Walther Kulenkampff
Walther Kulenkampff (born February 21, 1883 in Bremen , † September 29, 1929 in Magdeburg ) was a German entrepreneur and politician .
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Kulenkampff came from a Protestant family from Bremen. In his youth he attended the Prinz-Heinrichs-Gymnasium in Berlin , later the municipal gymnasium in Gartz , where he graduated from high school in 1902. After that, Kulenkampff worked for six months as a machine fitter at Werft AG Weser in Bremen. This was followed by military service with field artillery regiment No. 3 in Brandenburg . After his early discharge due to injury, he studied chemistry in Leipzig and Freiburg im Breisgau from 1903 . There he received his doctorate in 1906 with a thesis on the knowledge of aromatic sulfur compounds . After completing his doctorate, Kulenkampff studied medicine for three more semesters, while at the same time he was employed as an assistant at the Hygiene Institute in Bremen.
From 1908 to 1909, Kulenkampff undertook several trips abroad, especially to Great Britain, in order to train himself economically through a practical view of the economic conditions there. In 1910 he settled in Magdeburg as a merchant and manufacturer . Originally he was the owner of the company Cordinwerk GmbH , which in 1916 became the limited partnership Dr. Kulenkampff & Co. was converted. The company dealt with wholesale, import and export as well as with the manufacture of certain special chemical preparations.
After the First World War , Kulenkampff went into politics. He joined the German People's Party (DVP) and was a member of the Reichstag in Berlin from 1920 to 1924 and from 1928 until his death in September 1929 as a member of constituency 11 (Magdeburg) . For the rest of the legislative period until 1930, Kulenkampff's mandate was exercised by Johannes Rammelt . In addition, he was a member of the central board of the DVP, its board in the constituency of Saxony-Anhalt and its Magdeburg city council. In addition, Kulenkampff sat on the presidium of the central board of the German wholesale and in the presidium of the Hansabund and was a member of the wholesale commission of the Magdeburg Chamber of Commerce and the supervisory board of the Rentenbank.
Fonts
- To the knowledge of aromatic sulfur compounds. 1906.
Web links
- Walther Kulenkampff in the database of members of the Reichstag
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kulenkampff, Walther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneurs and politicians (DVP), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1929 |
| Place of death | Magdeburg |