Friedrich Carl Michael Grosholz
Friedrich Carl Michael Grosholz (born July 19, 1810 in Weitersborn , † January 17, 1888 in Vilbel ) was a German geometer and entrepreneur .
biography
Grosholz was born in 1810 as the son of the Weitersborner district forester Friedrich Grosholz . He initially trained as a geometer in Fürfeld and successfully passed the exam in 1835. On January 24, 1837, he received his patent as a first class geometer in Bingen am Rhein and on December 9, 1847 for Friedberg . Through a job as a cadastral geometer he came to Vilbel , where he settled down.
He first invested the good income from his activity as a surveyor in a noodle factory , which over time developed into a specialty shop . Grosholz became famous for the marketing of the mineral springs on his property, which later became the Luisen-Brunnen as the primal cell of Bad Vilbel's mineral springs .
Friedrich Carl Michael Grosholz died on January 17, 1888 in Vilbel from a stroke .
Web links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Carl Michael Grosholz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bad Vilbeler Urquelle: Die Geschichte ( Memento from April 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 30, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ see Hessisches Staatsarchiv Marburg (HStAMR), Best. 924 No. 2106, p. 148 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grosholz, Friedrich Carl Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German surveyor and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1810 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weitersborn |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1888 |
| Place of death | Bad Vilbel |