Theodor Von Cramer-Klett
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Theodor Freiherr von Cramer-Klett (September 27, 1817, in
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– April 5, 1884, in
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) was a German entrepreneur and banker.


Life

His father was ''Albert Johann Cramer'' and his mother was ''Felicitas Falcke'', daughter of entrepreneur Johann Caspar Falcke in Nuremberg. Together with German entrepreneur
Wilhelm von Finck Wilhelm von Finck (6 February 1848 – 4 April 1924) was a German entrepreneur and banker. Finck was a co-founder of the German companies Allianz and Munich Re. Life In Frankfurt am Main, he was a student at the Hasselsche Institut. He worked ...
and
Carl von Thieme Carl von Thieme (born 30 April 1844, Erfurt – died 10 October 1924, Munich) was a German banker. His father was the director of German insurance company ''Thuringia''. In 1880, he founded together with Wilhelm von Finck and Theodor von Cramer ...
he founded company
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in April 1880. He was owner of German company ''Maschinenbau Actiengesellschaft Nürnberg'', which became 1898 German company
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. Cramer-Klett was founder of German company ''Süddeutsche Bodencreditbank AG'' and co-founder of private bank ''Merck, Christian & Co'', which became later
Merck Finck & Co The private bank Merck Finck A Quintet Private Bank, founded in 1870, is based in Munich and is also represented nationwide with a total of 10 locations. Since 2011, it has been a subsidiary of the Luxembourg bank KBL European Private Bankers (K ...
, and of German insurance company Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft. He first married '' Emilie Klett''. In second marriage after death of Emilie Klett he was married with Elisabeth Curtze and had one son Theodor von Cramer-Klett junior. Kramer-Klett is buried in Johannis cemetery in Nuremberg.Nuernberginfos.de: Theodor von Cramer-Klett
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Awards and honours

* 1854: Nobility * 1876:
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* A worker city area in Nuremberg became his name ''Cramer-Klett-Siedlung''. * Cramer-Klett Memorial in Nuremberg


Literatur over Cramer-Klett

* * J. Biensfeldt: ''Freiherr Dr. Theodor von Cramer-Klett erblicher Reichsrat der Krone Bayern. Sein Leben und Werk, ein Beitrag zur bayerischen Wirtschaftsgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts''. Leipzig and Erlangen
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* G. Eibert: ''Unternehmenspolitik Nürnberger Maschinenbauer (1835–1914)''. Stuttgart 1979 * H. Kluge: ''Gründer und Erben. Die Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft (1880–2007)''. Munich 2009 * H. Kluge: ''Der Einfluß des Geschäfts der "Allianz" auf die Entwicklung der "Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft" in deren ersten fünfzig Jahren (1880–1930)''. In: Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte – Economic History Yearbook 2006/2 * H.-J. Rupieper: ''Arbeiter und Angestellte im Zeitalter der Industrialisierung. Eine sozialgeschichtliche Studie am Beispiel der Maschinenfabriken Augsburg und Nürnberg (M.A.N.) 1837–1914''. Frankfurt/M. and New York 1982 * M. Siegl: ''Die Cramer-Klett's, eine Industriellen-Familie und ihre Bedeutung für das Priental''. (Chronik Aschau i. Ch., Quellenband III), Aschau 1998 * Reinhard Spree: ''Two Chapters on early history of the Munich Reinsurance Company: The Foundation/The San Francisco Earthquake''. Department of Economics, University of Munich, Munich Discussion Paper No. 2010–11, Munich 2010 (online) * R. Spree: ''Eine bürgerliche Karriere im deutschen Kaiserreich. Der Aufstieg des Advokaten Dr. jur. Hermann Ritter von Pemsel in Wirtschaftselite und Adel Bayerns''. Aachen 2007


References


External links

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RsSpree.Wordpress.com: Der Industrie-Pionier und Finanzier Theodor von Cramer-Klett, 2012
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