Leopold Ettlinger (businessman)

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Leopold (Arje) Ettlinger (born December 24, 1844 in Karlsruhe , † December 7, 1912 there ) was a German businessman, city councilor and member of the synagogue council in Karlsruhe.

Live and act

The son of the Karlsruhe businessman and founder of the hardware store LJ Ettlinger , Lazarus Josef Ettlinger, grew up in Karlsruhe and took over the business with his brother in 1867 after the death of his father. He built it up into a nationally known company and also held a leading position in the economic life of the Karlsruhe and Baden region for many years. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce for over four decades, from 1881 onwards, alongside Wilhelm Ellstätter, as a Jew, on the management committee of the Karlsruhe Chamber of Commerce.

Leopold Ettlinger was a member of the Baden Railway Council for 21 years and was appointed to the honorary office of commercial judge in 1899. He was also a member of the Karlsruhe city council for 40 years and was a member of its executive board with a three-year break from 1889 to 1912. Leopold Ettlinger also held outstanding positions in the Jewish community. From 1891 he was a member of the Karlsruhe Synagogue Council and in 1895 became a member of the regional synod and at the same time a member of the upper council.

His son Max (Mosche Tuviah; * May 12, 1880; † August 18, 1927) studied mechanical engineering in Karlsruhe, his daughter Antonie (* May 2, 1876; † November 3, 1939) took over with her husband Martin Elsas together with Leopold Neumann , a son of his sister Antonie Neumann, the hardware store of her grandfather LJ Ettlinger.

Leopold Ettlinger is buried in Karlsruhe in the liberal Jewish cemetery Haid- und Neu-Straße. His wife Therese Ettlinger, his son Max, his daughter Antonie and his son-in-law Martin Elsas are also buried in the same tomb.

Honors

literature

Heinz Schmitt (Ed.): Jews in Karlsruhe. Contributions to their history up to the Nazi seizure of power . Publications of the Karlsruhe City Archives Vol. 8, Badenia Verlag, Karlsruhe 1988, ISBN 3-7617-0268-X

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schmitt, H. 109
  2. ↑ Schmitt, H. 484
  3. ↑ Schmitt, H. 138
  4. ↑ Schmitt, H. 576
  5. ↑ EL 228 b II No. 20065-20068 Gravestone 13 (Ettlinger / Elsas grave). Baden-Württemberg State Archives, Ludwigsburg State Archives, accessed on December 26, 2013 .
  6. ^ Court and State Handbook of the Grand Duchy of Baden (1910: 424)
personal data
SURNAME Ettlinger, Leopold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ettlinger, Leopold Arje
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 1912
Place of death Karlsruhe