Peter Joseph Mülhens

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Peter Joseph Mülhens (born May 4, 1801 in Cologne ; † September 23, 1873 there ) was a Cologne entrepreneur and son of the founder of the house in 4711 , Wilhelm Mülhens .

Live and act

After completing a commercial training in Cologne, he joined his father's company. He took a few business trips abroad to expand and initially expanded the company's product range to include wine and mineral water. He also took over the goiter Molanus bottle designed by the glassblower Molanus and introduced a colored label for cologne bottles.

In 1832, Wilhelm Mülhens was convicted of "abuse of name" in court proceedings. He and his business partners lost the right to use the name “FARINA” due to the contract of 1803. (Judgment of the royal regional court, 1st civil chamber in Cologne) In order to continue operating under the name "FARINA", in 1832 Peter Joseph Mülhens, the son of Wilhelm Mülhens , accepted a Farina from Mortara (Italy) into his company as a partner for " Comptoir work and supervision of production ”. In 1847 this Farina from Mortara died.

In 1848 he was a member of the preliminary parliament .

Label by Peter Joseph Mülhens for his company after 1856, after he was domiciled at Glockengasse 26 across from the horse post office

In 1862 a new naming law came into force, according to which only the name of a partner may be used as a company name. Mülhens thus again lost the basis for using the name "FARINA"

In order to continue using the name “FARINA”, Peter Joseph Mülhens had the day laborer Ludwig Franz Farina come to Cologne from Lesmo in Italy. In 1865 he had a "FARINA" company registered. He himself deleted his company on October 21, 1865, only to have him transfer the company "Franz Maria Farina in Glockengasse 4711 opposite the post office" three days later .

In 1872 Mülhens made his son Ferdinand his partner.

At the beginning of the 1840s he was a shareholder in the Rheinische Zeitung and later invested in the newly emerging industries such as transport companies. He was particularly committed to the construction of the Cologne-Bonn railway line .

Political and social engagement

The determining committee in 1823 with PJMülhens

From 1852 until his death he was a member of the Cologne city ​​council , in which he took care of the school system and poor management. He was also a member of the administrative committee of the cathedral building association .

Sources and individual references

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Archives: Members of the Pre-Parliament and the Fifties Committee (PDF file; 79 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Mülhens, Peter Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1873
Place of death Cologne