Benedict Drechsler junior
Benedict Drechsler junior (born September 17, 1678 in Johanngeorgenstadt ; † in the 18th century) was a Saxon gold worker and entrepreneur who moved to Franconia and became a mining commissioner there.
Life
He was the son of Benedict Drechsler , a mining expert who had been expelled from the Bohemian mountain town of Platten as an exile and who financed him an apprenticeship as a gold worker. Benedict Drechsler was initially a senior driver in Sankt Joachimsthal . After his father's death, he returned to Johanngeorgenstadt, where he took over the sulfur hut in Lehmergrund, which the name Schwefelwerk still recalls today. In 1714 he found the emery contained in mica and granular lime near his sulfur smelter, which he successfully processed there.
On February 13, 1702, in Johanngeorgenstadt, he married Anna Sophia Löbel (* 1680), the daughter of the councilor and trader Paul Löbel, with whom he had seven children. With his youngest children he moved to Wunsiedel , where he became miner commissioner in 1722.
literature
- Frank Teller : Mining and mining town Johanngeorgenstadt (1654–1945) , 2001
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wood turner, Benedict junior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wood turner, Benedict Junior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saxon gold worker and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th September 1678 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | plates |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th century |