Samuel Fränkel

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

Samuel Fränkel
שמואל פרנקל
Born	22 November 1801 Zülz
Died	28 July 1881 (age 79) Neustadt O.S.
Resting place	Jewish cemetery in Prudnik
Citizenship	German
Spouse	Ester Polke
Children	Zwi, Menachem, Jehuda, Akiba, Dorothea, Cäcilie, Josef, Jenny, Abraham, Albert, Auguste, Rosalie, Emanuel, Hermann
Parents	Abraham Isaak Fränkel (father) Chandel Fränkel (mother)
Relatives	Max Pinkus

Life

Samuel Fränkel was born 22 November 1801 in Zülz (currently Biała, Poland). In 1827 he moved to Neustadt O.S. (currently Prudnik). He founded a linen and terrycloth factory in 1845, at the shore of Prudnik river.^[2] It quickly became one of the biggest terrycloth factories in Europe. Fränkel opened a few branches in Berlin and Augsburg.^[3] The company was confiscated from the Fränkel family by Nazis in 1938, under the Nuremberg Laws that prohibited German Jews from owning property. Post-war, the company reopened under the name Zakłady Przemysłu Bawełnianego "Frotex".

Family

He was a grandfather of Max Pinkus.

Death

Samuel Fränkel died 28 July 1881 in Neustadt O.S.