August Weygang
August Karl Weygang (born June 19, 1859 in Öhringen ; † July 25, 1946 there ) was a German tin caster and manufacturer.
Life
Weygang was born in Öhringen as the offspring of an important German-Swedish pewter foundry dynasty. He trained as a tin caster in his father's company and then went on a hike that took him to Göttingen , Nuremberg , Augsburg and Passau . At the age of 25, he took over the family business in September 1885, which he sold to Carl Hähnle in 1895, three years after his father's death. He went to Stuttgart himself and opened a new pewter foundry there at Lessingstrasse 3, but returned to Öhringen in 1897 and built a new company in Karlsvorstadt , which he gradually converted to manual series production by breaking down the production process into individual work steps for specialized workers . Since 1913 it traded under the name Hohenlohesche Metallwarenfabrik Öhringen August Weygang . In 1919 Weygang acquired the historical molds for pewter figures and pewter dishes from the related pewter foundry Weygang in Göttingen, which had existed there since 1850. The inspiration for his jugs, plates and candlesticks was provided by models from his extensive collection of historical pewter utensils. In 1910, Weygang had a new residential building built in Karlsvorstadt, which today houses the Weygang Museum.
August Weygang had been married to Thekla Völter since 1885. Since the marriage remained childless, In 1931 Weygang designated the city of Öhringen as the sole heir of his property and his collections, which flowed into a legal foundation and have been shown in the Weygang Museum since 1953 . The pewter foundry was acquired and continued by his nephew Eugen Ochsenreither.
Honors
In 1929 Weygang was made an honorary citizen of the city of Öhringen.
literature
- Reto Niggl (Ed.): Tin based on the old model. Contribution of the Weygang family to historical handicraft and continuation of traditional forms into the present . Schneider-Henn, Munich / Paris 1983, ISBN 3-923239-02-5 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weygang, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weygang, August Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German tin caster and manufacturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Öhringen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1946 |
| Place of death | Öhringen |