Franz Kuhlmann
Franz Wilhelm Kuhlmann (born February 27, 1877 in Wilhelmshaven ; † February 7, 1965 ibid.) Was a German entrepreneur.
Career
Kuhlmann was the son of watchmaker Bernhard Friedrich Kuhlmann, who bought a watch shop in Wilhelmshaven in 1878 and owned it a. a. expanded to include a mechanical workshop. Franz Wilhelm Kuhlmann took over the mechanical workshop in 1899 and founded his own workshop for precision mechanics and mechanical engineering in 1903, later Franz Kuhlmann KG , with plants in Rüstringen and Bad Lauterberg in the Harz region . He founded the worldwide success of his company, which exported to more than 60 countries, in particular with the construction of drawing machines and drawing tables .
In 1957 he set up a foundation to promote a chair in private international law. He was a member of the Oldenburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Honors
- 1953: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
- February 27, 1957: Honorary citizen of the city of Wilhelmshaven
Individual evidence
- https://www.kuhlmann-cnc.de/de/geschichte.html
- https://www.outdooractive.com/de/poi/wilhelmshaven/station-07-firmengelaende-der-franz-kuhlmann-kg/28191727/
- https://www.nwzonline.de/ausbildung-weiterbildung/erinnerung-an-eine-firma-mit-weltgeltung_a_7,2,880917913.html
literature
- Hermann Ahner: Wilhelmshavener Chronik: on the 100th return of the naming by King Wilhelm on June 17, 1869. Verlag Brune, 1969
- Georg Wenzel: German business leader . Life courses of German business personalities. A reference book on 13,000 business figures of our time. Hanseatic Publishing House , Hamburg / Berlin / Leipzig 1929, DNB 948663294 .
- Werner Brune (Ed.), Wilhelmshavener Heimatlexikon, Brune Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, 1985
- Kuhlmann, Franz: 25 years of Franz Kuhlmann Rüstringen-Wilhelmshaven and Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains , print: G. Hunckel, Bremen, 1928
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kuhlmann, Franz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuhlmann, Franz Wilhelm |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1877 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilhelmshaven |
DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1965 |
Place of death | Wilhelmshaven |