Georg Kropp

German journalist and polymath

Georg Kropp (1 December 1865 – 21 January 1943) was a German journalist and polymath. In 1921, with Mathilde Planck, he co-founded the Gemeinschaft der Freunde (GdF) (literally: "Society of friends") which a few years later became recognised as Germany's first mutual building society, the Wüstenrot Bausparkasse.2

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Born Dec 1, 1865, died Jan 21, 1943.1

Companies

Early life and education

Provenance and early years

Georg Kropp was born in Swinemünde on the Pomeranian north coast. Karl Kropp, his father, was a ship's captain, and as a boy Georg was keen to follow his father into that profession, but in 1880 his father, in charge of the sailing barque, "Lessing", was caught in a violent storm and became stranded in the Kattegat. Karl Kropp was blamed for the accident. He never captained another ship, instead embarking on a land-based career, opening a drug store. There is speculation that the rapid switch from sailing ships to steamboats was one reason that Kropp senior, like many ships' captains of his generation, did not wish to continue his career at sea with the new technology.

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Career

Occupation: writer, journalist.4

Personal life

  • BornDec 1, 1865, Usedom5
  • DiedJan 21, 1943, Wüstenrot6
  • CitizenshipGerman Reich7

Marriage and family

In 1893 or 1895 (sources differ) George Kropp married Marie Wulff, a cousin. The marriage produced three recorded children, a son and two daughters. 1895 was also the year in which Karl Kropp died. His son gave up the family drug store and the growing family relocated several times, apparently in connection with Georg Kropp's work. They lived successively in Mannheim, Heidelberg and Heilbronn.

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