Fritz Mouson

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Friedrich Karl "Fritz" Mouson (born June 10, 1884 in Frankfurt am Main ; † May 20, 1926 there ) was a German soap and perfume manufacturer and part owner of the company of the same name, JG Mouson & Cie . The high point of his entrepreneurial activity was expressed in the building of the ten-storey Mousonturm , which is considered to be the first high-rise in Frankfurt.

Life

Fritz Mouson was the son of the industrialist Jacques Mouson (1842–1915) and his wife Eleonore Dorothea, b. Hock (1848–1911) and the great-grandson of August Friedrich Mouson . He studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt . There he joined the Corps Franconia Darmstadt . He then worked for the Opel works in Rüsselsheim am Main , including as a racing driver . Since 1912 he was a partner in JG Mouson & Cie . From 1921 to 1926 Mouson, in collaboration with the architects Robert Wollmann and Josef Geittner, was in charge of the technical and structural redesign of the factory premises in Frankfurt's Ostend . Mouson made many information trips through Germany and America . With this knowledge, he was able to convert the company into a largely automated industrial company that had been converted to assembly line production.

In addition to his work in the family business, Mouson was a member of the supervisory board of Frankfurter Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG and Frankfurter Lebensversicherungs-AG. Mouson was a passionate hunter and patron of painters and sculptors .

Mouson died unmarried and without children.

Mousonturm

Mousonturm

The Mousonturm, designed by Robert Wollmann and built between 1925 and 1926, was to become the landmark and highlight of the new company premises. Fritz Mouson is said to have had a significant influence on the design. The Mousonturm, designed in the expressionist style, is around 34 meters high and has up to ten storeys (including the basement ) and is the first high-rise in Frankfurt.

The Mousonturm survived the Second World War almost unscathed and has been a listed building since 1976. It has been known as "Künstlerhaus Mousonturm" since 1988 and is used as a play and production facility for national and international freelance artists from the fields of dance, theater, performance, music, cabaret, literature and the visual arts.

literature

  • Franz Lerner: servant of beauty. Commemorative sheets for the 150th anniversary of the JG Mouson & Co. Frankfurt am Main 1948, p. 24 f., 27 .
  • Thomas Zeller: The architects and their building activities in Frankfurt am Main from 1870 to 1950 . Frankfurt am Main 2004, p. 107 .
  • Heike Risse: Early Modernism in Frankfurt am Main from 1920-1933 . Frankfurt am Main 1984, p. 154-158 .
  • Volker Rödel: Factory architecture in Frankfurt am Main 1774-1924 . Frankfurt am Main 1986, p. 255, 630 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Weinheimer Verband Alter Corpsstudenten: Directory of Weinheimer Corpsstudenten . 1990.
  2. ↑ Dr. Peter Hess: History of the Corps Franconia in Darmstadt . Mainz 1998.
personal data
SURNAME Mouson, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mouson, Friedrich Karl (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soap and perfume manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1926
Place of death Frankfurt am Main