Carl Zapp
Carl Zapp (born May 20, 1867 in Hagen , † 1941 in Düsseldorf-Rath ) was a German entrepreneur.
Life
Carl Zapp came from the Bergisch Zapp family , which verifiably operated iron mining and later also steel production since the first half of the 17th century. In the first half of the 19th century, his grandfather Gustav Adolf Zapp was one of the first German iron manufacturers to introduce the puddling process in the Ründeroth steel hammer. His father was the steel wholesaler Robert Zapp.
After graduating from high school in Düsseldorf, he studied law at the universities of Bonn and Leipzig. In Bonn he became a member of the Corps Hansea in 1887 . In Leipzig he was awarded a Dr. jur. PhD. After his legal clerkship, he joined the administration as a government assessor. In 1902 he quit civil service and joined the management of his father's steel trade, the Robert Zapp company , in Düsseldorf as a co-owner . In 1887 the company received the exclusive sales rights for Krupp tool steel and later the exclusive sales rights for Krupp stainless steel. Together with his brothers Adolf Zapp and Gustav Zapp, he decisively developed the company further. In 1931 the company, headquartered in Düsseldorf, had German branches in Berlin, Chemnitz, Erfurt, Frankfurt (Main), Gevelsberg, Halle (Saale), Mannheim, Munich, Nuremberg and Stuttgart and foreign subsidiaries in Amsterdam, Liège, Milan, Paris and Zurich.
Carl Zapp took part in the First World War as Rittmeister of the Landwehr cavalry.
literature
- Zapp, Carl. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , p. 2082.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zapp, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zapp, Karl; Zapp, Carl August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1941 |
| Place of death | Düsseldorf-Rath |