About Rudolph Karstadt
Lived 1856 – 1944 (aged 88). Rudolph Karstadt was an entrepreneur.
Rudolph Karstadt (16 February 1856 – 15 December 1944 in Schwerin) was a German entrepreneur.
Biography Karstadt was born in Grevesmühlen near Lübeck on 16 February 1856, he apprenticed in Rostock and then worked in his father’s textile shop in Schwerin.
With a loan of 1000 thaler from his father and with the help of his two sisters, Karstadt opened his first store, ″Tuch-, Manufaktur- und Konfektionsgeschäft" at the Krämerstr. 4 in Wismar on 14 May 1881.
In 1919 Karstadt AG and Theodor Althoff KG merged.
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Who was Rudolph Karstadt?
German entrepreneur (1856–1944)
When was Rudolph Karstadt born?
Rudolph Karstadt was born on 16 February 1856 in Grevesmühlen.
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Rudolph Karstadt died on 19 December 1944 in Schwerin.
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Rudolph Karstadt was an entrepreneur.
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Rudolph Karstadt's recorded nationality: German Reich.
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