Adolph Brougier

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Joseph Gotthilf Adolph Brougier (also: Adolf Brougier; born November 11, 1844 in Altensteig , Württemberg ; † December 10, 1934 in Vitznau on Lake Lucerne ) was a German merchant and food entrepreneur ( Kathreiner AG ) as well as a royal Bavarian secret councilor .

Life

Adolf Brougier was born in Altensteig in Württemberg in 1844. In 1876 Brougier joined Emil Wilhelm in the trading business "Franz Kathreiner" in Munich, which was called "Franz Kathreiner's successor" or "FKN" when Brougier joined. The trading business itself was owned by the Royal Bay in 1829. Sergeant a. D. Franz Kathreiner was founded in Munich's Burgstrasse. Over the years, the company developed into one of the largest grocery retailers in southern Germany - and, under the aegis of Brougier and his partners, was one of the largest German trading houses at the end of the 1890s. (Around 1900 Kathreiner paid well over 1 million gold marks in entrance duties)

Kathreiner's malt coffee factory wins the title of purveyor to the court of His Holiness (1906)
Holdereggen Castle in Lindau (Lake Constance)

In 1892 the subsidiary "Kathreiner's Malzkaffe" was founded. The Kathreiners malt coffee with the picture of Pastor Kneipp on the blue packaging is valid together with Fritz Henkel's washing powder and Dr. Oetker as one of the first German branded products. Brougier and the owners of Kathreiner Werke were also co-founders of the Bavarian Industrial Association and the German Brand Association in 1903. Brougier and the Kathreiner companions were appointed "purveyors to the court of His Holiness the Pope Pius X and the Holy Apostolic Popes" on January 10, 1906 .

With members of the befriended Sedlmayr family (Spaten-Bräu), Brougier founded the “Werdenfelser Terraingesellschaft mbH” in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1898, which aimed to develop Garmisch-Partenkirchen into a spa and holiday center. The business project failed. Adolph Brougier was one of the largest taxpayers in Munich and owned the city's first automobile. He maintained close contacts to members of the Wittelsbach family, to politics as well as to Munich's artists.

Adolph Brougier was married to Julie Brougier geb. Oelschläger, daughter of the Württemberg educator and rector Wilhelm von Oelschläger (1816–1901) from Stuttgart. This connection resulted in three children.
From the end of the 19th century Brougier lived at Holdereggen Castle in Lindau (Lake Constance) , which he voluntarily made available as a hospital during the First World War . Brougier later retired to his property on Lake Lucerne. Holdereggen Castle became the property of his son-in-law's family, Kommerzienrat Ludwig Seisser.

End of the company

Parts of the former "FKN - Franz Kathreiner's successor" (the so-called "Kathreiner AG") had to file for bankruptcy in 1997. After the merger with the Franck company in 1943, the malt coffee was already owned by Nestle AG , which still produces it today together with the “ Caro Landkaffee ” brand. The former production facilities of the Kathreiner Werke at Munich's Ostbahnhof, which were generously expanded under Brougier, are now owned by the well-known electronics manufacturer " Rohde & Schwarz ".

Awards

  • In addition to other awards, Brougier and his partners, the privy councilors Emil Wilhelm and Hermann Aust, were awarded the golden badge of honor of the Munich merchant casino for their services to the Munich economy.
  • Brougier Park in Vitznau in Switzerland and Brougier Strasse in Lindau are still named after Adolph Brougier.

Sources and literature

  • "FKN, 125 years - a balance sheet", self-published by Kathreiner AG, Munich, 1954.
  • "Memories", Adalbert Prince of Bavaria, Prestel Verlag 1979, Munich.
  • "150 Years of Kaufmann's Casino", Chronicle, 1982, Kaufmanns Casino Munich.
  • "Neher and the Holdereggen Castle", Lindauer Zeitung, 1977?
  • “Das Reklamesammelbild”, Evamaria and Erhard Ciolona, ​​Verlag Battenberg.
  • State Archives Baden-Württemberg N 1/78 T 1 No. 1368, black folder from Robert Arnaud as representative of Kathreiner's Malzkaffee - inscription: "Kathreiner's Malzkaffee-Fabriken."
  • “Franz Kathreiner's successor, grocery store and coffee substitute factory”, In: Kahn, Julius: Munich's large-scale industry and wholesale, Munich, Bruckmann?
  • Werner Dobras: New Year's Sheet 26 of the Lindau Museum Association - Lindau Personalities , 1981

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The novel "The sold village" by Fritz Müller-Partenkirchen describes the sepeculation and real estate deals of Brougier's "Werdenfelser Terraingesellschaft". Excerpt from the foreword ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / members.gaponline.de
personal data
SURNAME Brougier, Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German merchant and food entrepreneur as well as royal Bavarian secret councilor
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Altensteig , Württemberg
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1934
Place of death Vitznau on Lake Lucerne