Julius Cassirer

Julius Cassirer (born February 2, 1841 in Schwientochlowitz ; died June 18, 1924 in Berlin ) was a German industrialist who, among other things, worked as a timber merchant and main partner in the cable works Dr. Cassirer & Co. was active in Berlin.

Life

Julius Cassirer was the second eldest son of ten children of Marcus Cassirer (1809–1879) and his wife Jeannette, nee Steinitz (1813–1889). He was born in Schwientochlowitz, today Świętochłowice , in 1841 . He married Julie (Julcher) Cassirer (1844-1924), the daughter of his uncle Siegfried Cassirer (1812-1897), and had three children with her: the writer and musician Fritz Leopold Cassirer , the publisher Bruno Cassirer and Elise Cassirer.

From 1866, Julius and his brother Louis were authorized signatories of the Marcus Cassirer & Co. liqueur factory in Breslau, which his father had opened . The father retired as a partner in the liquor factory now run by his sons, he died on October 20, 1879 in Breslau and left his property to his nine children who were still alive.

Julius went to Görlitz , where he and his brother Isidor Cassirer managed the company Cassirer and Sons until the 1870s . At the beginning of the 1880s, Louis and Julius Cassirer moved to Berlin, where there was a great need for construction timber due to the construction activity, and became timber dealers and suppliers with the Cassirer Brothers Bau- und Naturholzhandlung . Since they were often awarded the houses that had already begun and were financially able to complete them in the event of default for wood that had already been delivered, as the creditor , they also came into possession of numerous apartment buildings in Berlin, which increased in value especially up to 1900. Gradually, the brothers Eduard , Salo and Isidor as well as Max came to Berlin and settled in Charlottenburg, which was still independent at the time. Together with his nephews Alfred and Hugo , who had worked in the cable factory of his uncle Otto Bondy in Vienna after completing his doctorate in chemistry , Julius Cassirer founded the Kabelwerke Dr. Cassirer and Co. in the back yard of Schönhauser Allee 62, in which Louis Cassirer later became a partner.

The cable works relocated their production to Hakenfelde at Keplerstrasse 5–6 and continued to grow as one of the first companies in its branch. In 1912 the Cassirer employed 150 workers here, by 1914 the workforce had grown to 630 people and the working capital was 5 million marks with an annual turnover of 10 million marks. Julius Cassirer was also a partner in the sales point of the United Factories of Insulated Wires in Berlin GmbH , the Linear Gummiwarenfabrik and the Upper Silesian Telephone Company. He lived in a villa at Fasanenstrasse 12 in Charlottenburg and was considered a "highly qualified, respected man."

Swan chick fountain by August Gaul , 1908

In addition to his business activities, Julius Cassirer was a member of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and the Commission for Customs, Tax and Trade Issues, the Commissions for Legal and Transport Issues, on the Exchange Board and from 1904 to 1908 commercial judge . In addition, charity activities are documented, including donations from his disabled workers and elderly needy women, as well as getting accident insurance for his workers. In 1910 he donated to the city of Charlottenburg the swan chick fountain made in 1908 by August Gaul , which is set up at Kurfürstendamm 61. In 1914 he was appointed Royal Commerce Councilor.

literature

• Sigrid Bauschinger : The Cassirers. Entrepreneurs, art dealers, philosophers. CH Beck, Munich 2015. ISBN 978-3-406-67714-4 .

supporting documents

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Sigrid Bauschinger: The Cassirers. Entrepreneurs, art dealers, philosophers. CHBeck, Munich 2015; Pp. 445-446. ISBN 978-3-406-67714-4 .
2. ↑ Family Julius and Julcher Cassirer ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on metastudies.net; accessed on May 18, 2016.
3. ^ Sigrid Bauschinger: The Cassirers. Entrepreneurs, art dealers, philosophers. CHBeck, Munich 2015; Pp. 13-15. ISBN 978-3-406-67714-4 .
4. ^ ^{A b} Sigrid Bauschinger: The Cassirers. Entrepreneurs, art dealers, philosophers. CHBeck, Munich 2015; P. 18. ISBN 978-3-406-67714-4 .
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Sigrid Bauschinger: The Cassirers. Entrepreneurs, art dealers, philosophers. CHBeck, Munich 2015; P. 19. ISBN 978-3-406-67714-4 .