David von Eichthal

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David von Eichthal

David Freiherr von Eichthal ( February 15, 1775 in Leimen - May 5, 1850 in Karlsruhe ) was one of the leading industrialists in Baden in the first half of the 19th century .

family

David Eichthal was born as David Seligmann , his father Aron Elias Seligmann (1747-1824) was in 1814 ennobled . His mother Hindele nee Levi (1746-1831), who came from a well-known family of court factors in Sigmaringen , gave birth to five daughters and five sons. The youngest of his brothers, Simon von Eichthal , became a royal Bavarian court banker, a royal Greek state councilor and co-founder of Germany's first public limited company , Bayerische Hypotheken und Wechselbank . David von Eichtal was married to Maria Anna nee Levi, daughter of the Karlsruhe court factor and Jewish schultheißen Hayum Levi. From 1822 she called herself Caroline von Eichthal. From this marriage comes the daughter Caroline (born June 5, 1802 in Karlsruhe), who later became the wife of the architect Karl Joseph Berckmüller .

job

As a court agent , this title he had been awarded by the margrave of Baden in 1799 , he belonged to the circle of financiers of the margrave and later grand duke. Initially a partner, then owner of the first machine factory , the Badische Gewehrfabrik in the monastery of St. Blasien , which was secularized in 1806 , he employed over 800 workers at times. In Grötzingen he first ran a donut factory and from 1836 to 1844 a sugar factory . In 1847 the companies went bankrupt .

Relationship to Judaism

In 1799 David von Eichthal applied for exemption from the Jewish community tax in Karlsruhe on the grounds that he did not consider himself a member of the Jewish community. Although he was exempted from Jewish jurisdiction, he still had to pay taxes to the community. Eichthal regarded religion as a private matter and was finally baptized by the Gersbach pastor Johann Christian Schneibel together with his wife and daughter on September 29, 1819 in St. Blasien, according to the Protestant church book of Gersbach .

literature

personal data
SURNAME Eichthal, David von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eichthal, David Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Glue
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 1850
Place of death Karlsruhe