Albert Vogelbach
Albert Vogel Bach (* 6. February 1877 in Loerrach , † 4. October 1924 ) was a German mechanical engineering - engineering and business owners . On the employer's side, he led the negotiations in the context of the Upper Baden uprising in 1923 .
Life
Albert Vogelbach studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Karlsruhe . Together with his brother Friedrich Vogelbach , he had owned the Vogelbach cotton spinning mill from 1902 , which his family had acquired in 1874. The company initially produced cotton yarns , later also artificial and viscose yarns and was mainly active in Germany and Alsace .
From 1911 to 1924 Vogelbach was the first chairman of the association of textile industrialists in the Wiesental and its surroundings. He was a member of the board of directors of the Lörrach district association of the Association of Southwest German Industrialists (VSWI), at least from 1914 to 1920. He was the second chairman of the Association of South German Textile Employers. He was also active in the establishment of the Reich Working Group and he was a member of the central commission of this working group.
During the Upper Baden uprising in 1923, a dispute between communist-influenced workers and entrepreneurs, he led the negotiations on the employers' side. At that time he was kidnapped and abused by insurgents. His early death was a result of this.
literature
- The Employer , Volume 14 (1914), p. 422.
- Franz Grimm: The association of textile industrialists in the Wiesental and its surroundings in the first quarter of a century. 1929, p. 16 f.
- Erwin Gugelmeier: From 1906 to 1926 in the German south-west corner. A contribution to the chronicle of the city of Lörrach. 1939, pp. 78-91.
- Theodor Humpert: The meadow valley. A local economics. 1920, p. 62.
- Hermann Schäfer: Regional economic policy in the war economy. 1983, p. 138 f.
Web links
- Cotton spinning mill Vogelbach Industrial city of Lörrach, once the largest factory in southern Baden, on www.dreilaendermuseum.eu
- Investigations against Artur Bienger et al., Loerrach, for participating in the Loerrach riots in 1923, mistreatment of the manufacturer Albert Vogelbach in LeoBW
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vogelbach, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mechanical engineer and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Loerrach |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 4, 1924 |
| Place of death | Loerrach |