Albert Milde
Albert Milde (born February 7, 1839 in Wesetin in Moravia, † November 8, 1904 in Vienna ) was an Austrian art locksmith and civil engineer .
Life
His professional career began in 1860 as a journeyman locksmith. In 1863 he went into business for himself with a small locksmith's shop, which was located in the "Rote Apfel" house in the lower part of Vienna's Postgasse, which has since disappeared. His real subject was art locksmithing. During the development of the Viennese arts and crafts at the end of the 1860s, Milde knew how to bring his capabilities to bear and find strong sales for his work. He was one of the first Viennese art industrialists who followed the suggestions given by the Austrian Museum and carried out works based on artistic drafts.
In the Untere Viaduktgasse in Vienna he built his own house and a large workshop for his business operations, employed both artists and technicians and carried out the structural and decorative work in wrought iron for several monumental buildings that were built in the early 1870s. At the Vienna World Exhibition in 1873 he was already in the front row of the Viennese art industrialists. He expanded his company and carried out large iron structures. In 1874 he received the knight of the papal New Year's Eve order , in 1879 he was appointed a knight of the Franz Joseph Order by the emperor . Due to his services he was appointed by the emperor to the kuk court locksmith .
But by the 1880s, the sprawling business began to decline and Milde ran into financial difficulties. Despite his great technical ability, this was probably due to a lack of commercial sense. He had to leave the company to a limited partnership Albert Milde & Co. , for which he worked as an employee for several years. He later tried to start his own business again, but was unsuccessful. The company Albert Milde & Co. merged with the Josef & Ludwig Biró office in 1904 , from which Waagner-Biro emerged.
Through his work and the honesty with which he had fulfilled all his obligations to the end, Milde had earned general respect in the circles of Viennese industrialists, and the trade association initiated an action in his support. In quiet seclusion and suffering badly physically, he died relatively impoverished at the age of 64.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Obituary. In: Neue Freie Presse , November 9, 1904, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ Neues Wiener Tagblatt. Obituary. November 9, 1904, p. 1
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| SURNAME | Mild, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian civil engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wesetin , Moravia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1904 |
| Place of death | Vienna |