Anton Riemerschmid

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Anton Riemerschmid

Anton Riemerschmid (born May 31, 1802 in Burghausen ; † November 9, 1878 in Munich ) was a Bavarian spirits manufacturer and politician. He was a co-founder of the commercial college for women in Munich - today the Riemerschmid business school - which he supported as a patron .

Life

His ancestors were blacksmiths on the old Roman road in Grafing near Munich . So they were called Römerschmiede, from which the name and the logo of the Riemerschmid family were derived. The trained master dyer became a partner in the royal Bavarian privileged wine spirit, spirit, liqueur and vinegar factory Tip & Vigl in Munich in 1835 . After he became the sole owner of the company in 1852, it became the Anton Riemerschmid wine distillery and liqueur factory named after him . In the following years he was able to expand the business significantly. In 1869 he moved the company to the Praterinsel , built a vinegar factory there and engaged well-known researchers such as Justus von Liebig and Max von Pettenkofer .

In addition to his entrepreneurial activity, Riemerschmid also took on social tasks. From September 1, 1855 to July 3, 1856 he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Bavarian State Parliament .

Together with his authorized signatory Matthias Reischle , he founded the first German girls' trade school in Munich in 1862, the Riemerschmid-Reischle'sche Handelslehranstalt für Frauenzimmer , which was a novelty with regard to the prevailing image of women at the time. The girls' school is now called the Städtische Riemerschmid Business School. Until his death, Riemerschmid carried the upkeep of the school.

In 1877 he received the Golden Citizen Medal from the City of Munich .

After Anton Riemerschmid's death in 1878, his sons Eduard (1835-1894) and Heinrich Riemerschmid (1836-1882) took over the management of the company. Heinrich Riemerschmid's wife was Maria Riemerschmid née Lachner (1844–1915), daughter of the general music director Franz Lachner (1803–1890). They were the parents of Julie Riemenschmid (born February 11, 1877 - March 25, 1947), who married the painter and graphic artist Ludwig von Zumbusch (1861–1927) on January 14, 1897 when she was 20 years old .

Eduard Franz Riemerschmid (1835-1894) married Amalie Riemerschmid nee Weishaupt (1839-1897). This couple has nine children. So u. a.

  • Dr. Carl Riemerschmid In 1905 he took over the management of the Anton Riemerschmid wine distillery and liqueur factory.
  • Ludwig Riemerschmid (1861–1934 Frankfurt-Bockenheim)
  • Arthur Riemerschmid (1864–1929), economist and farmer.
  • Eduard Riemerschmid (1866–1935), painter, architect; Wife Thusnelda Riemerschmid (1874 Oberaudorf-1935 Munich); Daughter Marianne Rümmler-Riemerschmid (1897 Munich + NN); Wife of Ernst Keller (1st marriage, divorced), wife of Wolf Rümmler (2nd marriage)
  • Richard Riemerschmid (1868–1957); Painter, designer, architect, art professor and an important Art Nouveau artist in Germany.
  • Elisabeth Riemerschmid (1871–1953); Wife of Ludwig Knözinger
  • Frieda Riemerschmid (1878–1917), later Schmidt-Hellerau. In 1910 she married the founder of the Deutsche Werkstätten für Handwerkskunst Karl Schmidt-Hellerau 1873–1948, entrepreneur, carpenter, the so-called Holz-Goethe. She was his second wife of three wives.
  • Margarethe Riemerschmid, married to Reinhard Fieser (1867 Wertheim-1960 Gauting), mayor of Baden-Baden for 22 years from 1907 to 1929, honorary citizen of Baden-Baden since December 10, 1929.

Anton Riemerschmid was buried in the family grave in the north cemetery in Munich .

Descendants

Numerous well-known personalities come from the Riemerschmid family, such as B .:

literature

  • 125 years of Anton Riemerschmid wine distillery & liqueur factory, gentian distillery & vinegar factory . Self-published, Munich 1960.
  • The irretrievable world: the Riemerschmid family in the XIX. Century; Burghausen - Muenchen - Vienna; Compiled from traditions, archive material and contemporary travel and eyewitness reports , 2001 Vienna edited by Wolfgang Riemerschmid

Web links

Commons : Anton Riemerschmid  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Praterinsel: The History of the Riemerschmid Family ( Memento from October 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. Homepage of the Städtische Riemerschmid Business School
  3. knerger.de: The grave of Anton Riemerschmid