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
- ↑ All information according to: Waldemar R. Röhrbein (also ed.): Hornemann, (1) Carl. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 308.
- ↑ Under the keyword Wagner, Günther, Waldemar R. Röhrbein gives in the Stadtlexikon Hannover for the same literature the indication "oJ"
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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 |