Hermann Einstein

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Hermann Einstein

Hermann Einstein (born August 30, 1847 in Buchau , Kingdom of Württemberg ; † October 10, 1902 in Milan ) was a German pioneer in electrical engineering and medium-sized entrepreneur in Munich with almost 200 employees. He came from a Jewish family and was the father of Albert Einstein .

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Around 1870 Hermann Einstein became a partner in the bed spring factory "Israel & Levi" in Ulm (until he moved from Ulm to Munich in June 1880). On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein came to the house at Bahnhofstrasse 20 in Ulm as the son of Hermann Einstein and his wife Pauline Einstein born. Cook to the world.

Hermann Einstein, together with his brother, Jacob Einstein, was a partner in the Elektrotechnische Fabrik J. Einstein & Cie , a factory for electrical devices that focused on the generation of direct current and its use for the then new electrical lighting of streets, pubs and beer tents had specialized. The Einstein's factory was located at Lindwurmstrasse 127 in Munich. The building was destroyed in World War II; Today there is a building of the Munich Adult Education Center . Hermann Einstein's father-in-law Julius Koch , who lived from 1885 to 1894 in the house of the Einstein brothers Adlzreiter Str. 14 in Munich , contributed capital .

The Einsteins electrified the Oktoberfest and the streets in Schwabing that led to the Salvator brewery. They obtained their light bulbs from AEG . Customers included the Pschorr brewery and the Klinikum rechts der Isar . As rival companies such as Siemens & Halske and AEG, which had specialized in alternating current , increasingly gained market share, the Eineins, who continued to rely on direct current, relocated their business to Italy in 1895. Two years later they were forced to go out of business. After that Hermann Einstein ran an electrical engineering company in Milan alone. In addition, he received capital from his cousin and brother-in-law Rudolf Einstein, who was a partner in the weaving factory "Baruch & Cie" in Hechingen, although he owed it after the bankruptcy of Pavia in 1896 the high sum of 10,000 lire (equivalent to 8,100 Reichsmarks).

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  1. ↑ Ernst P. Fischer : Einstein: A genius and his overwhelmed audience . Springer, 2013, p. 20
  2. ↑ Christof Rieber: Albert Einstein. Biography of a nonconformist. Ostfildern 2018, p. 78 f.
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SURNAME Einstein, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German electrical engineer and entrepreneur, father Albert Einstein
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Buchau , Württemberg
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1902
Place of death Milan