Carl Clemm

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Carl Clemm 1865

Carl Clemm (born August 16, 1836 in Gießen ; † February 20, 1899 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) was a German entrepreneur and politician.

Life and work

Carl Clemm studied chemistry at the Polytechnic Karlsruhe and the University of Gießen , where he received his doctorate . He was a member of the Weinheimer Corps Franconia Karlsruhe and the Kösener Corps Hassia Gießen . After completing his studies, Clemm worked at the chemical factory in Mannheim-Waldhof, which belonged to his uncle Carl Clemm-Lennig , before he and Friedrich Engelhorn founded a factory for aniline dyes in 1861 . In 1865 he founded the Badische aniline and soda factory with his brother August Clemm , Engelhorn, Seligmann Ladenburg , Leopold Ladenburg , Friedrich Reiß and others and took over the management of the inorganic operations, the chrome green production and the workshops in Ludwigshafen .

Grave of the Clemm family in Mannheim

In 1883 he left BASF with Engelhorn and one year later founded the pulp factory in Waldhof with his brother Adolf Clemm and Carl and Rudolf Haas . In addition, he was involved in many other companies, such as the German-East African Society , and banks.

For his help after the floods of 1882/83 , Friesenheim granted him honorary citizenship in 1884 , which was taken over by the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein after the incorporation.

The tomb in the main cemetery in Mannheim , a Greek-style temple made of Italian marble, was designed by architect GA Karch.

politics

Clemm was chairman of the National Liberals in Ludwigshafen and a member of the city ​​council from 1885 to 1894 . From 1887 to 1898 he was a member of the Reichstag , where he represented the constituency Pfalz 1 (Speyer).

literature

  • Wolfgang Zorn:  Clemm, Carl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 286 f. ( Digitized version ). [1]
  • Gustaf Jacob : Friedrich Engelhorn: The founder of the Baden aniline and soda factory . Mannheim 1959
  • Peter Ruf: Ludwigshafen deputy in the state parliament, Reichstag and Bundestag . Ludwigshafen 1993, ISBN 3-924667-20-9
  • City archive of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Hrsg.): History of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein: Vol. 1., From the beginning to the end of the First World War . Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2003, ISBN 3-924667-35-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bernd-Alfred Kahe: Corps Franconia: 1839-1989; a chronicle. 1989
  2. ↑ Otto Gerlach: Kösener Corps = Listen 1930. Frankfurt am Main 1930, p. 345, 37-1010
  3. ^ Haas / Münkel: Guide to the graves of well-known Mannheim personalities , published by the City of Mannheim, 1981
  4. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 194.
personal data
SURNAME Clemm, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and politician (NLP), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH to water
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1899
Place of death Ludwigshafen am Rhein