Carl Friedrich Alexander Bosch

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Carl Friedrich Alexander Bosch (born September 16, 1843 in Albeck , † December 22, 1904 in Cologne ) was a businessman, chairman of the commercial association, co-founder of the commercial college and city council in Cologne. Together with his brother-in-law Gustav Haag, he founded the Bosch & Haag workshop in Cologne. He was the brother of Robert Bosch eighteen years older and the father of Carl Bosch .

family

Economy "Zur Krone" in Albeck, birthplace of Carl Friedrich Alexander Bosch

Carl Friedrich Bosch was born on September 16, 1843 as the son of the Albecker Kronenwirtes Servatius Bosch (1816–1880) and Marie Margarethe Bosch, nee. Dölle (1818–1898) was born into a Swabian farming family. The “zur Krone” inn, which has been known for 800 years in the history of the Swabian Alb, was owned by the Bosch family from 1736 to 1869. Carl Friedrich Bosch's other eleven siblings include the famous Stuttgart entrepreneur and spark plug manufacturer Robert Bosch, who saw the light of day on March 23, 1861. The siblings all grew up in Albeck.

education

Carl Friedrich attended secondary school in Ulm . According to his brother Robert Bosch, Carl Friedrich was always the best there. In his “Youth Memories”, Robert Bosch also reports on his brother's technical talent. After graduating from high school , Carl completed a commercial apprenticeship at the Ulm cloth shop in Wanner. To improve his knowledge and skills , he spent a year in Marseille .

Professional background

In 1868, at the age of 25, Carl Friedrich Bosch settled in Cologne. As a trained businessman, he and his brother-in-law Gustav Haag founded Bosch & Haag in Cologne, a wholesaler for gas and water installation supplies that later employed 75 people . Twenty years after founding the company, he finally became the sole owner and now ran it under the company Carl Bosch, formerly Bosch & Haag, a factory and wholesaler for gas and water pipe items .

In addition to his work as managing director , Bosch devoted himself to the interests of the merchant class. As a member of the Chamber of Commerce and curator of the commercial school , he earned a special reputation. He was committed to the promotion of commercial young and for the Sunday closing of the shop assistants . Furthermore, he was responsible for the establishment of the Cologne Commercial Association, the Commercial Evening School and the Cologne Commercial College and was one of the dignitaries of the Cologne merchant class.

Marriage and children

On April 2, 1872, he married Paula Liebst, the daughter of the Cologne hotel owner Julius Emil Liebst and Maria Adolph. They lived at Alexianerstraße 7 in Cologne. The first son, Carl Bosch , was born just two years after the marriage . Four more boys (Emil, Herrmann, Robert, Hans) and a girl (Paula) followed.

A short time later, the large family moved into a multi-storey house at 30 Rubensstrasse in Cologne. Father Bosch, a great nature lover and flower lover, often took his family for walks in the nearby fields and in the forest. One of his special upbringing principles was not to punish the children, but to instruct and convince them. When they made a mistake, he would explain to them with infinite patience how to make amends.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Erhard Lessing: Robert Bosch, Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg, 2007, ISBN 9783499505942 , p. 22f.
  2. ^ Wikipedia: Robert Bosch / Youth and career entry
  3. ^ Karl Holdermann: Under the spell of chemistry. Carl Bosch. Life and work. Econ-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1953, page 18.
  4. ↑ Reiner F. Oelsner: Comments on the life and work of Carl Bosch. From industrial mechanic to head of IG Farbenindustrie. In: State Museum for Technology and Work (ed.): LTA-Forschung , ISSN  0940-2748 , 8th year 1998, issue 28, page 10.
  5. ^ Wikipedia: Carl Bosch / family
personal data
SURNAME Bosch, Carl Friedrich Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Albeck
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1904
Place of death Cologne