Caspar Wilhelm Meckel

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Caspar Wilhelm Meckel
Charlotte Meckel

Caspar Wilhelm Meckel (born February 6, 1790 in Lüdenscheid ; † July 13, 1852 in Elberfeld ) was a German businessman, entrepreneur and President of the Chamber of Commerce in Elberfeld.

Life

As the eldest son of hosiery -Fabrikanten Philipp Heinrich Meckel (* 1755), he came from a long-established Lüdenscheider merchant family. He went to Elberfeld to begin an apprenticeship as a businessman in the von der Heydt-Kersten banking house .

On October 26, 1813, he married Charlotte Engels (born March 8, 1791 in Barmen, † December 1, 1852 in Elberfeld), who was a daughter of Philipp Engels. Engels was the nephew of Johann Simons , founder of the later world-famous silk weaving mill Johann Simons Erben .

In the same year, Meckel and Friedrich Rurmann founded the company Rurmann & Meckel , a factory for silk and half-silk goods. This company achieved a great reputation, so that it was presented to the Prussian Crown Prince as a model company in 1825.

Soon afterwards, in addition to his entrepreneurial activities, Meckel also became involved in public life in the city of Elberfeld. In 1830 he founded the second Elberfeld Kornverein and became a member of the five-person committee that led the aid organization. A year later he also became a co-founder of the Elberfeld Citizens' Association. He was also a supporting member of the Sunday School for trade journeyman and apprentices and in January 1831 he became a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Elberfeld and Barmen (predecessor of today's Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid ). He was appointed commercial judge in 1833. As a city ​​councilor and a member of the district council, he worked from 1846 to 1850. In addition, he was active within the Reformed congregation and was city church master for many years.

After Carl Hecker left , he took over the interim chairmanship of the Chamber of Commerce in January 1847. However, he refused re-election after his 16-year membership and left office in June 1847 and left the chamber.

After his partner Rurmann died, Meckel transferred his company to his sons in 1849, since then it has operated under the name of Meckel & Co.

Caspar Wilhelm Meckel died of a stroke in 1852 at the age of 62 .

Together with Johann Adolf von Carnap and August von der Heydt , in 1834 he was the first citizen of the city of Elberfeld to be awarded the title of commercial councilor . He had five children, including Wilhelm Meckel (1815–1879) who later became President of the Chamber of Commerce.

literature

  • Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wuppertal 1831–1956. Wuppertal 1956.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A. Mahn: 175 years IHK Düsseldorf - acting for companies . Writings on Rhenish-Westphalian economic history: special volume. Ed .: Chamber of Commerce and Industry [Düsseldorf]. Rheinisch-Westfälisches Wirtschaftsarchiv Foundation, 2006, ISBN 3-933025-41-9 ( Google Books ).
  2. ↑ a b c ancestors and relatives of the Blank family ( Memento from August 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ); accessed August 9, 2019.
  3. ↑ Another source gives Elberfeld as the place of birth.
  4. ↑ Caspar Wilhelm Meckel / Charlotte Engels on heidermanns.net, accessed August 9, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Meckel, Caspar Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman, entrepreneur and President of the Chamber of Commerce in Elberfeld
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludenscheid
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 1852
Place of death Elberfeld