Adolf Grohmann (industrialist)
Adolf Grohmann (born September 7, 1825 in Würbenthal , Austrian Silesia , † January 16, 1895 ibid) was a Moravian industrialist .
Life
Adolf Grohmann was the son of the textile industrialist Josef Grohmann (1792–1873), who had joined the company "Rößler und Weiß" founded by Ferdinand Rößler (1774–1838) in Würbenthal in 1800, became a partner in 1817 and took over management in 1821. The company “Grohmann & Co” was established in 1847 through the expansion of home work and gradual conversion into a mechanical linen thread factory with its own dyeing plant. Adolf's older brother Guido Grohmann (1819–1875) and his wife Emma Wagner and their son Emil Grohmann (1856–1905) continued to run the company as sole proprietors.
In 1867 Adolf Grohmann founded a factory for processing wire rod, a wire drawing shop and chain manufacture in Würbenthal. To expand production, he leased the former Hoch- und Deutschmeister'schen ironworks in Ludwigsthal. In 1884 his son Robert Grohmann took over the management of the company, which has operated under the name "Adolf Grohmann & Sohn" ever since. In 1896 the Moravian-Silesian AG for the wire industry was founded. In 1926 branches were established in Vienna and Prague.
Together with the grandchildren Kurt and Lothar, an iron foundry was founded in Buchbergsthal, which exported widely. For 78 years, the factory was owned by the Grohmann family, who were expropriated by Czechoslovakia after the end of World War II .
After 1945, Lothar Grohmann made a new start in Bielstein in the Rhineland.
literature
- Heribert Sturm (Ed.) Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries, published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) , Volume I, R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich Vienna 1979, ISBN 3-486-49491-0 , p. 470, short biographies: Adolf Grohmann (1825–1895) p. 470; Josef Grohmann (1792–1873) p. 471.
- Grohmann, Adolf. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 68 f. (Direct links on p. 68 , p. 69 ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Die Großindustrie Österreich, 4 (1898), pp. 316-318
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grohmann, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moravian industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Würbenthal |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1895 |
| Place of death | Würbenthal |