Carl Heinrich glasses

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Carl Heinrich Gläser (born October 30, 1831 in Erdmannsdorf , Ore Mountains , † December 5, 1903 ) was a German saddler and wagon maker in Dresden . The Glass Body Company goes back to him.

Life

In 1864, the master upholsterer glasses founded a workshop for the construction of carriage and horse-drawn sleighs at Rampische Strasse 6 in Dresden. On August 1, 1864, he received his first commission. The talented vehicle manufacturer quickly made a name for himself in specialist circles.

Due to the good quality of the carriages and sleighs he built, glasses also received orders from the royal stables and the royal stables office in Dresden in 1865. Later he also received orders from the grand ducal stables in Meiningen. In the mid-1890s he was appointed royal Saxon court wagon manufacturer for his services.

In Gläser's workshop, the shell structures delivered by other craftsmen were upholstered and painted. Because his own production capacities were insufficient, he had been purchasing vehicle shells from wheelwright Friedrich August Emil Heuer from Radeberg since mid-1890 . This year he ran an independent blacksmith and carriage workshop in Radeberg and in 1885 married Glaser's daughter. In 1898 Emil Heuer became Glaser's partner. Carl Heinrich Gläser died in December 1903, Emil Heuer took over the management in 1902.

Further history of the lens body

Emil Heuer kept the established company name “ Glasses Body” . Heuer began building the body in 1902, by then the company Gläser had built more than 4,000 carriages and horse-drawn sleighs.

During the First World War , Gläser manufactured military wagons such as provisions, ammunition and medical vehicles as well as field kitchens. In 1918, Heuer withdrew from the company and handed over management to his eldest son, Emil Georg Heuer. The change from a car to a body factory took place under his leadership.

The success of Gläserkarosserie GmbH of sole owner Willy Bochmann as Heuer's son-in-law with the construction of car bodies for luxurious convertibles for various automobile manufacturers ( Alfa Romeo , Audi , Austro-Daimler , BMW , Cadillac , Ford , Hanomag , Horch , Maybach , Mercedes-Benz , Opel , Steyr , Stoewer , Wanderer ) did not live to see glasses, who died in 1902. As a body manufacturer, he also supplied convertible bodies for the Saxon automobile manufacturer Horch in Zwickau. By 1939 the number of employees in Dresden and Radeberg rose to 1,500.

With the beginning of the Second World War , Gläser produced armaments such as truck bodies, aircraft parts and military wagons. The company employed 2500 people. After the end of the war, Gläserkarosserie GmbH was expropriated and has been working as VEB Karosseriewerk Dresden since 1953. Erich Heuer tried a new start in 1950 in Upper Palatinate with some machine tools that were outsourced to West Germany. On December 31, 1952, he had to close his business.

Museum property

literature

  • Gerhard Mirsching: Glass Cabriolets: A Piece of German Automobile History . Motorbuch, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-613-01193-X
  • Gerhard Mirsching: Automobile bodies from Dresden. From glasses to KWD. Edition Reintzsch, Radebeul 1996 ISBN 3-930846-08-X

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From carriages to automobiles - 150 years of body construction in Dresden and Radeberg. (PDF; 11.6 MB) Karosseriewerke Dresden, p. 5 , accessed on February 27, 2018 .
  2. ^ Thomas Köppen: Hof-Wagenfabrik glasses in Dresden. In: Mecklenburgisches Carriage Museum in Kobrow. 2015, p. 440.
  3. ↑ From carriages to automobiles - 150 years of body construction in Dresden and Radeberg. KWD Automotive AG & Co. KG, p. 5 , accessed on July 23, 2019 .
  4. ^ Thomas Köppen: Hof-Wagenfabrik glasses in Dresden. In: Mecklenburgisches Carriage Museum in Kobrow. 2015, p. 440.
  5. ^ Thomas Köppen: Hof-Wagenfabrik glasses in Dresden. In: Mecklenburgisches Carriage Museum in Kobrow. 2015, p. 440.
  6. ^ Peter Kirchberg: glasses. In: Car and Body. Wiesbaden 2013, pp. 518-522.
  7. ↑ Thomas Köppen: Mecklenburgisches Carriage Museum in Kobrow. 2015, p. 51.
personal data
SURNAME Glasses, Carl Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glasses, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German coachbuilder for automobiles and carriages
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Erdmannsdorf , Ore Mountains
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 1903