Otto Baer Sr.

Otto Baer Sr. (with full name Johann Nepomuk Otto Baer ; born August 31, 1846 in Markdorf , Baden; † May 21, 1932 on the White Hirsch in Dresden ) was a manufacturer and businessman. Otto-Baer-Strasse in Radebeul, named after him in 2001, is a reminder of his social achievements .

Grave of Johann Otto Baer and his wife Anna Baer, ​​b. Berger at the Dresden North Cemetery ( )

In 1895, when he was almost 50, Baer moved to Serkowitz near Dresden. There he took over the paint factory founded in 1870, which has operated as the Robert Gysae carbon black factory since 1871 . After the takeover, Baer focused on the great future of colored printing inks and expanded the production program to include these in addition to black inks .

As a result, the company grew to such an extent that he had to move the soot distillery to another property. The Firnissiederei was also soon relocated to another location, for which he had acquired a piece of land in Brockwitz near Coswig that had a siding. His son Otto Baer jun., Born in 1880 . joined the O. Baer paint factory in 1905 as co-managing director , which he continued after his father's death.

Not least because of his social corporate governance towards his workers, Baer was elected 2nd community elder in Serkowitz in 1898. Otto Baer Sr. died in 1932 on the White Stag and was buried in the Dresden North Cemetery.

literature

• Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 .

Footnotes

1. ↑ Farben-Zeitung, Volume 35 (1929), Part 1, page 767
2. ^ Archive for Book Trade and Commercial Graphics, Volume 72 (1935), “In April 1895 Johann Otto Baer acquired the company; from this point on the development of the company to its present size and importance dates. "