Johann Ludwig Bramsch
Johann Ludwig Bramsch (born April 3, 1811 as Johann Ludwig Bramsche ; † July 26, 1877 in Kiel ) was a German entrepreneur and factory owner in Dresden .
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Johann Ludwig Bramsche was the child of Franz Heinrich Bramsche and Anna Maria Margaretha Niehaus. Three days after his birth, Johann Ludwig Bramsche was baptized in Stirpe, today a district of Bohmte in the Osnabrück district .
In 1837 Bramsche took over the Dresden pressed yeast and grain alcohol factory at Friedrichstrasse 56. This was founded in 1820 by the entrepreneur Heinrich Wilhelm Dursthoff (* 1790 in Osnabrück ; † 1837). Dursthoff had acquired the former Gräflich-Wallwitzsche summer palace in the menagerie garden. In 1821 Dursthoff received the hard-fought approval to industrially manufacture artificial yeast according to a strictly protected recipe. The cultivation and reproduction of living cells and, in particular, their industrial production were an outstanding invention at the time. To protect against competition, the initiated employees had to swear an oath in court never to reveal the recipe. Due to the great economic success of the company, several extensions were built in the following years. In 1832 Dursthof borrowed money to expand his company considerably.
After Dursthoff died on March 20, 1837, his widow Marie Anna Engel Dursthoff (1810–1864, nee Eckelmann), who was only 27 years old, was overwhelmed by managing the company and bringing up three daughters and one son. She contacted Johann Ludwig Bramsche, who still lived in the Osnabrück area. The two knew each other from their youth: Marie's stepbrother Rudolf Eckelmann had run a joint cloth and fabric trade with Bramsche. Bramsche came to Dresden in July 1837, took over management of the plant and, with the profit from the cloth trade, expanded it into the leading spirits factory in Saxony, including a grain store and a grist mill . At that time there were over 100 brandy distillers in Dresden.
Bramsche received the citizenship of Dresden (which his predecessor, who also came from the Kingdom of Hanover , had not succeeded). In 1838 or 1841 he married Marie in Tharandt . Due to an error in the entry in the church register, the surname Bramsche became the shortened Bramsch. The couple had six children together, including Victor Ernst Louis (* December 4, 1838), Johanne Sophie Natalie (* January 11, 1842), Marie Louise Emilie (* August 10, 1843), Margarethe Magdalene Charlotte Clara (March 19, 1842) 1846–1857) and Franz Heinrich Ludwig (October 16, 1848–1925).
Together with his wife, Bramsch managed the company, which he named Dresdner Preßhefen- und Kornspiritusfabrik JL Bramsch . In addition to raw materials such as artificial yeast and grain alcohol, Bramsch also produced various spirits and liqueurs . From the mid-1840s there was a point of sale for yeast and grain brandy on Wilsdruffer Straße in Dresden's old town . In 1842 Bramsch acquired the garden and the former palace of the court painter Johann Adolph Pöppelmann , son of the famous court architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann . Two years later he also bought the site of the deer garden, which was laid out in 1696. Together with his brothers-in-law Ludwig and Hermann Eckelmann, Bramsch founded a branch in Schönpriesen in Bohemia in 1848 (today Krásné Březno, a district of Ústí nad Labem ). In 1860 another yeast factory was built in Teplice (now Teplice ). Bramsch was not able to realize further planned branches in England and the USA.
In 1856 or 1857 Bramsch acquired the former Löbtauer Stadtgut to produce the fodder for his draft animals. Bramsch didn't just use horses as pack animals. He also had a penchant for horse riding. In the morning he will stay on Ostragehege be ridden. He did not even travel to England by stagecoach, but on horseback himself. Bramsch was significantly involved in the industrialization of the Dresden suburbs Friedrichstadt and Löbtau and was considered a generous community patron.
In 1864, Bramsch's wife Marie died. Bramsch then married Agnes Negengerd (1833–1903). From this marriage there were six children, of which three were stillborns. One of the sons was Kurt Ludwig Karl (born February 15, 1876).
Bramsch did not find a successor among his numerous children and converted the company into a stock corporation in 1870 . He himself became chairman of the board of directors.
Seven years later, on the morning of July 26th, Bramsch probably died of stomach cancer during treatment in Kiel. He left behind a considerable fortune, including the Löbtau estate with its market garden, the property on Wilsdruffer Strasse with its shop, goods in Kemnitz , fields in Stetzsch , a yeast and alcohol factory in Teplitz, and shares in the Dresden factory. His grave is located in a family grave on the Inner Matthäusfriedhof in Dresden-Friedrichstadt.
Honors
In Dresden- Cotta , Bramsch-Strasse is reminiscent of Johann Ludwig Bramsch. In addition, the official will Bramschstraße tunnel -called road tunnels of the national road 173 in Dresden district Löbtau mostly Bramsch called.
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the company, a monument to Johann Ludwig Bramsch was erected in the courtyard of the now greatly expanded factory in July 1920. The monument, consisting of a granite block about two meters high and provided with a bronze plaque, was buried on the property in 1954 during the construction of the so-called staff house with dining room. Only the plaque was removed and attached to Bramsch's tombstone. In May 2012 the buried stele was found during construction work on the property after other excavations had previously failed. The four-ton granite boulder was re-erected in the street Am Bramschkontor; it is planned to attach a copy of the badge.
See also
- Who has worries ... , commercial (1948)
Web links
- Bramsch Spirituosenfabrik at www.dresdner-stadtteile.de
- Johann Ludwig Bramsch in the Stadtwiki Dresden
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Ludwig Bramsch in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 7, 2015.
- ↑ a b c d e Bettina Klemm: How Bramsche lost his "e" . In: Saxon newspaper . August 27, 2011 ( paid online [accessed on September 18, 2014]).
- ↑ a b Dietmar Sehn: Bramsch the manufacturer and community promoter . In: Saxon newspaper . March 20, 2003 ( paid online [accessed on September 18, 2014]).
- ^ Ancestry Hints for Johann Ludwig BRAMSCH , accessed September 18, 2014
- ↑ Obituary . In: Dresdner Anzeiger . July 27, 1877.
- ↑ a b Peter Hilbert: Bramsch monument discovered while excavating . In: Saxon newspaper . May 19, 2012 ( paid online [accessed on September 18, 2014]).
- ↑ The association is looking for traces of the Bramsch monument . In: Saxon newspaper . August 3, 2011 ( paid online [accessed on September 18, 2014]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bramsch, Johann Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bramsche, Johann Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and factory owner in Dresden |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1811 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1877 |
| Place of death | Kiel |