- Ferdinand Mülhens
Ferdinand Mülhens (
December 23 ,1844 -January 15 ,1928 ) was a land owner and entrepreneur inKönigswinter ,Germany . Mülhens was born inCologne .In the 19th century he managed the perfume factory founded by his grandfather
Wilhelm Mülhens atCologne 's Glockengasse 4711, producing the originalEau de Cologne .During the years 1912 to 1914, he set up the hotel on the
Petersberg near Bonn, which later become the Guest House of the Federal Government ofGermany . Since 1913, he was the owner of theDrachenfelsbahn , amountain railway line in theNorth Rhine-Westphalia region ofGermany .From 1922 until his death, Ferdinand Mülhens was an honorary citizen of Königswinter.
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