Theodor von Cramer-Klett

Theodor Freiherr von Cramer-Klett (September 27, 1817, in Nuremberg – April 5, 1884, in Aschau im Chiemgau) was a German entrepreneur and banker.

His father was Albert Johann Cramer and his mother was Felicitas Falcke, daughter of entrepreneur Johann Caspar Falcke in Nuremberg.

Cramer-Klett was founder of German company Süddeutsche Bodencreditbank AG and co-founder of private bank Merck, Christian & Co, which became later Merck Finck & Co, and of German insurance company Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft.

In second marriage after death of Emilie Klett he was married with Elisabeth Curtze and had one son Theodor von Cramer-Klett junior.

[1] Kramer-Klett is buried in Johannis cemetery in Nuremberg.

Franz von Lenbach : Theodor von Cramer-Klett, 1883
Cramer-Klett-Denkmal (until December 6, 2011) in Nürnberger Frankenstraße, today on MAN work area
Cramer-Klett-Memorial
Cramer-Klett-Memorial on MAN area in Nürnberg