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Charles Bundschu
Charles Bundschu (1842 – September 30, 1910) was a German-born winemaker in San Francisco. Bundschu was part of the family that owns and operates the Gundlach Bundschu winery, located in Sonoma, California. The winery, established in 1858, is one of the oldest continuously family-owned wineries in California. Bundschu played an important role in maintaining and developing the winery through challenging times, including the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Early life Bundschu was born in 1842, in Mannheim, North Baden, Germany. He went to a university in Germany. Career In 1862, Bundschu immigrated from Mannheim, Germany to San Francisco, California and was employed in the produce business. He met Jacob Gundlach (1850-1894), who had purchased of Rancho Huichica in Sonoma, California and established "Rhinefarm" vineyard and winery in 1858. Bundschu joined the company in 1868. On September 9, 1875, he married Francisca, the daughter of Jacob Gundlach. The couple had six childr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannheim
Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Germany, state capital, and Germany's List of cities in Germany by population, 21st-largest city, with a population of over 315,000. It is located at the border with Rhineland-Palatinate. The city is the cultural and economic centre of the Rhine-Neckar, Germany's Metropolitan regions in Germany, seventh-largest metropolitan region, with nearly 2.4 million inhabitants. Mannheim is located at the confluence of the Upper Rhine and the Neckar in the Kurpfalz (region), Kurpfalz (Electoral Palatinate) region of northwestern Baden-Württemberg. The city lies in the Upper Rhine Plain, Germany's warmest region, between the Palatine Forest and the Oden Forest. Mannheim forms a continuous urban zone of around 500,000 inhabitants with Ludwigshafen am Rhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
