Carl Friedrich Solbrig (entrepreneur)

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Carl Friedrich Solbrig (born March 15, 1807 in Reichenbach im Vogtland , † March 17, 1872 in Harthau ) was a German entrepreneur and politician .

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Carl Friedrich Solbrig around 1850
Solbrig worsted yarn spinning mill in Harthau, 1867
Hereditary funeral of the Solbrig family in Harthau
Weathered gravestone for Carl Friedrich Solbrig

The son of a weaver from Reichenbach in the Vogtland had to help support the family at the age of seven. As a starter boy, he worked in Christian Gotthelf Brückner's spinning mill in Mylau until his confirmation . He then began an apprenticeship in Friedrich Glaß's cloth-making and wool combing workshop in Reichenbach. After successfully completing this apprenticeship, he worked for a while in Gera , a center for wool manufacturing and cloth making. He then worked as a foreman in the von Thum cloth factory in Katharinenberg near Reichenberg in the Jizera Mountains .

In 1841 the merchant Solbrig returned to the Kingdom of Saxony and joined August Kühne's spinning mill in Altchemnitz . After Kühnes departure, Solbrig continued to run the company under the name C. F. Solbrig . After he was able to lease the building of the former Bernhardschen machine spinning mill in Harthau from Carl Gottlieb Haubold in 1849 , he relocated his company there and built a worsted yarn spinning mill in the buildings. In 1856 he acquired the entire property. Around 1860 there were 33 fine spinning machines in his establishment, along with all the necessary combing and processing machines . A water wheel and two steam engines were used for operation. He employed about 250 people. Due to its primary involvement in wool production, Solbrig is also known as the Chemnitz “wool king”. For his products he received a. a. In 1845 a silver medal at the industrial exhibition in Dresden, and in 1850 a silver medal at the German industrial exhibition in Leipzig, the first large award medal at the world exhibition in London and the large award medal at the general German industrial exhibition in Munich. In 1867 he was awarded the Knight's Cross by the Order of Albrecht by the King of Saxony. The successors to his textile factory operated as Actien-Gesellschaft Sächsische Kammgarnspinnerei zu Harthau from 1871 and as VEB Kammgarnspinnerei after the Second World War .

Solbrig was one of the co-founders of the Chemnitz share spinning mill at today's Postplatz. Around 1860 he bought back the spinning mill in Altchemnitz (near Solbrigstrasse , which was named after him ), which he initially operated as a branch of the Harthauer factory, but from 1863 it operated under the name of C. F. Solbrig Sons .

From 1863 to 1869, Solbrig was a member of the second chamber of the Saxon state parliament as a representative of the 14th rural constituency .

In his will he donated 46,000 marks for charitable purposes, which u. a. used for an infant care facility, orphanage, poor house, and for high school and university studies.

Solbrig was buried in the family crypt at the Harthau cemetery.

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  1. ↑ a b c d Wolfgang Uhlmann: Carl Friedrich Solbrig . In: From Alberti to Zöppel - 125 biographies on Chemnitz's history. Edition Reintzsch, 2000, ISBN 3-930846-22-5 , p. 107.
  2. ^ History of Harthau ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / chemnitzgeschichte.de
  3. ↑ Wolfgang W. Timmler: Napoleon's continental barrier brought a lot of yarn. The machine spinning mills of the Bernhard brothers in Berlin and Saxony . In: Berlin monthly magazine ( Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein ) . Issue 2, 2001, ISSN  0944-5560 , p. 96-99 ( luise-berlin.de ).
  4. ↑ a b c worsted yarn spinning mill from CF Solbrig . In: Album of the Saxon Industry . Volume 1. Louis Oeser, Neusalza 1856, p. 41 f.
  5. ^ Leipziger Zeitung , January 13, 1867
  6. ^ The Chemnitz stock spinning mill. (No longer available online.) In: Stadtfuehrung Chemnitz. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016 ; accessed on May 13, 2016 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chemnitz-stadtfuehrung.de
  7. ^ Wieck's, FG German illustrated business newspaper. Volume 1857, p. 121 f. ( books.google.de )
  8. ^ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952. Dresden 2001, p. 129
  9. ↑ Solbrig tomb
personal data
SURNAME Solbrig, Carl Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and politician, member of the Saxon state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Reichenbach in Vogtland
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1872
Place of death Harthau