Robert Franck

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Robert Franck (born July 16, 1857 in Enzweihingen , † January 26, 1939 in Ludwigsburg ) was a German industrialist.

Life

Robert Franck was a son of the couple Wilhelm and Lisette Franck; his grandfather Johann Heinrich Franck had founded the chicory coffee factory on which the family lived. That is why Robert Frank was nicknamed Karo among his schoolmates, an abbreviation for coffee Robert, which later revived as the brand name Caro coffee .

Franck grew up in Rietertal , where his father worked in a kiln . In his childhood the family business was still based in the Torbäckerhaus in Vaihingen, shortly before his death in 1867, his grandfather decided to move to Ludwigsburg, where from 1868 the Franck factory buildings were built opposite the train station . Robert Franck attended the elementary school in Enzweihingen and the Latin school in Vaihingen an der Enz . He graduated from high school in Ludwigsburg. From 1877 he worked in the family business. In 1887 he married Martha Seeger, who came from a Murrhardt family. Her father was the general doctor Albert von Seeger. The connection resulted in two daughters and two sons.

Villa Franck in Murrhardt

Robert Franck became a secret councilor in 1916 . The Franck couple donated considerable sums for the construction of the hospital and the town hall in Murrhardt. Robert Franck became an honorary citizen of Murrhardt, Vaihingen and Ludwigsburg. On the occasion of his 50th birthday, he moved into the 300,000 gold mark Villa Franck in Murrhardt, which he had built on a property called Hohenstein he had bought in 1897. The Art Nouveau ensemble is now a listed building . Franck had it equipped with a monumental open staircase, a foyer, a pavilion, a love temple, a fountain terrace and a show ruin. In the park there were bridges and a tennis court. The 42-room villa was taken over in 2001 by the musician Patrick Siben, who used it as a café and event location, but in 2013 felt almost overwhelmed by the financial burdens associated with this project.

A school in Ludwigsburg is named after Robert Franck; The family grave is also located in the local cemetery.

Remarks

  1. ^ Short biography on the homepage of the Robert Franck School
  2. ↑ Dirk Herrmann, The fight for the Art Nouveau villa of King Caro Franck , in: Stuttgarter Nachrichten , November 1, 2013 ( online )
  3. ↑ Martin Tschepe, Summer Residence of the King of Diamonds , in: Stuttgarter Zeitung , January 10, 2014 ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Franck, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Enzweihingen
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1939
Place of death Ludwigsburg