12 Facts About Julius Neubronner

Julius Gustav Neubronner was a German apothecary, inventor, company founder, and a pioneer of amateur photography and film.

Julius Neubronner was part of a dynasty of apothecaries in Kronberg im Taunus.

The Julius Neubronner family was resident in Kronberg as an apothecaries' family since Christian Julius Neubronner had taken over a pharmacy there in 1808.

The wife of Wilhelm Neubronner and mother of Julius Neubronner came from the Lowe dynasty of actors, and her sister was the singer Sophie Lowe.

Julius Neubronner initially received his education at home, together with two sisters.

Julius Neubronner fulfilled his military duties at least partially in the Province of Hanover.

In 1886, Julius Neubronner took over the pharmacy in Kronberg from his father.

Wilhelm Julius Neubronner had used pigeon post for fast delivery of prescriptions, but had stopped the practice after a few years, when the neighbouring villages received their own pharmacies.

Between 1903 and 1920 Julius Neubronner recorded a number of amateur films which were restored by the Deutsches Filmmuseum between 1994 and 1996 and later published on YouTube.

Julius Neubronner's father Fritz Stiebel was a well-known physician in Frankfurt.

In 1907, Julius Neubronner submitted a patent for his invention of aerial photography by means of a pigeon photographer; he was granted the patent in 1908.

Carl Julius Neubronner became known for his experiments with model aircraft: At the age of 16 he developed the "Raketoplan", a rocket-propelled model airplane, and the national rocket model aircraft club still awards an annual Carl Julius Neubronner Prize.