Wilhelm Merck
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- Surname: Merck
- First name: Wilhelm
- Date of birth: 09.05.1893
- Date of death: 14.08.1952
Born in Darmstadt, Wilhelm Merck became co-owner of the pharmaceutical company of the same name in 1921, a member of the supervisory board of Daimler-Benz AG from 1934 to 1945 and president of the Hessian Automobile Club for a time. From 1924 onwards, he and his wife Ernes took part in numerous motorsport events in Benz and later Mercedes-Benz cars.
in 1924, among other things, he won the Baden-Baden Automobile Tournament and took a class victory in the Königstuhl hill climb near Heidelberg. In 1926, he won the "Strahlenfahrt" in Erbach and, the following year, the renowned car tournament in Wiesbaden.