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Dessauer
Dessauer is a German language, German surname meaning "from Dessau". Notable people with the surname include: * Alois Dessauer (born Aron Baruch Dessauer; 1763–1850), German banker, manufacturer * Ferdinand Dessauer (also ''Dessoir'', 1836–1892), German actor (son of Leopold) * Friedrich Dessauer (1881–1963), biophysician, philosopher (brother of Hans) * Gabriel Dessauer (born 1955), German cantor, concert organist and academic (son of Guido) * Guido Dessauer (1915–2012), German coloured paper manufacturer, art collector and academic (son of Hans) * Hans Dessauer (1869–1926), German coloured paper manufacturer and politician (son of Philipp) * Herbert C. Dessauer (1921–2013), American biochemist * John H. Dessauer (1905–1993), German born American chemical engineer (son of Hans) * Josef Dessauer (1798–1876), Bohemian-German composer * Julius Dessauer (1832–1883), Hungarian rabbi and writer * Leopold Dessauer, (1810–1874), Polish-German actor, known during his stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Dessauer
Gabriel Dessauer (born 4 December 1955) is a German Cantor (church), cantor, concert organist, and academic teacher. After studies with Diethard Hellmann and Franz Lehrndorfer, he was responsible for the church music at St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden from 1981 to 2021, conducting the Chor von St. Bonifatius until 2018. Besides normal church services, he conducted them in regular masses with soloists and orchestra for Christmas and Easter and a yearly concert. In 1995 he prepared the choir for a memorial concert commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, performing Britten's ''War Requiem'' with choirs from countries involved in the war, and concerts in Wiesbaden and Macon, Georgia. Programs of choral concerts included Hermann Suter's ''Le Laudi'' in 1998, the German premiere of Rutter's ''Mass of the Children'' in 2004, and the world premiere of Colin Mawby's ''Bonifatiusmess'' in 2012 which he had commissioned for the choir's 150th anniversary. The concert of 2008, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Dessauer
Guido Dessauer (7 November 1915 – 13 January 2012) was a German physicist, pioneer in paper engineering, business executive, writer, art collector, patron of the arts, and academic. Born into a family of paper industrialists, he worked as an aerospace engineer during World War II and was an executive of the family's coloured paper factory in Aschaffenburg from 1945. He was an honorary citizen of Austria for saving 300 jobs in Styria in the 1960s. He earned a Ph.D. from the Graz University of Technology in his late 50s and became an honorary professor there. Interested in art, he collected bozzetti (models for sculpture) for 50 years and initiated the career of Horst Janssen as a lithographer. Life Guido Dessauer was born in Aschaffenburg to a family of industrialists who owned the Aschaffenburger Buntpapierfabrik, a leading coloured-paper factory with a long tradition. His parents were Hans Dessauer and Bertha, ''née'' Thywissen. Dessauer's older brother was Hans Dessauer, k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alois Dessauer
Alois Joseph Dessauer (born Aron Baruch Dessauer; February 21, 1763, Gochsheim - April 11, 1850, Aschaffenburg) was an Electoral Mainz court banker (Court Jew), a military admodiator (army supplier) as well as a paper manufacturer. He is the grandfather of Philipp Dessauer. Life He was the son of the Jewish community leader Baruch Dessauer (?–1772) and Mindel Seligmann (?–1795). He came to Königshofen ob der Tauber (Baden) in 1792 and married Behlasina David, daughter of Joseph David (?–1824), citizen and tradesman in Königshofen, and Henriette Sontheim. She's also a granddaughter of Jacob David (?–1783), a citizen of Königshofen. In 1798 the merchant, former Churmainz court banker and military recruiter, came to Aschaffenburg with his family. Dessauer was said to have excellent relations with Prince Primate Karl Theodor von Dalberg; nevertheless, social advancement only began after his (Catholic) baptism in 1805. On August 23, 1805, Aron Baruch, his wife and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philipp Dessauer
Philipp Dessauer (20 June 1837 – 19 August 1900) was a "Kgl. Bayer. Kommerzienrat" (Royal Bavarian Commerce Advisor) and founder of the paper factory ''Weißpapier- und Cellulosefabrik Aschaffenburg'' in Aschaffenburg. Career Philipp Dessauer was born in Aschaffenburg, the son of Franz Johann Dessauer and Alberta (Berta) Katharina Theresia Molitor. After completing Gymnasium, Dessauer joined in 1852 his father's coloured paper factory, which he headed from 1866 as director. The war of 1870/71 left a shortage of white paper. Therefore, he founded in 1872 a factory for white paper. He died in Aschaffenburg. Awards and honors * Board of Aschaffenburg community representative * Chairman of the District Board of Trade, factories and commercial * Member of the Bavarian Railway Council * Committee member of the Wittelsbach family foundation * Co-founder and Chairman of the Association of German pulp factory * Knight of the Orden vom Hl. Michael (Order of St Michael) 4th Class * K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Dessauer
Hans Dessauer senior (24 June 1869 – 23 October 1926) was a German industrialist and politician. Dessauer was born in Aschaffenburg in a family of industrialists who owned the Aschaffenburger Buntpapierfabrik, a leading coloured paper factory with a long tradition. His parents were Philipp Dessauer and Maria Elisabeth Vossen, a daughter of the paint manufacturer Franz Vossen in Aachen. Dessauer first attended the Gymnasium in Aschaffenburg, then went to RWTH Aachen University in Aachen. Subsequently, he studied chemistry in Freiburg and Munich and received his doctorate there in 1892 with a thesis on pyrazoline and trimethylen derivates. As a student, Dessauer was an active member of Catholic students' associations. After graduating, Dessauer worked in the paint factory of his uncle Leo Vossen in Aachen and took over the management of the Paris branch of this company for two years. In 1896 he spent a year at a pulp mill in Wisconsin, USA, and from 1897 he worked in the Asch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Dessauer
Friedrich Dessauer (19 July 1881 – 16 February 1963) was a German physicist, a philosopher, a socially engaged entrepreneur and a journalist. Friedrich Dessauer was born in Aschaffenburg, German Empire. As a young man he was fascinated by new discoveries in the natural sciences. He was particularly interested in the X-rays discovered by Röntgen and their medical applications. After attending the humanistic Gymnasium in Aschaffenburg, he studied electrical engineering and physics at the Technische Universität Darmstadt and the University of Munich. Due to radiation damage during his research on the use of X-rays, his face was badly damaged and he was repeatedly treated with plastic surgery. In connection with this, he was released from military service. Due to the death of his father, he initially interrupted his studies, continued in 1914 at the Goethe University Frankfurt and then completed it in 1917. From 1924 to 1933 he was a Zentrum party member of the Reichstag, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold I, Prince Of Anhalt-Dessau
Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (3 July 1676 – 7 April 1747) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau from 1693 to 1747. He was also a ''Generalfeldmarschall'' in the Prussian Army. Nicknamed "the Old Dessauer" (German: ''der alte Dessauer''), he possessed good abilities as a field commander, but was mainly remembered as a talented drillmaster who modernized the Prussian infantry. Appointed by Frederick I to the rank of field marshal in 1712, Leopold distinguished himself for his success during the War of the Spanish Succession. He was later appointed the commander of the Prussian-Saxon army during the Great Northern War against Sweden. Leopold was a personal friend of Frederick William I. The last great achievement of his military career was commanding the Prussian troops to victory over the Saxons at the Battle of Kesselsdorf in 1745 during the Second Silesian War. Early life Leopold was born in Dessau as the ninth of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Dessauer
Josef Dessauer (28 May 1798 in Prague – 8 July 1876 in Mödling, near Vienna), was a composer from the Austrian Empire who wrote many popular songs, and also some less successful operas. Life Dessauer was born into a wealthy Jewish family, and studied piano in Prague with Bedřich Diviš Weber and composition with Wenzel Tomaschek. Dessauer began as a song composer, but later began composing operas, of which very few were performed. In 1821 he settled in Vienna, from which he made many European tours. He was a friend of many composers of his time, such as Gioachino Rossini, Franz Schubert, Hector Berlioz, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt and Frédéric Chopin, who dedicated some pieces to him. He was also a friend of George Sand Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. Being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or Honoré de B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Dessauer
Julius Dessauer (1832–1883) was a Hungarian rabbi and writer. Dessauer was born in Neutra to Gabriel L. Dessauer. He was for some years rabbi at Újpest. Bibliography *''Die Fünf Bücher Moses. Nebst dem Raschi-Commentar, Punktirt, Leichtfasslich Uebersetzt und mit AnmerkungenVersehen'', Budapest, 186archive.org *''Schulchan Aruch, Orach Hayyim ''Orach Chayim'' ("manner/way of life") is a section of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's compilation of Halakha (Jewish law), ''Arba'ah Turim''. This section addresses aspects of Jewish law pertinent to the Hebrew calendar (be it the daily, weekly, month ..., Deutsch Bearbeitet'', 1868 *''Spruch-Lexikon des Talmud und Midrash'', 1876 *''Schlüssel zum Gebetbuche'', 1878 *''Perlenschatz: Philosophische Sentenzen in Alphabetischer Reihenfolge'', 1880 *''Der Jüdische Humorist'', 1899 References * 1832 births 1883 deaths Rabbis from Budapest Hungarian writers People from Újpest {{Hungary-rabbi-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dessau
Dessau is a district of the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the ''States of Germany, Bundesland'' (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Until 1 July 2007, it was an independent city. The population of Dessau is 67,747 (Dec. 2020). Geography Dessau is situated on a floodplain where the Mulde flows into the Elbe. This causes yearly floods. The worst flood took place in the year 2002, when the Waldersee district was nearly completely flooded. The south of Dessau touches a well-wooded area called Mosigkauer Heide. The highest elevation is a 110 m high former rubbish dump called Scherbelberg in the southwest of Dessau. Dessau is surrounded by numerous parks and palaces that make it one of the greenest towns in Germany. History Dessau was first mentioned in 1213. It became an important centre in 1570, when the Principality of Anhalt was founded. Dessau became the capital of this state within the Holy Roman Empire. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Dessauer
Ferdinand August Dessoir, born Anton August Ferdinand Dessauer (January 29, 1836, Breslau – April 15, 1892, Dresden) was a German actor. He was the son of Leopold Dessauer (1810-1874) and Leopold's first wife Therese Dessoir (née Reimann) (1810-1866). Leopold and Therese were married in 1835, but they separated only a year later in 1836. Ferdinand was trained for the stage by Werner Mannheim, and made his début in 1852 as the Prince in ''Dorf und Stadt.'' In the following year he went to Mainz, where he remained until 1855, when he appeared at Heidelberg. Vienna was his next engagement, in 1856; followed in 1857 by Stettin; 1857–61, Leipzig; 1861–63, Bremen; 1863–64, Weimar. From 1864 to 1867 he played at the Hoftheater in Berlin; after which he returned to Weimar, in 1868. He next went to the Lobetheater in Breslau, in 1868–69. The following seven years were spent at the Hoftheater, Dresden; from 1877 to 1878 at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg; from 1878 to 1879 at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Dessauer
Ludwig Dessoir, original name Leopold Dessauer (15 December 1810 – 30 December 1874) was a German actor born in Poznań, Posen, the son of a Jewish tradesman. He made his first appearance on the stage there in 1824 in a small part. After some experience at the theatre in Posen and on tour, he was engaged at Leipzig from 1834 to 1836. Then he was attached to the municipal theatre of Breslau, and in 1837 appeared at Prague, Brno, Vienna and Budapest, where he accepted an engagement which lasted until 1839. He succeeded Karl Devrient at Karlsruhe, and went in 1847 to Berlin, where he acted Othello and Hamlet with great success, he received a permanent engagement at that theatre. From 1849 to 1872, when he retired on a pension, he played 110 parts, frequently on tour, and in 1853 acting in London. He died in 1874 in Berlin. Dessoir was twice married; his first wife, Theresa, a popular actress (1810–1866), was separated from him a year after marriage; his second wife went mad on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
