Max Molling

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View around 1898 through the Osterstraße to the department store of M. Molling & Co .;
Postcard no. 61 from Karl F. Wunder , collotype from Knackstedt & Näther , scan made possible by Heralde Schmitt-Ulms

Max Molling (born January 15, 1834 in Hildesheim ; † March 14, 1910 in Hanover ) was a German businessman and founder of the Max Molling & Co.

family

Tomb of Arthur Molling and Henny in the Jewish cemetery at An der Strangriede
Gravestone family Benno and Arthur Molling as well as Sophie , nee Ruben

Max Molling had three sons who also worked for a time in the Max Molling & Co. department store :

  • Benno Molling (born June 9, 1863 - † March 6, 1921),
    • who married Sophie Ruben (June 7, 1867 - May 3, 1932) and had their son Arthur with her (December 10, 1900 - October 17, 1921);
  • Adolf Molling († 1921)
  • and the youngest son, Gustav Molling .

After Gustav Molling retired from the company in 1917 for health reasons, his son-in-law, Fritz Gottschalk , joined the company in 1919 . Gottschalk's children were taught and photographed by the sports teacher Fritz Strube and depicted in his book Kinderturnen im Haus ... , published in 1926 .

literature

  • Paul Siedentopf (main editor): M. Molling & Co., Hanover. In: The book of the old companies of the city of Hanover in 1927 , Leipzig: Jubiläums-Verlag Walter Gerlach, 1927, p. 260
  • Edel Sheridan-Quantz: City development and the spatial effects of selected economic sectors in the inner city of Hanover 1820–1920. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series 51 (1997), p. 30f.
  • Edel Sheridan-Quantz (ed.), Christian Fischer, Karljosef Kreter: Molling's heirs. Memoirs of Hal and Freddy Godshaw from Hannover (= Molling's heirs. Memories of Hal and Freddy Godshow from Hannover ) (= Writings on the culture of remembrance in Hannover , Vol. 6), Hannover: Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7752-6205 -7 ; contents
  • Waldemar R. Röhrbein : MOLLING, Max. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 259.
  • Thomas Krakauer: Family portrait: history and genealogy of the Gottschalk, Molling, and Benjamin families from Hannover, Germany (engl.), 1995; Preview over google books

Web links

Commons : Max Molling  - collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ Waldemar R. Röhrbein: MOLLING, Max (see literature)
  2. ↑ a b c d e Paul Siedentopf: M. Molling & Co., Hannover (see literature)
  3. ↑ Note: Only the year of death 1921 comes from Siedentopf, the other dates were added after his grave site; see this photo
  4. ↑ Note: The inscription is so crumbly that it has not been possible to identify more precise dates; see this photo
  5. ^ Thomas Krakauer: Family portrait. History and genealogy of the Gottschalk, Molling and Benjamin families from Hannover, Germany (in English), Durham NC: T. Krakauer, 1995, p. 61; limited preview in Google Book search
personal data
SURNAME Molling, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1910
Place of death Hanover