Wilhelm Bergenthal

Wilhelm Bergenthal
Bergenthal c. 1870
Personal details
Born
Franz Anton Wilhelm Bergenthal

(1805-02-04)February 4, 1805
Warstein, Holy Roman Empire
DiedApril 28, 1893(1893-04-28) (aged 88)
Warstein, Kingdom of Prussia
OccupationIndustrialist, politician, founder of Bergenthal & Gabriel

Franz Anton Wilhelm Bergenthal colloquially Wilhelm Bergenthal (4 February 1805 - 28 April 1893) was a German industrialist and politician. In 1834, he formed Bergenthal & Gabriel, a predecessor of Siepmann in Warstein.[1] Additionally he served as president of IHK Arnsberg from 1878 to 1884.[2]

Bergenthal unsuccessfully sought election to the Reichstag (North German Confederation) in March 1867 but lost election against Peter Reichensperger.[3] He campaigned for seats in the 1878 German federal election and in a by-election to the Prussian House of Representatives in 1884, both times unsuccessfully.

References

  1. ^ "Haus Kupferhammer". Sauerland.com. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  2. ^ "Unsere Geschichte". IHK Arnsberg Hellweg-Sauerland (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-25.
  3. ^ Jonathan Sperber: Popular Catholicism in Nineteenth-Century Germany. Princeton University Press, 1984.S193f