Johann Maria Wolfgang Farina
Johann Maria Wolfgang Farina (born June 6, 1927 in Bad Godesberg ; † April 13, 2005 in Cologne ) was an Eau-de-Cologne manufacturer and descendant of the founder of the oldest Eau-de-Cologne factory, Johann Maria Farina across from Jülich -Platz , founded in 1709. He was married to the designer and perfumer Tina Farina. He was born in Bad Godesberg as the third son of Johann Maria Carl Farina and Angelika Elisabeth Farina, née Wehling. His mother was a daughter of the architect Gottfried Wehling .
Farina was in 1952 as Johann Maria I at the age of 24, the youngest Prince Carnival of Cologne to this day . In his honor, the ruins of the city were decorated like a castle with red and white battlements. Prince Johann Maria I threw 120,000 bottles of cologne among the spectators of the Rose Monday procession. The New York Times wrote in April 1952: "Eau de Cologne turned rubble into fragrance".
His great-great-grandfather Johann Baptist Farina (1758–1844) was a co-founder of the Festival Committee in 1823, which later became the Cologne Carnival Festival Committee , and thus one of the founding fathers of today's Cologne Carnival. His eldest son Johann Maria Farina continues to run the company.
literature
- Ulrich S. Soénius, Jürgen Wilhelm: Kölner Personen Lexikon . Cologne: Greven Verlag 2006; Page 148f. ISBN 978-3-7743-0400-0
- Robert Steimel: Versippt with Cologne I , Steimel Verlag Köln-Zollstock 1955, plate 48
- Markus Eckstein: Eau de Cologne: 300 years of Farina. Bachem, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-7616-2312-1 .
Web links
- family tree
- Kölner Stadtanzeiger June 6, 2002, article on the 75th birthday of Johann Maria Wolfgang Farina
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Farina, Johann Maria Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur, Prince Carnival of Cologne |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | bad Godesberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 2005 |
| Place of death | Cologne |