Ernst Ladenburg
Wilhelm Heinrich Ernst Ladenburg (born August 16, 1854 in Mannheim ; † June 14, 1921 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a secret councilor , influential German banker and co-owner of the Ladenburg bank , from which the Deutsche Bank later emerged.
family
Ladenburg came from the rich Ladenburg family . He was the son of the Jewish merchant and citizen committee member Moritz Ladenburg (born September 20, 1818 in Manheim; † April 17, 1872 ibid). The father was the son of the banker Herrmann Ladenburg (1791–1862) and Sara Mayer (1793–1855). The mother Henriette, née Ladenburg (born July 3, 1825 in Mannheim, † February 2, 1891 ibid) was the daughter of Seligmann Ladenburg .
Ladenburg was initially of the Jewish faith and later converted to the Protestant denomination. He married Sophie Friederike Georgine, née Schramm (1866–1895).
The daughter Olga Anna Henriette Ladenburg (1889–1969) married the Frankfurt merchant and at the time owner of the largest private music library in Europe, Paul Hirsch , brother of Robert von Hirsch .
Life
Ladenburg attended the Grand Ducal Lyceum in Mannheim from 1863 to 1871 and then did military service and became a reserve officer of a dragoon regiment. After a stay in Paris, he joined the Frankfurt banking house of his uncle Emil Ladenburg around 1886 . After his death in 1902 he became a co-owner.
From 1917 he was chairman of the supervisory board of the Süddeutsche Disconto-Gesellschaft and a member of the supervisory board of the Berliner Disconto-Gesellschaft and the Verein Deutscher Ölfabriken Mannheim. He was a member of the Presidium of the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and was its President from 1919 to 1921. He worked on a voluntary basis as a commercial judge and supported the establishment of the University of Frankfurt through the Wilhelm Ladenburg Foundation formed in 1897.
politics
Ladenburg was a city councilor in Frankfurt am Main from 1901 to 1919 and deputy chairman in 1911/1912. Between 1905 and 1919 he belonged to the Nassau municipal parliament , where he worked as a member of the finance committee. He belonged to the National Liberal Party .
literature
- Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 232.
- Nassau parliamentarians. Part 2: Barbara Burkardt, Manfred Pult: The municipal parliament of the Wiesbaden administrative district 1868–1933 (= publications of the historical commission for Nassau. 71 = prehistory and history of parliamentarism in Hesse. 17). Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 3-930221-11-X , pp. 201–202.
Web links
- Ladenburg, Wilhelm Heinrich Ernst. Hessian biography. (As of August 16, 2019). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ^ Frankfurter Personenlexikon Hirsch, Paul
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ladenburg, Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ladenburg, Wilhelm Heinrich Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and banker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1921 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |