Younger", Privy Councilor of Commerce, entrepreneur in the printing industry, local politician ⚭ Auguste von Laer (born December 22, 1837; † November 3, 1918)
IV.1 Fritz Bagel (born June 1, 1879 - † August 4, 1936) ⚭ Helene, b. Doerth (* December 19, 1872; † December 8, 1915)
V.1. Else Bagel (born March 21, 1900 in Düsseldorf; † January 4, 1997 ibid) ⚭ 1929 Carl August Loelgen († 1937)
V.2. Carl August Bagel (born June 9, 1902 in Düsseldorf; † July 13, 1941 ibid) ⚭ (September 10, 1929 in Düsseldorf) Ilse Elisabeth Henkel (born July 24, 1908 in Düsseldorf; † October 24, 1991 ibid)
VI.1. Fritz Bagel ⚭ (1st marriage) Anja Bohlan (married name Bagel-Bohlan)
VII.1. Simone Bagel (born January 10, 1969 in Düsseldorf; married name Bagel-Trah)
VII.2. Friderike Bagel (* 1972, calculated)
VI.2. Gerd Bagel (March 17, 1914 - May 6, 1964) ⚭ Irmgard, b. Scheidt (born October 24, 1912 - † October 3, 1992)
III.2. Karoline (Lina) Bagel (* August 3, 1836; † February 28, 1908) ⚭ Daniel Luyken (1833–1909), manufacturer
III.3. Mathilde Bagel (1842–1929) ⚭ August 2, 1862 Carl Lueg (1833–1905), industrial manager
IV.1. Paul Lueg (1863–1933), Dr. phil., has been with Gutehoffnungshütte since 1891 , has been a deputy member of the board since 1908
III.4. Felix Bagel (7 November 1854 - 1910)
II.2. Julius Bagel (born March 10, 1826; † 1900) ⚭ 1856 Ferdinande, b. Dreibholtz (1836-1891)
III.1. Caroline Christine Clara Bagel (1856–1918) ⚭ 1880 Joseph Thyssen (1844–1915), industrialist in the Thyssen family
IV.1. Julius Thyssen (1881-1946)
IV.2. Johanna Thyssen (1883-1887)
IV.3. Hans Thyssen (1890-1943)
III.2. Johanna Wilhelmine Sophie Bagel (1858–1930) ⚭ Carl Roesch
III.3. Julius Bagel junior (1861–1929) ⚭ Helene, b. Winkler
IV.1. Hermann Julius Bagel (1892–1961)
IV.2. Johanna Ferdinandine Anna Bagel (1893–1972)
III.4. Antoinette Auguste Bagel (1865–1945) ⚭ Carl Scholten

literature

  • A. Bagel-Papierfabrik (Ed.): Who we are. Ratingen 1952.
  • Christina Lubinski: "What I have, I am": psychological property and shareholder culture in the Düsseldorf family company Bagel; 1960 to 2005. In: Family businesses in the Rhineland in the 19th and 20th centuries: Networks - Succession - Social Capital. (The 1st part of the conference took place on June 12th and 13th, 2008 in Düsseldorf, the 2nd part of the conference followed on October 1st and 2nd, 2009 in Hagen.), Rheinisch-Westfälisches Wirtschaftsarchiv Foundation, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-933025-45-6 , pages 238-251, bibliographic information online .
  • Historical Commission : The Empire 1871–1918. Volume 1, Part 2, Walter de Gruyter, 2003, pages 115-116, online .
  • Daniel Mühlenfeld: The publishers of Hugo's «Les Miserables» - The Bagel booksellers and newspaper publishers family in Mülheim an der Ruhr. In: Horst A. Wessel (ed.): Mülheim entrepreneurs: pioneers of the economy. Business history in the city on the river since the end of the 18th century. Klartext Verlag , Essen 2006, pp. 137–152.
  • Karl Friedrich Pfau :  Bagel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, p. 185 f.
  • Immortellen in memory of A. Bagel. Düsseldorf 1884.
  • Sandra Zeumer: The succession in family businesses: three case studies from the Bergisches Land in the 19th and 20th centuries . Steiner, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-515-09940-0 . A table of contents of the work is available here . Chapter 6 is dedicated to the Bagel family, in the appendix on page 357 a family tree of the family.

References and comments

  1. ^ "Bagel" is to be pronounced in French, see Karl Friedrich Pfau :  Bagel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 46, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1902, p. 185 f.
  2. ↑ New German Biography ( online )
  3. ^ Rudolf Schmidt: German booksellers. German book printer. Volume 1. Berlin / Eberswalde 1902, pp. 24-25. [1]
  4. ^ History: The Bagel Verlag , at https://emuseum.duesseldorf.de , accessed on April 27, 2016
  5. ^ Chronicle of the company on its website
  6. ↑ "August Bagel the Younger" was a councilor, book printer, city councilor in Düsseldorf from 1884 to 1910, (co-) financier of the Oberkasseler Bridge and the settlement of Oberkassel .
  7. ↑ Auguste von Laer born December 22, 1838 in the Lingen local family book, according to the German Gender Book Volume 13, on online-ofb.de, accessed on September 7, 2016
  8. ^ Fritz Bagel, publisher, paper manufacturer, printer owner in Düsseldorf and Helene Bagel, née Doerth from Schwerte. One daughter (oldest child) and three sons.
  9. ↑ Vita Else Loelgen, b. Bagel , on Women's Culture Archive
  10. ↑ Ilse Henkel comes from the Düsseldorf entrepreneurial family Henkel . She was the granddaughter of the company's founder Friedrich "Fritz" Karl Henkel . Carl August Bagel became managing director of Henkel & Cie on July 26, 1938, and on October 24, 1939, due to illness, he handed over the seat of management to his brother-in-law Willy Manchot . See Chronicle 130 Years of Henkel. (PDF) Henkel KGaA, September 25, 2006, pp. 50f , accessed on August 22, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Fritz Bagel's marriage to Anja Bohlan did not last long, whose second marriage has three more children. Simone and Friderike grew up with their mother. Like his grandfather Fritz Henkel "junior" (1875–1930), honorary citizen of the city of Unkel , Fritz Bagel "junior" is committed to Unkel. For this he was honored with the city's badge of honor in January 2016. See Fritz Bagel receives badge of honor. In: Blick aktuell. Krupp Verlags GmbH, January 7, 2016, accessed on August 20, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Friderike Bagel, Simone Bagel-Trah's younger sister and attorney at KPMG , took over as chairman of the board of the Society of Friends and Supporters of the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 2011 at the age of 39 . Her predecessor was Gabriele Henkel , who held this position for 39 years. The office remained “in the family”, so to speak, because both Gabriele Henkel and Friderike Bagel are part of the Henkel family . See Helga Meister: Change of staff at the Friends of Art. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung. February 8, 2011, accessed August 21, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Gerd Bagel and his father Carl-August Bagel initially ran the bagel company together until their father's death in 1941. During the Second World War, they saw the plant in Düsseldorf being destroyed by bombing. After the war, Gerd Bagel rebuilt the company and diversified the group of companies.
  14. ^ Genealogy Luyken Family Association