Samuel Fränkel

Samuel Fränkel (Hebrew: שמואל פרנקל‎‎; 22 November 1801 – 28 July 1881[1]) was a German industrialist.

Samuel Fränkel
שמואל פרנקל‎
Born22 November 1801
Zülz
Died28 July 1881 (age 79)
Neustadt O.S.
Resting placeJewish cemetery in Prudnik
CitizenshipGerman
Spouse(s)Ester Polke
ChildrenZwi, Menachem, Jehuda, Akiba, Dorothea, Cäcilie, Josef, Jenny, Abraham, Albert, Auguste, Rosalie, Emanuel, Hermann
Parents
  • Abraham Isaak Fränkel (father)
  • Chandel Fränkel (mother)
RelativesMax Pinkus

Life

Samuel Fränkel was born 22 November 1801 in Zülz (currently Biała Prudnicka, Poland). In 1827 he moved to Neustadt O.S. (currently Prudnik). He founded a terrycloth factory at the shore of Prudnik river[2]. It quickly became one of the biggest terrycloth factories in Europe. The company was later known as Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego "Frotex". Fränkel opened a few branches in Berlin and Augsburg[3].

Samuel Fränkel died 28 July 1881 in Neustadt O.S. He was a grandfather of Max Pinkus.

References
  1. "Dobrá trasa - Vydejte se s námi na skok sousedům". www.dobratrasa.eu. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  2. "Jak zmieniał się Prudnik z inicjatywy rodzin Fränkel i Pinkus – cz. 1 - Prudnik24". Prudnik24 (in Polish). 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  3. "Fränkel Samuel | Wirtualny Sztetl". sztetl.org.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-11-03.


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