Julius Koch (entrepreneur)

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Julius Koch

Julius Koch (born February 19, 1816 in Jebenhausen ; died March 14, 1895 in Hechingen ) was a grain merchant and purveyor to the royal Württemberg court . He was Albert Einstein 's maternal grandfather .

Life

Julius Koch initially carried the name Julius Dörzbacher and later took the name Koch. In 1847 he married Jette Bernheimer (1825–1886), also a native of Jebenhausen. From 1852 the couple lived in Cannstatt , where they lived initially at Badstrasse 20 and later at Brückenstrasse 44. The daughter Pauline (1858–1920) emerged from the connection and became Albert Einstein's mother. Her grave in the Israelite cemetery in Cannstatt has been preserved. The Koch couple's other children were their daughter Fanny (mother of Elsa Einstein ) and their sons Jakob and Caesar, both of whom were international grain traders.

Julius Koch was a successful businessman and financed part of the factory of his son-in-law Hermann Einstein in Munich.

Julius Koch was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Hechingen ; the tombstone is preserved. From 1894 to 1895 Julius Koch lived in Hechingen in the household of his daughter Fanny Einstein and his son-in-law Rudolf Einstein.

literature

Christof Rieber: Albert Einstein. Biography of a nonconformist. Ostfildern 2018. ISBN 978-3-7995-1281-7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ze'ev Rosenkranz: Einstein Before Israel: Zionist Icon Or Iconoclast? Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ 2011, ISBN 978-0-691-14412-2 , pp. 11 (English, 344 p., Limited preview in Google book search).
  2. ^ Alemannia-Judaica
  3. ↑ Mairanovski  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www2.hu-berlin.de  
  4. ^ Tilman Allert: The family: case studies on the indestructibility of a way of life . In: Material Sociology: TB . tape 8 . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-11-014860-9 , p. 71 f . (301 p., Limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. ^ Alemannia-Judaica
personal data
SURNAME Koch, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German farm fruit dealer and grain dealer
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Jebenhausen
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1895
Place of death Hechingen