Michael Simons

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Michael Simons , until 1846 Michael (Simon) Koppel (born October 20, 1817 in Hohenlimburg ; † June 8, 1895 in Düsseldorf ), was a German businessman , entrepreneur , private banker and patron .

Life

Simons, son of Simon († September 26, 1855) and Julie Michaela Simons, b. Wolf († April 9, 1861), came to the Düsseldorf Gebrüder Wolf banking company via Essen . Later he lived in Manchester, England . On October 19, 1842 he married Henriette (Lea Hitzel) Wolf (1818-1885). He made a fortune - together with his brother Koppel Simons (1810–1889) - in the middle of the 19th century in the coal mining industry , among other things as a shareholder in the United Maria Anna Steinbank colliery in Höntrop ( The Maria Anna & Steinbank Coal & Coke Company Ltd. ) , as owner of the Britannia hut in Gronau (Bergisch Gladbach) and as director of the Bonifacius colliery in Essen- Kray . Together with Moritz Leiffmann , Simons was also a limited partner of the banking house Bernhard Simons & Cie. (later B. Simons & Co. ), which was founded on October 13, 1881 in Düsseldorf and had its headquarters at Blumenstrasse 19.

Simons played an important role within the Düsseldorf synagogue community . His wife Henriette acted as chairwoman of the Jewish women's association. Henriettenstrasse is named after her in Düsseldorf- Bilk . Michael Simons was honored by naming Michaelplatz, which is also located in Bilk. In 1890 Simons donated the corresponding plot of 12,000 m² to the city of Düsseldorf. After his death, the Michael and Henriette Simons Foundation was set up by his heirs on June 10, 1895 , whose annual interest income benefited people in need in Düsseldorf who were no longer able to secure their livelihood due to illness or loss of earning capacity.

literature

  • Max Kruk: Bankers in their time. Die Männer von B. Simons & Co. Series of publications by the Institute for Bank History Research, Volume 13, Fritz Knapp Verlag, Frankfurt 1989, ISBN 978-3-78190-417-0

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Name adoption list of the department Düsseldorf, 1846. , website in the ahb.de portal , accessed on May 3, 2015
  2. ^ Joseph A. Kruse : Heine time . Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 978-3-47601-529-7 , p. 21
  3. ^ Walter Gantenberg, Rolf Köhling, Wilhelm Spieker: Coal and steel determined their life. Mining in the south of Wattenscheid. A contribution to the early industrial development of the Ruhr area . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2000, ISBN 978-3-88474-281-5 , pp. 81-83
  4. ^ Henry D. Barton: Analytical Digest of Cases Published in The Law Journal Reports . Volume 30, Part 1, London 1861, p. 286 ( Google Books )
  5. ↑ Hans Seeling: The ironworks in Heerdt and Mühlheim am Rhein . Writings on Rhenish-Westphalian Economic History, Volume 24, Rheinisch-Westfälisches Wirtschaftsarchiv zu Köln, Cologne 1972, p. 106
  6. ↑ Trade register III 16447 - cf. On the history of the Simons Düsseldorf bank ( memento of the original dated August 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website in the portal porto-club.de , accessed on May 3, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.porto-club.de
  7. ↑ Falk Wiesemann: Steep rise in the upper middle class. The Villa Leiffmann in Düsseldorf . In: Kalomynos , 3rd year (2000), extra sheet, articles on German-Jewish history from the Salomon Ludwig Steinheim Institute, Duisburg 2000, p. 23 ( PDF )
  8. ^ Benno Reicher: Jewish history and culture in NRW. A manual . Klartext Verlag, Essen 1993, ISBN 978-3-88474-350-8 , p. 95
  9. ^ Eva Oberdörster: Women's history in Düsseldorfer street names: Henriette Simons, namesake of a foundation for poor welfare , website in the portal phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de , accessed on May 3, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Simons, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koppel, Michael Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman, entrepreneur, private banker and patron
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohenlimburg
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1895
Place of death Dusseldorf