Kaskel (noble family)
Kaskel is the name of a Saxon nobleman , later also a baron, of Jewish descent.
history
For the first time, the family appears with the Jew Jakob Kaskele (documented 1742–1788), who comes from Poland and was appointed "court factor" in Dresden. The progenitor is his son Michael Kaskel (1775–1845), first mentioned in a document in 1798, later royal Saxon commercial councilor , married to Sara Schlesinger (1774–1858).
Jakob Kaskele founded the private bank Bankhaus Kaskel in Dresden in 1771 . In 1872 the bank was converted into Dresdner Bank . In addition to Carl Freiherr von Kaskel, Felix Freiherr von Kaskel and Eugen Gutmann, who assumed the role of spokesman for the board, the founding members were Allgemeine Deutsche Credit-Anstalt, Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft, Frankfurter Deutsche Vereinsbank, Deutsche Effecten- und Wechselbank and Anglo -Deutsche Bank from Hamburg.
Nobility uprisings
- Austrian nobility on October 28, 1867 in Paris for Michael's son Carl Kaskel as a royal Saxon chamber councilor .
- Austrian baron on February 9, 1869 in Vienna with a diploma from May 19, 1869 for Carl von Kaskel as a conductor. Vice President of the Saxon Bank and Knight of the Austrian Iron Crown Order 2nd class; the royal Saxon recognition of the baron class followed on June 4, 1869 at Pillnitz Castle
Coat of arms from 1869
Quartered, 1 and 4 in blue a two-tailed silver lion , 2 and 3 in gold a black hip horn with a red mouthpiece. Two helmets , on the right one with blue and silver covers a growing silver lion, on the left one with black and gold covers a golden wing covered with a horn ; Shield holder : two golden lions.
Name bearer
- Carl Freiherr von Kaskel (1797–1874), German banker
- Felix Freiherr von Kaskel (1833–1894), German banker
- Julius Freiherr von Kaskel (1802–1862), German banker
- Karl Freiherr von Kaskel (1866–1943), German-Jewish composer
literature
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume VI, Page 138, Volume 91 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1987
- Bernfried Lichtnau: Fine arts in Mecklenburg and Pomerania from 1880 to 1950: Art processes between center and periphery digitized