Margarethe Krupp

Margarethe Krupp (15 March 1854 – 24 February 1931; Margarethe von Ende) was a German businesswoman.

She was the wife of Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854–1902) and mother of Bertha Krupp (1886–1957).

Personal life Margarethe von Ende was born in Wrocław (Breslau) on 15 March 1854. She was the eldest daughter of Freiherr (1815–1899) and Eleonore Gräfin von Königsdorff (1831–1907), and the fourth of their ten children.

Margarethe Krupp died on 24 February 1931 and is buried in the Bredeney cemetery in Essen. She had acquired land in the south west of Essen and in 1906, after her daughter's marriage, she donated an area of land and one million marks to establish the Margarethe Krupp Foundation (Die Margarethe Krupp-Stiftung), which is still a major housing provider in Essen. The area where the homes were built was named by the Essen council in her honour. the foundation manages 3,100 residential units and 60 commercial units.

Legacy In the German television series the part of Margarethe Krupp was played by Barbara Auer.

A novel based on her story was published in 2023 by , titled Die Königin von der Ruhr: Margarethe Krupp und die Gründung der Margarethenhöhe [The queen of the Ruhr: Margarethe Krupp and the founding of the Margarethenhöhe] (Lübbe, )