Louis Rosenthal
Louis Rosenthal (born August 25, 1846 in Niedermeiser (Kassel district), † March 20, 1921 in Basel ) was a German mining engineer, writer, draftsman, adventurer and cinema pioneer.
Life
As the son of the wealthy mill owner Israel Katz Rosenthal and Henriette Müller, he spent a carefree childhood with his siblings Moritz, Jettchen, Alfred and Jeanettchen in Niedermeiser, where he attended Jewish elementary school until he was fourteen. After finishing elementary school, studied mining at the polytechnic school in Kassel. Further study periods followed in Göttingen and Clausthal before he worked for two years as an intern and miner in the Rhenish, Westphalian and Bohemian mountains.
After moving to Basel, he opened the Fata-Morgana, the first permanent cinema in the city, as a cinema pioneer on December 24th, 1907 in the house to the yellow lily at Freie Strasse 32 . There was room for 200 people in the cinema. After a renovation in 1911/12, there were around 450 places. In 1908, Rosenthal opened another branch in Kleinbasel.
Publications (excerpt)
- The Metal Treasures of Chile, 1915
- From Eternal Night: German and South American Mining Stories, 1912
- Landscape and city images from South America. Taken from nature by Louis Rosenthal, 1877
- This side and the other side of the Cordilleras. South American Travel Pictures, Sketches, and Adventures, 1874
Scientific investigations (selection)
- "The metamorphic influence of the basalts on the brown coal deposits near Cassel" [1893]
- "The tertiary deposits near Kassel and their brown coal seams refined by basalt breakthroughs [1895]
memories
- From the sunny side of life; humorous journeys, characters and memories Verlag G. Müller-Mann Leipzig 1913
- Serious and cheerful things from Jewish life. Memories, stories, cultural images and humoresques , Verlag Gustav Engel Leipzig 1921
Web links
- Literature by and about Louis Rosenthal in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Niedermeiser with Liebenau at Alemannia Judaica
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grossbasel traumkinobasel.ch
- ↑ 1907: The cinema conquered Basel barfi.ch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosenthal, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mining engineer, writer, draftsman, adventurer and cinema pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niedermeiser (Kassel district) |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1921 |
| Place of death | Basel |