CF Rothe & Nephew
| CF Rothe & Neffe Juweliere GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1830 |
| Seat | Vienna |
| management | Rothe family |
| Branch | jeweler |
CF Rothe & Neffe was a jewelery company in Vienna and a former purveyor to the Imperial and Royal Court . It was one of the most important order jewelers in Vienna in the 19th and 20th centuries. The address was Kohlmarkt 7 in the 1st district of Innere Stadt .
history
Christian Friedrich Rothe originally came from Altenburg in Saxony. At the age of 17 he moved to Vienna and in 1834 entered a goldsmith's studio in the Waldschnepfenhaus on Gumpendorfer Straße . He successfully ran the studio and took it over in 1844.
In 1849 he moved to the Hollauerhaus at Kohlmarkt 7. Around 1850 his nephew Anton Otto Gerbitz joined the company, which has been called CF Rothe & Neffe ever since . His second nephew Heinrich Emil Rothe joined in 1867 and together they brought the company to great success in the area of medal production.
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According to Rothe, Anton Dominik von Fernkorn carried out the “Nibelungenhort”, which has now been lost. For the coronation of Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary , Rothe made the diamond crown that was in the treasury until 1918 . The large pontifical cross in the Hagia Sophia in Sofia was also made by Rothe. Further works, as well as orders, can be seen today in the Vienna Treasury, various museums and in Melk Abbey .
In 1855 CF Rothe & Neffe was appointed kk court gold worker by Emperor Franz Joseph I. In 1868 the additional privilege kk chamber jeweler was granted. In the course of time, Christian Rothe received all European court titles, all of which passed to his nephew after his death in 1892. Together with the company V. Mayer's Sons , Rothe & Neffe was one of the few Austrian companies in this field.
Then Anton Otto Gerbitz took over the business. After his death in 1908, Heinrich Emil Rothe ran the company and then his son Rudolf Emil. In 1938, after his sudden death, his son Emil Adalbert took over the company. During the Second World War, business came to a standstill. However, the Hollauerhaus was spared from bombs, so that the production of medals could be resumed as early as 1945.
CF Rothe & Neffe produced the House Order of the Golden Fleece for the Habsburgs , the New Year's Eve and Gregorius Order for church institutions , for religious offices , collections and museums. However, since the production of medals is very complex and qualified workers could not be found, the production was stopped in 1991.
In 1999 Susanna and Elisabeth Rothe, both trained as goldsmiths, were the 5th generation managing directors of CF Rothe & Neffe . They concentrated on the production of pearl and gold jewelry as well as costume and hunting jewelry. The company closed in January 2005 after more than 150 years. The heritage, like the dies and tools, was entrusted to museums.
In the spring of 2010, five design books dating from 1847 onwards were deposited in the house, court and state archives on Minoritenplatz in Vienna.
Individual evidence
- ^ Archives of the company CF Rothe & Neffe. (No longer available online.) Austrian State Archives, July 2, 2010, archived from the original on January 7, 2016 ; Retrieved March 29, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Ingrid Haslinger: Customer - Kaiser. The story of the former imperial and royal purveyors . Vienna: Schroll, 1996, ISBN 3-85202-129-4 .
- Oswald M. Klotz: A glittering reward for service and loyalty. Rothe Order - plasters for vanity . In: The press . Imperial and Royal Court Suppliers today (VI) / 17. January 1977.
- Pavel Car, Tomislav Muhić: Serbian and Yugoslav orders and decorations from 1859 to 1941 . Vienna: Verlag Militaria, 2009, ISBN 3-902526-26-2 . P. 555.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 31.5 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 3.9 ″ E