Carl von Opel
Georg Adolf Carl Opel (from 1918 of Opel * 31 August 1869 in Rüsselsheim , † 16th February 1927 in Frankfurt am Main ) was an entrepreneur from the family Opel and one of the founders of the German car manufacturer Opel .
Life
Carl Opel's parents are Adam and Sophie Opel . His father founded Opel in Rüsselsheim in 1862 as a manufacturer of sewing machines, but later expanded the group into a bicycle manufacturer. After the death of his father in 1895, Carl and his four brothers took over the company.
He married in Frankfurt am Main on May 30, 1895 Helena Wilhelmine Mouson, the daughter of the Frankfurt soap and perfume manufacturer Johann Jacob Mouson and Eleonore Dorothea Hock.
In 1898 Carl, Wilhelm and his brother Fritz brought the company into the automotive industry with the purchase of the small Lutzmann factory in Dessau .
Carl was on 17 January 1918 in Darmstadt last Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig in the Grand Duchy of Hessian nobility collected and appointed Privy March 7. His brothers Wilhelm and Heinrich had been ennobled a year earlier.
Carl von Opel was a member of the Corps Franconia Darmstadt . He is buried in the Opel mausoleum in Rüsselsheim am Main .
Others
The name of the small car Opel Karl , which has been available since 2015, pays homage to the Opel ancestors.
literature
- Opel, Georg Adolf Carl von. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Genealogical manual of the nobility , Adelslexikon Volume X, Volume 119 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1999, ISSN 0435-2408 .
- Hans Christoph Graf von Seherr-Thoß: Opel, Carl von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 542 ( digitized version ). (there only genealogical information, the actual article text for all family members is in the online NDB under Opel, Friedrich Karl Adam Georg von )
Web links
- Rüsselsheim Rowing Club 08 e. V .: About members of the RRK (1927): Carl von Opel . Retrieved May 20, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ see Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 903 No. 10931, p. 133 ( digitized version ).
- ^ German biography: Opel, Carl von - German biography. Retrieved August 16, 2017 .
- ↑ see Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 903 No. 9541, p. 155 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Mouson, Jacques in the Frankfurter Personenlexikon
- ↑ Peter Hess: Chronik des Corps Franconia Darmstadt 1998, p. 615
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Opel, Carl von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Opel, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur, founder of the car manufacturer Opel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ruesselsheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1927 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |