Fritz Roessler

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Fritz Roessler (born June 27, 1870 in Frankfurt am Main , † November 17, 1937 in Königstein im Taunus ) was a German industrialist.

Life

Roessler studied chemistry at the University of Heidelberg , the Bergakademie Clausthal and the University of Berlin. In 1891 he became a member of the Corps Suevia in Heidelberg . After completing his studies, which he completed in Berlin in 1894 with a doctorate to become Dr. phil. graduated, in 1894 he joined the German gold and silver refinery founded by his father Heinrich Roessler . Roessler a. He headed the company as director until 1923 and was then chairman of the supervisory board.

Roessler was a member of the supervisory boards of Metallgesellschaft AG , Voigt & Haeffner AG in Frankfurt am Main, Adlerwerke vorm. Heinrich Kleyer AG , Matthes & Weber AG in Duisburg and the Darmstädter und Nationalbank KGaA . From 1926 to 1937 he was president of the Physikalischer Verein several times .

From 1913 to 1923 he was a city councilor in the Frankfurt magistrate. The University of Frankfurt awarded him in 1923 the honorary doctorate of Dr. rer. pole. hc and made him an honorary citizen.

literature

  • Roessler, Friedrich (Fritz). In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , p. 1547.
  • Armin Danco: The Yellow Book of the Corps Suevia zu Heidelberg, 3rd edition (members 1810–1985), Heidelberg 1985, No. 777
  • W. Hoffmeister: Well-known personalities at Suevia . In: Contributions to the history of the Corps Suevia in Heidelberg and contemporary history . Heidelberg 2010, p. 321

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 12 , 818
personal data
SURNAME Roessler, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1937
Place of death Königstein im Taunus