Wolfskehl

Wolfskehl is the name of a German family of Jewish faith tradition who lived in Darmstadt in the 18th to 20th centuries. As was the Jews in 1808 required to accept a steady family name, the family took its name from their place of origin Wolfskehlen in the Hessian Ried. Persons of this family are:

  • Heyum Wolfskehl (1776-1866), court - banker under Grand Duke Ludwig I and Ludwig III. , Founder of the banking house Heyum Wolfskehl and Sons
  • Joseph Carl Theodor Wolfskehl (1814-1863), Darmstadt banker
  • Otto Wolfskehl (1841-1907), Darmstadt banker and city councilor, longtime Member of Parliament and Vice- President of the Second Chamber of the Hessian Parliament, founder of the Building Association of Workers' Housing, founder of the Hessian State Mortgage Bank, Chairman of the Jewish community
  • Karl Wolf Kehl (1869-1948), writer and translator
  • Paul Wolfskehl (1856-1906), mathematician and founder of the testamentary Wolfskehl price.
  • Individual family
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