Henri Jeannin

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Henri Jeannin, ca.1915

Henri Jeannin (born May 21, 1872 in Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs , † September 4, 1973 in Beeskow ; also Germanized as Heinrich Jeannin , full name Marie Henri Emile Jeannin ), brother of Emil Jeannin , was a Franco-German racing driver and entrepreneur who, as an automobile and engine manufacturer, contributed to the motorization of road, water and air transport.

In his French hometown of Dampierre Jeannin attended high school . For further training he then went to the Lycée in Vesoul and later joined his father's business in Mulhouse (in what was then the realm of Alsace-Lorraine ).

Jeannin, however, did not like the commercial activity, his entire interest was in cycling . He gave up the job and it wasn't long before he was one of the best German cyclists. At the beginning of 1890 he was repeatedly championship driver in Alsace-Lorraine and won several international meetings over cyclists like Alwin Vater , Michael Herty , Carl Jörns and Ludwig Opel .

When the automobile began its triumphal march through the whole world, Jeannin was one of the first to recognize its great future. He successfully participated in the first automobile races and won the race on the Westend trotting track in Berlin in 1900 and in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld in 1905 .

Jeannin came to Berlin in October 1899 and in November 1899 got a job as managing director of the Allgemeine Automobil-Gesellschaft Berlin (AAG), where he attempted to manufacture a single-cylinder car designed by Georg Klingenberg .

Jeannin married his fiancée Frieda Bellmann (1873–1955) on May 8, 1901 in the Schöneberg district . After AAG was taken over by the Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft at the end of 1901 , he founded the Internationale Automobil Centrale Jeannin & Co. Commandit Gesellschaft in April 1902 , the first automobile sales outlet in Berlin. On September 12, 1902, the Company announced the sign Argus as a trademark to which was registered on January 17, 1903rd

At the beginning of 1904 Jeannin liquidated the company and at the same time founded the Argus Motoren-Gesellschaft Jeannin & Co. Com. Ges., Berlin . When the Argus Motoren Gesellschaft was founded in 1906, Jeannin brought in its limited partnership and the registered trademark as a capital contribution and became its managing director. The company made a major contribution to the development of aviation in Germany, building its first aircraft engine in 1908.

Jeannin was also involved in the founding of the Berlin Automobile Club , the German Motorboat Club, and the German Motor Yacht Club (later the Imperial Yacht Club ).

In 1936 he bought a piece of land on the banks of the Scharmützelsee in Diensdorf , where he lived until his death. Henri Jeannin died on September 4, 1973 at the age of 101 in the Beeskow District Hospital. He was buried next to his wife in the Diensdorf-Radlow cemetery. In 2017, the Diensdorf-Radlow community set up a memorial stele and an information board next to the grave.

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Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth certificate (Acte de naissance) No. 8/1872, Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs registry office, Archives départementales du Doubs
  2. ↑ a b c according to marriage certificate no. 304 of May 8, 1901 in the marriage register of the registry office Schöneberg I, Schöneberg district, repository P Rep. 160 in the Landesarchiv Berlin
  3. ↑ a b Death certificate No. 152/1973, Beeskow registry office, Beeskow city ​​archive
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Gebhardt: Deutsche Omnibusse seit 1895. Motorbuch Verlag, 1996, p. 31 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  5. ↑ Entry under No. 19433 in the company register of the Royal District Court II in Berlin of December 8, 1899, published in Central-Handels-Register für das Deutsche Reich (No. 293 B); Sixth supplement to the Deutsche Reichs-Anzeiger and the Royal Prussian State-Anzeiger, No. 293. In: Deutscher Reichsanzeiger . Mannheim University Library , December 12, 1899, accessed on June 13, 2020 (left page, second column above): "[...] The managing director is 1) the businessman Hans Eduard Acker zu Berlin, 2) the businessman Heinrich Jeannin zu Berlin."
  6. ^ Central Trade Register for the German Empire (No. 85 A); Sixth supplement to the Deutsche Reichs-Anzeiger and the Royal Prussian State-Anzeiger, No. 85. In: Deutscher Reichsanzeiger . Mannheim University Library , April 11, 1902, accessed on June 13, 2020 (left page, first column below): “No. 14 453 Limited partnership: Internationale Automobil Centrale Jeannin & Co. Commandit Gesellschaft. Personally liable partner: Henri Jeannin, businessman, Schöneberg. There is a limited partner. The company started on April 1, 1902. "
  7. ↑ Central Commercial Register for the German Empire (No. 35 A); Sixth supplement to the German Reichsanzeiger and Royal Prussian State Gazette, No. 35. In: Deutscher Reichsanzeiger . Mannheim University Library , February 10, 1903, accessed on June 13, 2020 (right page, second column above): “No. 57 686. J. 1763. Class 10. Argus 12/9 1902. Internationale Automobil-Centrale Comm.-Ges. Jeannin & Co., Berlin, Charlottenstr. 39. 17/1 1903. Business: Manufacture and sale of motor vehicles and all motor vehicle parts. Goods: Motor vehicles and all motor vehicle parts. - Descr. "
  8. ↑ Central Commercial Register for the German Empire (No. 62 A); Sixth supplement to the German Reichsanzeiger and the Royal Prussian State Gazette, No. 62. In: Deutscher Reichsanzeiger . Mannheim University Library , March 12, 1904, accessed on June 13, 2020 (first column in the middle): “At No. 14 453 (Internationale Automobil Centrale Jeannin & Co. Commanditgesellschaft, Berlin): The company is now: Internationale Automobil Centrale Dr. Mengers & Bellmann. The previous shareholders have dissolved the company and transferred the business and company to the businessman Dr. phil Hans Mengers, Berlin and the merchant Walter Bellmann, Schöneberg [note: this is probably Jeannin's brother-in-law], who run the business as a general partnership. The company began on February 1, 1904. [...] "
  9. ↑ Central Commercial Register for the German Empire (No. 36 A); Fifth supplement to the German Reichsanzeiger and the Royal Prussian State Gazette, No. 36. In: Deutscher Reichsanzeiger . Mannheim University Library , February 11, 1904, accessed on June 13, 2020 (right page, third column, upper third): “No. 227 [3] 8 Limited partnership: Argus Motoren-Gesellschaft Jeannin & Co. Com. Ges., Berlin, and as personally liable partner Henry Jeannin, businessman, Charlottenburg. The company began on February 1, 1904. A limited partner is available. "
  10. ↑ Central Commercial Register for the German Empire (No. 287 A); Sixth supplement to the German Reichsanzeiger and the Royal Prussian State Gazette, No. 287. In: Deutscher Reichsanzeiger . Mannheim University Library , December 5, 1906, accessed on June 13, 2020 (right page, first column below): “No. 4024 Argus Motors Limited Liability Company. […] The shareholder in Argus Motoren Gesellschaft Jeannin & Co. Commanditgesellschaft zu Berlin brings into the company: her entire business with assets and liabilities, including all property rights, models, drawings, equipment and Assignments. [...] "
  11. ↑ a b Bernhard Schwiete: "Charmant into old age"; In the cemetery in Diensdorf-Radlow, a new stele commemorates the life of Henri Jeannin. In: Online portal of the Märkische Oderzeitung MOZ.de. Märkisches Medienhaus GmbH & Co. KG, December 15, 2017, accessed on February 4, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Bernhard Schwiete: A stele for the old racing driver grave. In: Online portal of the Märkische Oderzeitung MOZ.de. Märkisches Medienhaus GmbH & Co. KG, February 17, 2017, accessed on June 13, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Jeannin, Henri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jeannin, Marie Henri Emile (full name); Jeannin, Heinrich (German name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franco-German racing driver and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs
DATE OF DEATH 4th September 1973
Place of death Beeskow