Heinrich Aufhäuser
Heinrich Aufhäuser (* 1842 in Hainsfarth ; † 1917 ) was a German banker in Munich .
Life
Heinrich was the son of the Jewish tobacco merchant Moses Löb Aufhäuser (1804–1880) and the Munich private banker's daughter Cäcilie Oberndoerffer. Heinrich Aufhäuser completed a banking apprenticeship with his grandfather and then founded the Aufhäuser & Scharlach bank in Munich with Samuel Scharlach on May 14, 1870 . From 1870 to 1876 the total assets of the new bank quintupled.
Heinrich Aufhäuser married Rosalie Berliner (1850–1924), the daughter of a Munich wholesaler, who brought a large dowry into the marriage. After Heinrich Aufhäuser was able to pay off his partner Scharlach by 1892, the institute traded under the name Bankhaus H. Aufhäuser from 1894. His sons Martin (1875–1944) and Siegfried (1877–1949) also worked in his father's bank.
The bank quickly gained a good reputation and counted among others. a. Duke Luitpold in Bavaria and the Thomas Mann family and the Einstein ( Alfred Einstein ) family to their customers. At the turn of the century, the bank, which initially specialized in securities commission business , became a high-turnover credit institution. In 1913, H. Aufhäuser's total assets exceeded ten million gold marks for the first time . In 1918 the Berlin bank S. Bleichröder became a limited partner of the bank H. Aufhäuser.
swell
- Files from the H. Aufhäuser Bank at the Bavarian Economic Archives (with photo by Heinrich Aufhäuser)
literature
- Ingo Köhler: Business Citizen and Entrepreneur - On the Marriage Behavior of German Private Bankers in the Transition to the 20th Century. In: Dieter Ziegler (ed.): Citizens and entrepreneurs. The German business elite in the 20th century. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 3-525-35682-X , p. 121ff.
Web links
- History of the Jewish community of Hainsfarth near Alemannia Judaica
- Traces of the past. Descendants of the Aufhäuser family visit the Ries in Augsburger Allgemeine on August 4, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gernot Römer: In search of traces. Descendants of well-known Jewish families in Franconia and Swabia. In Augsburger Allgemeine from July 6, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aufhäuser, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German banker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hainsfarth |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1917 |