Andreas Leykam
Andreas Leykam (* presumably 1752 in Mainz ; † November 12, 1826 in Graz ) was a printer and publisher .
Leykam had learned the printing trade from Thomas von Trattner in Vienna . In 1776 he came to Graz, where he initially worked as an assistant in the Widmanstetter printing company before setting up his own printing company in 1781. He was given permission for this on September 30, 1781 by Emperor Joseph II , which made the Widmanstetter printing monopoly obsolete. In 1793 he acquired the Leuzendorfer paper mill, which had been in existence since 1517, and expanded the company into the largest paper mill in the Habsburg monarchy . In addition, Leykam expanded his business through further acquisitions, for example in 1806 he took over the Widmanstetter printing house. The company still exists today in the form of Leykam Medien AG . The paper division, separated in 1883, has belonged to Sappi since 1997 .
Web links
- Graff: Leykam Andreas. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 178.
- Entry on Andreas Leykam in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Additional mentions in the history of printing in Styria ( memento from June 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
supporting documents
- ↑ Leykam AG. In: aeiou.at. AEIOU , accessed June 21, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leykam, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian printer and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1752 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1826 |
| Place of death | Graz |