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| Jacob Katzenellenbogan | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Animal | Aardvark |
| Hair color | Light gray |
| Residence | Elwood City |
| Family | Alfred Katzenellenbogan (great-nephew) |
| Job | Lumber tycoon |
| Cartoon debut | "Elwood City Turns 100!" |
| Voiced by | Rick Jones |
Jacob Katzenellenbogan (pronounced kat-za-nehlen-bōgen) was a wealthy lumber magnate and the founder of Elwood City. He is a purely fictional historical figure and is unknown to be based on an actual historical figure.
He hired Francis Wheaton as the architect to design a mill that would drive the logging industry and start a logging town.
Though he founded the city, he was upset over the name, as he wanted the town to be named Elmwood City, not Elwood City. The monument dedicated to him spells his name with only one "l". Elwood City Katzenelenbogan Airport is also named after him, as is the Katzenellenbogan River.
In "Arthur and the Haunted Treehouse", Muffy and Bailey seek shelter from a thunderstorm under Katzenellenbogan's elaborate, roofed-over tomb. On the tomb, the name is spelled "-en".
"Katzenellenbogen" (note the spelling) is German for "cat's elbow". The word has no particular meaning.
