Emil Ladenburg

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Emil Ladenburg (born August 22, 1822 in Mannheim ; † January 8, 1902 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a Privy Councilor of Commerce , an influential German banker and co-owner of the Ladenburg bank , from which a. a. later the Deutsche Bank emerged .

family

He came from a wealthy Jewish banking family and was the son of the banker Herrmann Ladenburg (1791–1862) and Sara Mayer (1793–1855).

Ladenburg married Eugénie Halphen on March 17, 1852 (* August 22, 1829 in Paris ; † August 16, 1866 in Frankfurt am Main), who came from a respected Parisian family and was closely related to the Parisian Rothschilds several times. The couple had two sons, Adolph and August, and two daughters, Marie and Emma .

Her daughter Emma Ladenburg (* 1859 in Frankfurt) married Wilhelm Merton in 1877 , the founder of the metal company , an important German entrepreneur , social politician and philanthropist .

Life

Ladenburg took over in 1848 after the departure of his brother Ludwig (1817-1877), the Frankfurt-based bank, which even after the conversion of the Mannheim parent company into a joint stock company remained in its old form, and after him the name E. Ladenburg led. The outstanding position that this company occupied among German private banks was due to the reputation of the Mannheim parent company and, above all, to the work of Emil Ladenburg, which brought the relatively young company to a great extent. This work and its high reputation was honored with the title of the Secret Commerce Council.

His keen interest in music made his house a meeting place for respected artists. The violinist and composer Joseph Joachim (1831–1907) and the pianist and composer Clara Schumann (1819–1896) were among the family's closest friends.

Ladenburg died in January 1902 and was buried in the Jewish cemetery on Rat-Beil-Straße (grave location: Block III - 9 - 181).

literature

  • Dr. Leopold Ladenburg : Family tree of the Ladenburg family , Verlag J. Ph. Walther, Mannheim 1882.
  • Florian Waldeck : Ladenburg , in: "Old Mannheimer Families", writings of the Mannheim Family History Association, self-published, Mannheim 1920 (reprint 1986).
  • Neue Deutsche Biographie, Volume 13, Page 388; Volume 17, page 185

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guide to the graves of well-known personalities in Frankfurt cemeteries . Frankfurt am Main 1985, p. 52

See also

personal data
SURNAME Ladenburg, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and banker
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1902
Place of death Frankfurt am Main