Theodor Amfaldern

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Theodor Amfaldern (born October 26, 1885 in Erkelenz , † February 23, 1960 in Düsseldorf ) was a German lawyer and pioneer of the development of rayon .

Life

After graduating from high school with a school-leaving certificate, Theodor Amfaldern attended the universities of Heidelberg , Munich and Bonn to study law. In 1913 he became a judicial assistant and worked as a lawyer in Mönchengladbach until 1917 . In March 1915 he was drafted for military service in the First World War . From October 1915 to February 1918 he worked in the War Ministry in Berlin. During this time he was managing director of the Association of Rhenish-Westphalian Cotton Spinners and subsequently managing director of the working committee of the German Cotton Spinner Association. As such, he represented the German Reich at the international cotton spinner congresses in Stockholm (1922) and Vienna (1925). This working committee was later merged into the cotton mill in Berlin.

In 1919 Theodor Amfaldern was admitted as a lawyer and in-house counsel at the Berlin Higher Regional Court .

In 1942 he managed the Lörrach AG cloth factory, formerly Friedrich vom Hove & Co. in Lörrach due to partial debt.

family

Theodor Amfaldern had been married since 1914 and had two children. He lived with his family in Berlin-Nikolassee , von-Luck-Str. 10 and died at the age of 75 in Düsseldorf.

Works (selection)

  • The changes in the economic and financial basis of the German cotton industry since the end of the war (= Weltwirtschaftliche Gesellschaft (Münster (Westf))), series of publications, issue 7, Leipzig, Quelle & Meyer, 1926.
  • The cotton mill . In: Nauticus , 19th year (1928), Berlin, pp. 28–60.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Melliand Textile Reports International , Volume 41, Issues 1–6, 1960, p. 560.
  2. The eleventh International cotton congress of delegated representatives of master cotton spinners 'and manufacturers' associations held at Stockholm June 14, 15 and 16, 1922 , p. 10.
  3. ^ Company history of the Lörrach AG cloth factory, formerly Friedrich vom Hove & Co.