Max Duttenhofer [SEP] place of death
Max Duttenhofer
Max Duttenhofer (May 20, 1843 in Rottweil – August 14, 1903 in Tübingen, full name: Max Wilhelm Heinrich Duttenhofer, 1896: Max von Duttenhofer) was a German entrepreneur and industrialist. His factory invented smokeless gunpowder.
Life.
In 1863 Max took over a powder mill from his father, from which the gunpowder factory Rottweil emerged. In 1884 he achieved a major breakthrough; smokeless gunpowder.
In 1890, Duttenhofer was one of the three founders of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft.
Duttenhofer
Duttenhofer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Christian Friedrich Traugott Duttenhofer (1778–1846), German engraver
- Luise Duttenhofer (1776–1829), German papercutting artist
- Max Duttenhofer (1843–1903), German entrepreneur and industrialist