Gustav Stinnes

Gustav Stinnes (born July 27, 1863 in Mülheim an der Ruhr , † November 8, 1923 there ) was a German businessman, councilor and amateur athlete.

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Gustav Stinnes was born with his twin brother Leo Stinnes (1863–1933) as the youngest son of Johann Gustav Stinnes (1826–1878) and his wife Auguste Perez (1828–1902) in Mülheim an der Ruhr. He was the grandson of Mathias Stinnes , who laid the foundation stone for the family company in 1808, which was successful in the (coal) trade and mining.

In addition to working in his family's company, the sports enthusiast Gustav Stinnes was involved in founding sports clubs in his hometown of Mülheim an der Ruhr, such as the gymnastics and rowing club of the municipal high school (1898), the Mülheim water sports club (1906) and the Mülheimer Lawn Tennis Club (1891), later renamed the Mülheimer Tennisverein am Kahlenberg. Today it is considered one of the oldest tennis clubs in Germany.

As an active athlete, he was not only an excellent tennis player, but also regularly took part in international and national sailing regattas. At the Kieler Woche 1906 he was able to win a total of six prizes with his boats “Glückauf III” and “Glückauf IV”, which the patron Kaiser Wilhelm II personally presented to him - allegedly with the words: “Your luck still does not tear ? "

Gustav Stinnes died in 1923 at the age of 60. His twin brother Leo Stinnes survived him by 10 years.

Marriage and offspring

Gustav Stinnes married Désirée Scholz (1886–1936) on December 15, 1908. The marriage had two children:

• Mathias (* 1910)
• Désirée (* 1912)

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• German Family Archives, Volume 30, p. 101 f.
• Neue Ruhr Zeitung from June 4, 1982
• City archive Mülheim an der Ruhr, inventory 1550 No. 19 (Mülheim personalities)