Ludwig Roselius
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Ludwig Roselius was a German
coffee
merchant
and founder of the company KAFFEE HAG. He was born in Bremen
and is credited with the development of commercial decaffeination
of coffee. As a patron
, he supported artists like Paula Modersohn-Becker
and Bernard Hoetger
and turned the street Böttcherstrasse in Bremen
into an artwork.
He was also a supporter of Die Brücke
institute and started the publication of the famous heraldic Coffee Hag albums
in the described formats of the Brücke.
During the Third Reich, "Politically a conservative, Roselius had a positive attitude towards National Socialism and supported Hitler, with whom he had a private meeting in Bremen in 1922."
Apparently he had later a falling-out with Hitler - though not with the Nazi ideology - because Roselius believed in the existence of or lobbied for the creation of a purebred "Lower German race" ("Lower" as a geographical term - as in "Lower Saxony") and Hitler did not.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
coffee
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
merchant
Merchant
A merchant is a businessperson who trades in commodities that were produced by others, in order to earn a profit.Merchants can be one of two types:# A wholesale merchant operates in the chain between producer and retail merchant...
and founder of the company KAFFEE HAG. He was born in Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
and is credited with the development of commercial decaffeination
Decaffeination
Decaffeination is the act of removing caffeine from coffee beans, cocoa, tea leaves and other caffeine-containing materials. Despite removal of caffeine, many decaffeinated drinks still have around 1-2% of the...
of coffee. As a patron
Patrón
Patrón is a luxury brand of tequila produced in Mexico and sold in hand-blown, individually numbered bottles.Made entirely from Blue Agave "piñas" , Patrón comes in five varieties: Silver, Añejo, Reposado, Gran Patrón Platinum and Gran Patrón Burdeos. Patrón also sells a tequila-coffee blend known...
, he supported artists like Paula Modersohn-Becker
Paula Modersohn-Becker
Paula Modersohn-Becker was a German painter and one of the most important representatives of early expressionism. In a brief career, cut short by an embolism at the age of 31, she created a number of groundbreaking images of great intensity.-Life and work:Paula Becker was born and grew up in...
and Bernard Hoetger
Bernard Hoetger
Bernhard Hoetger was a German sculptor, painter and handicrafts artist of the Expressionist movement....
and turned the street Böttcherstrasse in Bremen
Bremen
The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
into an artwork.
He was also a supporter of Die Brücke
Die Brücke (institute)
Die Brücke was an institute founded in Munich, Germany in 1911. The official name was ' .-Description:Die Brücke was founded by Emperor Wilhelm II...
institute and started the publication of the famous heraldic Coffee Hag albums
Coffee Hag albums
The Coffee Hag albums were published in the early 20th century by the Kaffee Handelsgesellschaft AG in Bremen, Germany, starting with heraldic stamps and collector's albums....
in the described formats of the Brücke.
During the Third Reich, "Politically a conservative, Roselius had a positive attitude towards National Socialism and supported Hitler, with whom he had a private meeting in Bremen in 1922."
Apparently he had later a falling-out with Hitler - though not with the Nazi ideology - because Roselius believed in the existence of or lobbied for the creation of a purebred "Lower German race" ("Lower" as a geographical term - as in "Lower Saxony") and Hitler did not.