Carl Hornemann

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Carl Hornemann

Carl Hornemann (born March 29, 1811 in Hanover ; † December 13, 1896 there ) was a German chemist , entrepreneur and senator .

Life

Carl Hornemann was the son of a painter and drawing teacher who also ran a paint trade. After studying chemistry at the Polytechnic Schools in Hanover and Munich, he began producing artist paints in Groß Munzel in 1838 . Therefore, 1838 is also considered the year Pelikan AG was founded .

In 1842 Hornemann moved to Hanover, the city of his birth, and expanded his range there.

On the German question , Carl Hornemann was a supporter of a small German solution and in 1859 co-founder of the German National Association . In 1863 he was elected mayor of Hanover and was a senator from 1864 to 1895 who worked on numerous commissions.

In 1871 Hornemann sold his paint company to Günther Wagner in order to work almost parallel to it in 1870/71 (and later also in 1873/74) as a member of the Prussian House of Representatives .

Honors

  • In 1964, part of Rehbockstrasse in the Hanover district of Nordstadt was renamed Hornemannweg .
  • In 1995 the Carl-Hornemann-Weg in Hanover between the streets Immengarten and Günther-Wagner-Allee was named after the company founder.

literature

  • Wilhelm Rothert (Ed.): Hannoversche Biographie , Volume 1: Hannoversche men and women since 1866 , Hannover 1912, p. 347
  • Günther Wagner: 1838-1938 , 1938
  • Ludwig Hoerner : agents, bathers and copists. Hannoversches Gewerbe-ABC 1800-1900 , ed. from Volksbank Hannover , Hannover 1995, p. 132 and other
  • Waldemar R. Röhrbein (also publisher): Hornemann, (1) Carl. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 308.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All information according to: Waldemar R. Röhrbein (also ed.): Hornemann, (1) Carl. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 308.
  2. ↑ Under the keyword Wagner, Günther, Waldemar R. Röhrbein gives in the Stadtlexikon Hannover for the same literature the indication "oJ"
personal data
SURNAME Hornemann, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist, entrepreneur (considered the founder of Pelikan AG) and senator
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1896
Place of death Hanover