Georg Kropp

George Kropp
Born1 December 1865
Died21 January 1943(1943-01-21) (aged 77)
Occupationssales representative (pharmaceuticals)
journalist/author
building society pioneer
Spouse(s)1. Marie Wulff
2. Pauline Burk
Children2d, 1s
Parent(s)Karl Kropp
Pauline Stegemann

Georg Kropp (1 December 1865 – 21 January 1943) was a German journalist and polymath. In 1921, with Mathilde Planck, he co-founded the Gemeinschaft der Freunde (GdF) (literally: "Society of friends") which a few years later became recognised as Germany's first mutual building society, the Wüstenrot Bausparkasse.