Adelbert Delbrück
Adelbert Delbrück (1882)
Born(1822-01-16)16 January 1822
Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia
Died26 May 1890(1890-05-26) (aged 68)
Kreuzlingen, Kingdom of Prussia
NationalityGerman

Gottlieb Adelbert Delbrück (German pronunciation: [ˈaːdl̩bɛʁt ˈdɛl.bʁʏk] ⓘ; January 16, 1822 in Magdeburg – May 26, 1890 in Kreuzlingen) was a German banker and businessman.

Early life

His father Gottlied Delbrück (1777–1842) worked in Magdeburg. The Delbrück family was a prominent family of Lutheran theologians and lawyers in Prussia. Delbrück studied Lutheran theology and law. After university studies he worked as a lawyer.

Career

In 1854, he founded Delbrück Leo & Co. In 1870, Delbrück was a co-founder of German company Deutsche Bank. From 1870 to 1875 Delbrück he was member of Vorstand in Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce. Delbrück was member of German Progress Party. Delbrück was married with Luise Jonas (1831–1922). His son Ludwig Delbrück (1860–1913) became leader of company Bank Delbrück Leo & Co.. He was buried in the Berlin Cemetery III of the Jerusalem and New Church in front of the Halleschen Tor. His final resting place is the neoclassical wall tomb of the Delbrück family. Built of sandstone ashlars, the three-axis structure with red granite inscription plaques has a lattice enclosure. By decision of the Berlin Senate, Adelbert Delbrück's final resting place (Field 331-EB-3) has been dedicated as an honorary grave of the State of Berlin, since 1992.[1] The dedication was extended in 2016 for the usual period of twenty years.[2]

Literature

  • Hans-Henning Zabel (1957), "Delbrück, Gottlieb Adelbert", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 3, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 576–577; (full text online)

References

  1. ↑ Mende, Hans-Jürgen (2018). Lexikon Berliner Begräbnisstätten. Wolfgang Gottschalk (1. Auflage ed.). Berlin: Pharus-Plan. ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1.
  2. ↑ "Senatsverwaltung für Mobilität, Verkehr, Klimaschutz und Umwelt". www.berlin.de (in German). May 19, 2023. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
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