Christoph Julius Gravenhorst

Christoph Julius Gravenhorst (born February 4, 1731 in Braunschweig ; † January 17, 1794 there ) was a German chemist and entrepreneur.

life and work

Gravenhorst and his older brother Johann Heinrich Gravenhorst (1719–1781) founded the “ Chemische Fabrik Gebrüder Gravenhorst ” in Braunschweig in 1759 . In addition to the main product “ Braunschweiger Salmiak ” (from 1762), Glauber's salt (from 1769), “Red Braunschweiger Alaun ” (from 1767) and the green paints and paints invented by the brothers “ Braunschweiger Grün ” (from 1767) were produced.

The Gravenhorst salmiac factory built on the grounds of the Johannishof , a former Johanniter property in the center of Braunschweig , was the first in Germany. The sale of the color "Braunschweiger Grün" was very successful and the product was copied by other manufacturers shortly after its introduction. As early as 1768, the pharmacist Pabytzky from Peine was selling a comparable product under the name "Peinsches Grün".

After Gravenhorst's death, the company was continued by Johann Andreas Christoph Gravenhorst (1768–1833, physician) and Carl Hermann Julius Gravenhorst († August 12, 1828, manufacturer). In the 1820s the company ceased.

literature

Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 275 .
Norman-Mathias Pingel: Gravenhorst brothers . In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 92 .
Mentioned in: Karl Karmarsch : Gravenhorst, Johann Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 615.

Web links

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Individual evidence

^ Rolf Walter (Ed.): History of innovation: Income from the 21st working conference of the Society for Social and Economic History, March 30 to April 2, 2005 in Regensburg . F. Steiner, Stuttgart 2007, p. 189, ISBN 978-3-515-08928-9 .
^ Johann Georg Krünitz : Economic Encyclopedia . Volume 20, Verlag Joachim Pauli, Berlin 1780, p. 184.
^ Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff: New Most Elegant Conversations Lexicon . Volume 3, Verlag Ch. E. Kollmann, Leipzig 1836, p. 422
^ Heinrich August Pierer: Pierer's Universal Lexicon . Volume 12. Verlag H. A. Pierer, Altenburg 1861, p. 782.
^ Government sheet for the Kingdom of Bavaria . Munich 1831, p. 715.
^ August Friedrich Wilhelm Crome : Geographical-statistical representation of the state forces of all the countries belonging to the German confederation . III. Part, Gerhard Fleischer, Leipzig 1927, p. 27.

personal data
SURNAME	Gravenhorst, Christoph Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German chemist and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	February 4, 1731
PLACE OF BIRTH	Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH	January 17, 1794
Place of death	Braunschweig

[Walter-1] Rolf Walter (Ed.): History of innovation: Income from the 21st working conference of the Society for Social and Economic History, March 30 to April 2, 2005 in Regensburg . F. Steiner, Stuttgart 2007, p. 189, ISBN 978-3-515-08928-9 .

[2] Johann Georg Krünitz : Economic Encyclopedia . Volume 20, Verlag Joachim Pauli, Berlin 1780, p. 184.

[3] Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff: New Most Elegant Conversations Lexicon . Volume 3, Verlag Ch. E. Kollmann, Leipzig 1836, p. 422

[4] Heinrich August Pierer: Pierer's Universal Lexicon . Volume 12. Verlag H. A. Pierer, Altenburg 1861, p. 782.

[5] Government sheet for the Kingdom of Bavaria . Munich 1831, p. 715.

[6] August Friedrich Wilhelm Crome : Geographical-statistical representation of the state forces of all the countries belonging to the German confederation . III. Part, Gerhard Fleischer, Leipzig 1927, p. 27.