August Beringer

Christian August Beringer (born February 15, 1818 in Waiblingen , † January 28, 1881 in Berlin ) was a German entrepreneur.

Life

Son of Johann Christian Beringer, (* April 17, 1778 in Hoheneck, Neckarkreis; † December 20, 1850) and Elisabetha Christina Duncker, (* October 19, 1777) in Gradstetten, Württemberg.

Christian August Beringer left Waiblingen as a pharmacist and chemist, initially as operations manager at Gebr. Heyl & Co., Fabriken Chemischer Farben, which was founded in 1833 by Ernst Eduard Heyl at Salzufer 8 in Charlottenburg near Berlin. In 1852 he founded his own factory for paints and paper auxiliaries in Berlin-Charlottenburg on an area between Marchstrasse, Charlottenburger Ufer and Sophienstrasse. The most important product was Blanc Fixe (precipitated barium sulfate ) , which is important for luxury papers .

He was married to Emilie Bürckle, (* April 9, 1829 - † December 4, 1909) and lived in Thiergartenfeld 1a around 1855 and in Sophienstrasse 1a from 1860 (ran from what was then Berliner Strasse to Charlottenburger Ufer, today Otto-Suhr- Allee or Einsteinufer).

After his death, his widow Emilie Beringer, née Bürckle (1829–1909) and later his first son, Emil Beringer, continued to run the company until Emil Beringer's death in 1920. The company was later run by his son Christian August Beringer jun. continued. In 1926 there were considerable complaints from residents about smoke nuisance, which were successful. In August 1926, the A. Beringer GmbH paint company merged with the “parent company” Gebr. Heyl & Co to form Heyl-Beringer-Farbenfabriken AG for the production of chemical colored and mineral paints, earth colors and oil paints in tubes for art and decorative painting. After the merger, production was stopped on August 10, 1926.

In October 1927 Christian August Beringer jun. his share in Heyl-Beringer-Farbenfabriken AG for 1.6 million RM to Gebr. Gutbrod chemical Farbenfabriken GmbH from Frankfurt. He resigned from the board. Alfred Gutbrod became the new CEO.

In January 1930 the new company went bankrupt and was taken over by Kali Chemie AG. For a while, products were sold under the trade name Heyl-Beringer Farbenfabriken.

children

• Sophie Beringer, * 1852, married to Otto Pfaff.
• Emil Beringer, Royal Prussian Councilor of Commerce and City Council, * September 23, 1853, † January 13, 1920.
• Otto Beringer, * March 15, 1855 in Charlottenburg, † November 10, 1891 in Görlitz (buried on November 13, 1891 in the hereditary funeral in Charlottenburg), married to Johanne Alexandrine Leverkus, * June 18, 1858 in Wermelskirchen, † April 19, 1925 in Stralsund.
• Julie Beringer, born April 6, 1857, † August 16, 1922, married to Adolf Slaby .
• August Beringer, * February 28, 1860, married in 1885 to Elisabeth March, * September 5, 1862 in Charlottenburg.
• Karl Beringer, † August 1902.

Hereditary burial place of the Beringer family

Hereditary burial place of the Beringer family

The representative hereditary burial place of the Beringer sen. is located on the south wall of the 2nd cemetery of the Luisengemeinde at Königin-Elisabeth-Strasse 46-50 in Berlin-Charlottenburg. In addition to the company founder, the following were buried here:

• Friederike Bürckle, b. Zeyer (September 20, 1807– January 6, 1876)
• Ernst Beringer († 1880)
• Erna Beringer (born December 23, 1880 - February 3, 1885, buried February 5, 1885)
• Emilie Beringer, b. Bürckle (buried on December 7, 1909)
• Emil Beringer (September 23, 1853– January 13, 1920), Royal Prussian Council of Commerce and City Council
• Hermann Müller (born December 31, 1820 - October 17, 1888)
• Tobias Beringer (November 22, 1922 - January 9, 1924)
• Otto Beringer (March 15, 1855 in Charlottenburg - November 10, 1891 in Görlitz, buried on November 13, 1891)
• Karl Beringer (buried on August 16, 1902).

The hereditary funeral was owned by the family until 1949. The last authorized users were Christian August and Xenia Beringer. Another grave site of the Beringer family and the Slaby family related to them has also been preserved in the same cemetery. Joachim Beringer († 1945) was buried here.

Web links

• Entry to his death under 1881