Boßler family

Boßler German: [ˈbɔslɐ], also written Bossler or Bosler in some family branches or testimonies of earlier centuries, is the name of a German family of merchants, entrepreneurs and industrialists, originally from southern Hesse, who were particularly active in the manufacture of air guns and in passenger and freight shipping on the Neckar and Rhine. In addition, individual members of the family achieved importance in scientific or cultural terms over the course of time.

The unbroken line of the family dynasty, which has resided with a branch in France since 1791 and another branch in Neckarsteinach in the Bergstrasse district since 1822, has been documented in the area of the historic district of Lichtenberg (district Darmstadt-Dieburg) since 1616. Members of the dynasty appeared there as local lower and higher judicial court officials, as princely state officials in the forestry and cameral system of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt and as burgraves belonging to the hesse court officials. Due to their social standing, they belonged to the regional notables.