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 Major figures, inventors, businessmen and women: they’ve all left their mark on our region, setting out from here to find success in the wider world. No matter where they were born, it was here that they built up something new.
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* 20. Januar 1834 in Klötze
† 30. Mai 1916 in Berlin-Charlottenburg
Chemist, pharmacist, inventor. After Frank came to Stassfurt as the chemical lab technician of a sugar plant, he investigated the material excavated from rock salt extraction and discovered the importance of potash salt as a fertilizer. In 1861, he established the first potash factory in Stassfurt. He also developed procedures for the production of calcium cyanamide and bromine, conducted research into the production of hydrogen for airships and introduced the brown colouring of beer bottles.
Where you are born is one thing, where you get started in life is another.
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