82:
71:
56:
384:
33:
45:
299:
He was a shareholder in mining, metallurgical and sugar companies. He built many sugar factories, and in 1870 was the initiator of the establishment of the Warsaw Sugar
Factory Association. He was a member of the National Debt Relief Commission, the Industrial Council of the Government Commission for
253:
From 1839 to 1860, having obtained the concession of the tobacco monopoly in the
Kingdom of Poland, Kronenberg amassed a considerable fortune which he used to develop the country's economy: sugar industry, construction of railways, commercial activities, and banking sectors. He was also involved in
300:
Internal
Affairs, and the Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Poland. He was a member of the board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the Senior Merchants' Assembly, the chairman of the Warsaw-Tiraspol Railway Management Board. He was the president of the Warsaw Philanthropic Society.
284:
in June of that year. After the failure of this revolt, he became a representative of the "white" faction that favored a compromise with the
Russians. In 1870, Kronenberg founded
81:
1014:
184:. His eldest sibling Ludwik (born Lewek or "Yehuda Arie Leib") was the only one whose family remained Jewish, while the other siblings each converted to Christianity.
254:
the rural economy by participating in the work of the
Agricultural Society. In 1859, Leopold Kronenberg made his entry into the world of the press by buying the
1024:
412:
296:. He also founded the Credit Corporation of Warsaw, Industrial Cashier, Warsaw Fire Insurance Company, Coal Mine Association and Metallurgical Works.
1034:
191:. Having finished his studies in 1832, he returned to Poland and took up conducting business. In 1846 he converted from Judaism to Protestantism.
303:
Between 1868 and 1871, he built in Warsaw a monumental home, Kronenberg Palace, which burned in
September 1939 and was dismantled in the 1960s.
502:
799:
86:
1009:
994:
218:
472:
306:
Kronenberg died in 1878 in Nice. He was buried in the
Kronenberg family chapel at the Evangelical-Reformed Cemetery in Warsaw.
210:
989:
405:
367:
179:
984:
537:
738:
187:
After graduating from high school in Warsaw, Kronenberg studied at the
University of Technology in Hamburg and at the
1029:
293:
270:
784:
764:
398:
230:
174:
140:
708:
421:
233:(1849–1937), banker; Tekla Julia (1851–52); Maria Róża (1854–1944)—wife of Karol Zamoyski, and subsequently of
166:
979:
912:
809:
567:
557:
70:
155:
703:
682:
242:
108:
74:
37:
1019:
1004:
999:
492:
462:
188:
825:
234:
55:
733:
582:
542:
522:
372:
195:
49:
632:
627:
160:
917:
892:
871:
667:
622:
547:
335:
937:
662:
612:
607:
592:
477:
452:
277:
214:
170:
124:
17:
856:
779:
774:
769:
642:
577:
497:
467:
457:
289:
100:
866:
154:
Kronenberg had seven siblings: Ludwik, Rozalia, Stanislaw
Solomon, Dorota (the mother of
907:
876:
835:
804:
789:
743:
672:
647:
532:
128:
973:
932:
861:
830:
759:
728:
723:
718:
698:
677:
652:
637:
572:
552:
517:
482:
315:
285:
199:
112:
60:
958:
922:
902:
657:
602:
587:
527:
507:
487:
442:
226:
383:
144:
32:
942:
897:
840:
512:
206:
85:
Leopold Stanisław
Kronenberg's burial place, at Kronenberg Family Chapel in the
927:
447:
44:
437:
255:
120:
280:
of 1863 against the Russians. To avoid arrest by the Russians, he fled to
238:
222:
116:
173:, whose family had often been in competition with the Kronenbergs), and
794:
617:
281:
713:
266:
96:
64:
390:
139:
Kronenberg came from a wealthy family of Jewish rabbis. His father
597:
382:
80:
69:
54:
43:
31:
276:
Kronenberg was an instigator of and a financial supporter of the
202:
147:
who led a small bank in Warsaw. His mother was Tekla (Theresa),
104:
394:
265:. It was a magazine with a liberal-democratic tint, whose
194:
He married Ernestyna Rozalia Leo (1827–93), daughter of
169:(whose daughter Emilia married Polish industrialist
951:
885:
849:
818:
752:
691:
428:
368:K.Bem, Reformowani Konwertyci, Jednota 7-8/2007
77:in Warsaw, which was destroyed by fire in 1939
406:
338:. YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
36:Portrait of Leopold Stanisław Kronenberg, by
8:
362:Cmentarz Ewangelicko-Reformowany w Warszawie
413:
399:
391:
1015:Polish Calvinist and Reformed Christians
241:salon; and Rozalia (born 1857), wife of
379:Warszawa: Hoesick F., 1936, s. 111–115.
327:
292:of Warsaw, and in 1875 he founded the
27:Polish banker, investor and financier
7:
1025:Converts to Calvinism from Judaism
25:
1035:Bankers from the Russian Empire
360:Jadwiga i Eugeniusz Szulcowie,
48:Photo of Leopold Kronenberg by
377:Szkice genealogiczne, Serja I.
1:
59:The historic headquarters of
237:—hostess of a famous Warsaw
143:(1773–1826) was a native of
93:Leopold Stanisław Kronenberg
18:Leopold Stanislaw Kronenberg
533:Gossler (Berenberg-Gossler)
175:Władysław Alfons Kronenberg
123:, and a leader of the 1863
1051:
1010:Businesspeople from Warsaw
294:Warsaw School of Economics
209:. They had six children:
141:Samuel Eleazar Kronenberg
995:19th-century Polish Jews
87:Warsaw Reformed Cemetery
271:Józef Ignacy Kraszewski
103:, died 5 April 1878 in
95:(born 24 March 1812 in
388:
89:
78:
67:
52:
41:
990:Polish businesspeople
387:The Kronenberg Family
386:
261:, renamed in 1861 as
205:who had converted to
84:
73:
58:
47:
35:
189:University of Berlin
985:Polish nationalists
336:"Kronenberg Family"
156:Seweryn Loewenstein
389:
373:Kazimierz Reychman
243:Aleksander Orsetti
196:Leopold August Leo
151:Levi (1775–1848).
90:
79:
68:
53:
42:
1030:Kronenberg family
967:
966:
211:Stanisław Leopold
75:Kronenberg Palace
16:(Redirected from
1042:
422:Banking families
415:
408:
401:
392:
348:
347:
345:
343:
332:
278:January uprising
259:Gazeta Codzienna
219:Władysław Edward
183:
171:Jan Gotlib Bloch
164:
125:January uprising
38:Leopold Horovitz
21:
1050:
1049:
1045:
1044:
1043:
1041:
1040:
1039:
970:
969:
968:
963:
947:
881:
845:
814:
748:
687:
430:
424:
419:
364:, Warszawa 1989
357:
352:
351:
341:
339:
334:
333:
329:
324:
312:
290:commercial bank
251:
177:
158:
137:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1048:
1046:
1038:
1037:
1032:
1027:
1022:
1017:
1012:
1007:
1002:
997:
992:
987:
982:
980:Polish bankers
972:
971:
965:
964:
962:
961:
955:
953:
949:
948:
946:
945:
940:
935:
930:
925:
920:
915:
910:
905:
900:
895:
889:
887:
883:
882:
880:
879:
874:
869:
864:
859:
853:
851:
847:
846:
844:
843:
838:
833:
828:
822:
820:
816:
815:
813:
812:
807:
802:
797:
792:
787:
782:
777:
772:
767:
762:
756:
754:
750:
749:
747:
746:
741:
736:
731:
726:
721:
716:
711:
706:
701:
695:
693:
689:
688:
686:
685:
680:
675:
670:
665:
660:
655:
650:
645:
640:
635:
630:
625:
620:
615:
610:
605:
600:
595:
590:
585:
580:
575:
570:
565:
560:
555:
550:
545:
540:
535:
530:
525:
520:
515:
510:
505:
500:
495:
490:
485:
480:
475:
470:
465:
460:
455:
450:
445:
440:
434:
432:
426:
425:
420:
418:
417:
410:
403:
395:
381:
380:
370:
365:
356:
353:
350:
349:
326:
325:
323:
320:
319:
318:
311:
308:
250:
247:
231:Leopold Julian
227:philanthropist
198:, a prominent
167:Henryk Andrzej
136:
133:
129:Russian Empire
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1047:
1036:
1033:
1031:
1028:
1026:
1023:
1021:
1018:
1016:
1013:
1011:
1008:
1006:
1003:
1001:
998:
996:
993:
991:
988:
986:
983:
981:
978:
977:
975:
960:
957:
956:
954:
952:South America
950:
944:
941:
939:
936:
934:
931:
929:
926:
924:
921:
919:
916:
914:
911:
909:
906:
904:
901:
899:
896:
894:
891:
890:
888:
884:
878:
875:
873:
870:
868:
865:
863:
860:
858:
855:
854:
852:
848:
842:
839:
837:
834:
832:
829:
827:
824:
823:
821:
817:
811:
808:
806:
803:
801:
798:
796:
793:
791:
788:
786:
783:
781:
778:
776:
773:
771:
768:
766:
763:
761:
758:
757:
755:
753:British Isles
751:
745:
742:
740:
737:
735:
732:
730:
727:
725:
722:
720:
717:
715:
712:
710:
709:Goldman–Sachs
707:
705:
702:
700:
697:
696:
694:
692:United States
690:
684:
681:
679:
676:
674:
671:
669:
666:
664:
661:
659:
656:
654:
651:
649:
646:
644:
641:
639:
636:
634:
631:
629:
626:
624:
621:
619:
616:
614:
611:
609:
606:
604:
601:
599:
596:
594:
591:
589:
586:
584:
581:
579:
576:
574:
571:
569:
568:Liechtenstein
566:
564:
561:
559:
556:
554:
551:
549:
546:
544:
541:
539:
536:
534:
531:
529:
526:
524:
521:
519:
516:
514:
511:
509:
506:
504:
501:
499:
496:
494:
491:
489:
486:
484:
481:
479:
476:
474:
471:
469:
466:
464:
463:Bischoffsheim
461:
459:
456:
454:
451:
449:
446:
444:
441:
439:
436:
435:
433:
427:
423:
416:
411:
409:
404:
402:
397:
396:
393:
385:
378:
374:
371:
369:
366:
363:
359:
358:
354:
337:
331:
328:
321:
317:
316:List of Poles
314:
313:
309:
307:
304:
301:
297:
295:
291:
287:
286:Bank Handlowy
283:
279:
274:
272:
268:
264:
263:Gazeta Polska
260:
257:
248:
246:
244:
240:
236:
232:
228:
224:
220:
216:
212:
208:
204:
201:
197:
192:
190:
185:
181:
176:
172:
168:
162:
157:
152:
150:
146:
142:
134:
132:
130:
126:
122:
118:
114:
110:
106:
102:
98:
94:
88:
83:
76:
72:
66:
62:
61:Bank Handlowy
57:
51:
46:
39:
34:
30:
19:
683:Van Lanschot
562:
558:Königswarter
429:Continental
376:
361:
355:Bibliography
340:. Retrieved
330:
305:
302:
298:
275:
262:
258:
252:
235:Gustaw Taube
215:entrepreneur
193:
186:
153:
148:
138:
127:against the
92:
91:
29:
1020:Crypto-Jews
1005:1878 deaths
1000:1812 births
850:Middle East
734:Rockefeller
583:Mendelssohn
543:Hochstetter
523:Goldschmidt
513:Frescobaldi
493:Etcheverría
221:(1848–92),
213:(1846–94),
207:Lutheranism
178: [
159: [
50:Karol Beyer
40:(1837–1917)
974:Categories
918:Jagat Seth
886:South Asia
800:Rothschild
668:Wallenberg
623:Rothschild
563:Kronenberg
548:Hottinguer
448:Benveniste
322:References
165:), Maria,
938:S. Rm. M.
893:Asaf Jahi
826:Li family
819:East Asia
608:Pierleoni
593:Oppenheim
453:Berenberg
438:Abravanel
256:newspaper
145:Wyszogród
121:financier
857:Kadoorie
836:Sumitomo
780:Guinness
775:Grindlay
770:Goldsmid
765:Clifford
739:Seligman
633:Schröder
503:Erlanger
498:Ephrussi
458:Bethmann
342:31 March
310:See also
249:Business
239:literary
223:musician
117:investor
115:banker,
111:) was a
913:Hinduja
872:Sabancı
805:Sassoon
795:Mocatta
744:Warburg
673:Warburg
648:Sozzini
618:Peruzzi
613:Pereire
588:Metzler
478:Camondo
282:Dresden
933:M. Ct.
923:Khanna
877:Shihab
841:Yasuda
831:Mitsui
760:Baring
729:Morgan
724:Mellon
719:Lehman
714:Lazard
704:Drexel
699:Barney
678:Welser
663:Thurzó
653:Speyer
643:Solaro
638:Seyler
628:Ruffer
603:Pictet
578:Medici
573:Mallet
553:Imhoff
538:Hambro
518:Fugger
483:Cerchi
468:Borgia
431:Europe
288:, the
267:editor
200:Polish
135:Family
119:, and
113:Polish
109:France
101:Poland
97:Warsaw
65:Warsaw
959:Safra
928:Kotak
908:Habib
903:Birla
810:Smith
790:Miles
785:Lloyd
658:Stern
598:Pazzi
528:Gondi
508:Fould
488:Chigi
473:Botin
443:Bardi
182:]
163:]
943:Tata
898:Bose
867:Maan
344:2022
269:was
225:and
105:Nice
862:Koç
203:Jew
149:née
63:in
976::
375::
273:.
245:.
229:;
217:;
180:pl
161:pl
131:.
107:,
99:,
414:e
407:t
400:v
346:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
