Merck (family)

Family coat of arms of the Mercks in Darmstadt

Family coat of arms of the Mercks in Hamburg

Johann Heinrich Merck (1770), an important Enlightenment journalist

Heinrich Emanuel Merck (shortly before 1820), founder of the Merck company

Marietta Merck , 1983

Jon Baumhauer (left), a grandson of Kurt Wolff and Elisabeth Merck, with Karl-Ludwig Kley, 2010

The Merck family originally came from Hammelburg in Lower Franconia in the 15th century and is today particularly associated with the chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA in Darmstadt . In addition, after Heinrich Johann Merck (* 1770 Schweinfurt; † 1853 Hamburg), a smaller Hamburg line of merchants and senators developed.

All 217 members (as of October 2009) of the Merck family, including the 130 members of the family council , are descendants of Heinrich Emanuel Merck, who represents the sixth generation after the pharmacist Friedrich Jacob Merck (* 1621 Schweinfurt; † 1678 Darmstadt). His three sons Carl, Georg and Wilhelm are the "oldest", "middle" and "youngest" branches of the family. The tenth generation was born between 1917 and 1933, the eleventh between 1944 and 1981, the twelfth generation from 1969 and the 13th generation from 2002.

In the area of the Althamburg Memorial Cemetery of the Ohlsdorf Cemetery , members of the Merck family from Hamburg are commemorated on a double collective grave.

genealogy

Heinrich Emanuel Merck (1794–1855), married. with Magdalena Hoffmann (1797–1877) from Darmstadt
- Marie Charlotte (1821-1835)
- Carl Wilhelm Merck (1823–1885), married. with Marie Hoffmann (1824–1899) from Altenburg near Alsfeld
  - Marie (1849–1929), married. with Carl Rothe (1840–1906)
  - Johann Heinrich Emanuel Merck (1851–1904), partner, married. with Julia Bucherer (1864–1954) from Cologne
    - Johann Heinrich (1891–1944)
    - Eleonore (1893–1974), married. with Hans Peter Monnard (1893–1947)
    - Henriette Marie "Marietta" (1895–1992), married. with Kurt Kannengießer (1891–1979) from Munich, two children, including
      - Adelheid "Heidy" (1922–2014), married. with Karl Stangenberg (* 1928) from Oberhausen
    - Anna "Gretel" (1898–1993)
  - Georg Merck (1853-1854)
  - Louis Merck (1854–1913), partner, married. with Emmy Eigenbrodt (1862–1948) from Darmstadt
    - Karl Merck (1886–1968), partner and chairman of E. Merck AG, m. with Gertrud Pattenhausen (1890–1966), 4 children
    - Louis Merck (1887–1945), partner, married. with Magdalene "Leni" Nebel (1895–1992) from Darmstadt
    - Franz Merck (1893-1965)
    - Marei (1890–1968), married. with Fritz Groos (1889–1971), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of E. Merck AG
  - Carl Merck (1856–1936), partner
  - Henriette (1861–1917), married. with August Weber (1859–1940), 1 child
  - Alfred Merck (1865–1879)
- Georg Franz Merck (1825–1873), married. with Anna Schenk (1830–1908) from Darmstadt
  - Anna (1853–1952), married. with Carl Locher (1848–1904), 7 children
  - Emanuel "Menes" August Merck (1855–1923), pharmacist at Engel-Apotheke, m. with Elisabeth "Els" Rieger (1864–1909) from Darmstadt, daughter of the theologian Maximilian Rieger , the great-nephew of the poet Friedrich Maximilian Klinger and student of the classical philologist Dr. Christian Boßler was. Elisabeth Rieger was genealogically related to the "Lichtenberger tribe" of the Boßler family.
    - Elisabeth (1886–1964), married. with Werner Pfarr (1886–1927) from Darmstadt and with Wilhelm Merck (1893–1952)
    - Georg Merck (1887–1945), pharmacist at Engel-Apotheke, m. with Aline Hummel (1894–1946) from Helenendorf (Caucasus), 3 children
    - Fritz Merck (1899–1969), partner, married. with Alexandra Andreae (1896–1987) from Darmstadt, 2 children
    - Anna Luise (1892–1974), married. with Fritz Kolb (1894–1972) from Darmstadt, 2 children, and with Karl Schaedel (1891–1971) an open partner from Flensburg, 1 child
  - Carl Merck (1857-1858)
  - Willy Merck (1860–1932), partner, married. with Mathilde "Tilla" Nothwang from Frankfurt
    - Emely (1891–1978), married. Hermann Freiherr von Glenck (1883–1952) from Zurich, 2 children
    - Hildegard (1892–1982), married. with Otto von Glenck from Zurich, 1 child, and with Eduard Dingeldey from Darmstadt
    - Magda (1900–1956), married. with Clemens Freiherr von Baillou (1903–1978), 3 children
  - Elisabeth (1862–1947), married. Louis Strecker (1853–1943), 5 children
- Christoph Wilhelm Merck (1826-1827)
- Magdalene (1828–1907), married. with Georg Freiherr von Wedekind (1825–1899)
- Carl Emanuel Merck (1830–1846)
- Eva (1831–1899), married. with the gynecologist Alfred Hegar (1830–1914), brother-in-law of the classical philologist Dr. Christian Bossler.
- Wilhelm Ludwig Merck (1833–1899), married. with Caroline "Lina" Moller (1841–1909) from Darmstadt
  - Carl Emanuel "Stift" Merck (1862–1909), partner, married. with Clara Blanckarts (1862–1929)
    - Elisabeth (1890–1970), married. with Kurt Wolff (1887–1963) from Bonn, 2 children, and with Hans Albrecht (1878–1944) from Munich
    - Wilhelm Merck (1893–1952), partner, married. with Ernesta Rogalla von Bieberstein (1898–1927) from Darmstadt, 2 children, and with Elisabeth Merck (1886–1964) (see above)
    - Caroline (1897–1984), married. with Peter Reinhold (1887–1955), partner, 2 children
    - Annemarie (1899–1921), married. with Jesko von Puttkamer (1889–1970) from Karzin (Pomerania)
    - Adelheid "Heidy" (1903–1975), married. with Johannes Graf von Kalckreuth (1893–1956) from Hoeckricht (Silesia), 1 child, and with Karl Spannagel (1897–1986) from Münster
  - Georg (e) F. Merck (1867–1926), founder of Merck & Co. , m. with Frederike "Rickel" Schenk (1856–1943) from Antwerp
    - George W. Merck (1894–1957), CEO of Merck & Co.
      - mated 1917 with Josephine Carey Wall
      - George Wall (1918–1984), married. with Elizabeth Mead (1920-)
      - Albert Wall
      - mated with Serena (1898-)
      - Serena (Bambi) , married. with hatch
      - John
      - Judith
    - Elsbeth (1895-1936)
    - Linn (1897-1996)
    - Olga (1902-1987)
    - Magda (1905–1974)

literature

Ingunn Possehl: Merck. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 116 f. ( Digitized version ).
Bernhard Koerner : Hamburg gender book . Volume 1 - Volume 18 of the complete series of the genealogical manual of bourgeois families , Starke Verlag , Görlitz 1910, ZDB -ID 6157-8 , ( digitized version ).

Bernhard Koerner: Darmstadt gender book . Volume 1 - Volume 69 of the complete series of the Genealogical Handbook of Bourgeois Families, Starke Verlag, Görlitz 1930, ZDB -ID 1041-8 .

Individual evidence

^ Databases of the district homeland maintenance of Lower Franconia. In: historisches-unterfranken.uni-wuerzburg.de. Retrieved February 25, 2015 .

^ Ingunn Possehl: Merck, Heinrich Emanuel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 120 f. ( Digitized version ).

^ ^A ^b Merck, Heinrich Emanuel. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

^ Rieger, Friedrich Maximilian Heinrich Leonhard. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

↑ Karl Esselborn , Georg Lehnert: Hessian biographies . Ed .: Herman Haupt . Unchanged reprint of the 1934 edition. Volume 3 . Dr. Martin Sendet oHG, Walluf 1973, ISBN 3-500-26830-7 , p. 113 .

↑ Marcel Boßler: The famous Sturm und Drang poet Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger from Frankfurt with clear Odenwald roots . In: Hessian Family History Association e. V. (Hrsg.): Hessische Genealogie . Volume 3, Issue 2, 2020, ISSN 2626-0220 , p. 27-29 . Klinger, Friedrich Maximilian. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

^ Karl Hegar: Alfred Hegar, his descent and his family . In: German Medical Weekly . tape 56 , no. 2 , 2009, DNB 1168420601 , p. 62 .

[1] Databases of the district homeland maintenance of Lower Franconia. In: historisches-unterfranken.uni-wuerzburg.de. Retrieved February 25, 2015 .

[2] Ingunn Possehl: Merck, Heinrich Emanuel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 120 f. ( Digitized version ).

[lagis-3] A ^b Merck, Heinrich Emanuel. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[4] Rieger, Friedrich Maximilian Heinrich Leonhard. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[5] Karl Esselborn , Georg Lehnert: Hessian biographies . Ed .: Herman Haupt . Unchanged reprint of the 1934 edition. Volume 3 . Dr. Martin Sendet oHG, Walluf 1973, ISBN 3-500-26830-7 , p. 113 .