Carl Sältzer
Carl Sältzer (* 1860 in Hanover ; † April 5, 1930 in Breitenrode ) was a German merchant and stamp collector .
Life
Carl completed an apprenticeship with his father Justus Wilhelm Sältzer (* November 12, 1835 in Celle ; † January 8, 1896 in Hanover) in his " retail shop for manufactured goods ..." JW Sältzer . After working in Wolfenbüttel and Berlin , he stayed in London and Paris . Finally he returned to Hanover with the decision to expand on a large scale his father's open-air business in Seilwinderstraße , which he entered in 1882 and which he took over in 1888.
In addition to managing and expanding his JW Sältzer, department and mail order company for manufactured and fashion goods , Carl Sältzer developed numerous activities in local, regional and nationwide retail organizations, but also in the chambers of industry and commerce . Among other things, he was Vice President of the Hanover Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1924 until his death in 1930.
Carl Sältzer was the most important stamp collector in the Lower Saxony area, he built up special collections for each individual country. In 1911 he donated his “Hanover” collection with stamps, letters, postal stationery and forms to the Fatherland Museum , today's Hanover Historical Museum .
literature
- 1859 - 1909 JW Sältzer , Festschrift, 1909
- Paul Siedentopf : JW Sältzer, Hanover. In: The book of the old companies of the city of Hanover in 1927 , Jubiläums-Verlag Walter Gerlach, Leipzig 1927, p. 246f.
- " Germania " report, Volume 17 , No. 7, p. 1, 1930
- Waldemar R. Röhrbein : SÄLTZER, (1) Carl. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen : Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 306; online through google books
- Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Sältzer, 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. 533.
- Wolfgang Maassen (Ed.): Who is who in philately? A lexicon of well-known philatelists of the 19th and 20th centuries Century. Verlag Phil Creativ, Schwalmtal 1999, ISBN 3-932198-32-8 , page 175
Individual evidence
- ↑ Waldemar R. Röhrbein: SÄLTZER, (1) Carl (see literature)
- ↑ a b c Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Sältzer, Carl (see literature)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saltzer, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant, stamp collector and patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1930 |
| Place of death | Breitenrode |