Carl Trimpler

Carl Trimpler (born August 24, 1795 in Brucke bei Könnern ; † July 6, 1860 in Alsleben (Saale) ) was a German ship owner , shipping director and city ​​councilor .

His pioneering act was the founding of the “Schiffersocietät” (today the oldest boatmen's association in Saxony-Anhalt), which gained wide popularity far beyond the provincial borders and developed into one of the largest and most powerful boatmen's associations in Germany.

Life

Trimpler lived in Brucke as a child and adolescent: crossing the Saale as a father-operated yaw ferry (aerial photo 2017)

Trimpler lived as an adult in Alsleben: historic castle from 1689; Saale crossing as a bridge (photo 2017)

Johann Carl Friedrich Trimpler was born in Brucke an der Saale , today's district of Zickeritz as a town in the town of Könnern in the Salzlandkreis (district administration: Bernburg (Saale) ) in the state of Saxony-Anhalt . His father was the shipbuilder and ferry leaseholder Johann Christoph Trimpler , his mother was Regina Trimpler , nee. Clerk . In 1818 Carl Trimpler married the daughter Johanna Sophie Wilhelmine of the master bricklayer Rehländer from Alsleben (Saale) and settled here, about 12 km down the hall from Brucke. He acquired citizenship, first lived at Burgstrasse 6 and then bought the house at Markt Nr. 8, although at that time he was already referred to as the “boat owner”.

Trimpler was active for the administration of the city of Alsleben for 30 years from 1829 to 1859 as a member of the magistrate , since 1836 as the first councilor .

At the beginning of the 19th century, shipping on the Saale had experienced a tremendous boom, and the Saale was now being developed into a safe waterway. From Alsleben, organizations for the benefit of the Saale shipping were also active , which many shipping towns soon joined. The leading head of the movement was Carl Trimpler as Alsleben's shipping director . In 1823 he founded the "Schiffahrts-Sozietät", in 1829 the "Schiffer-Hilfskasse" as social security and in 1848 he took over the boats of the Prussian salt office and the monopoly of salt shipping for Alsleben . Over 120 barges from the "home port Alsleben" sailed the German inland waterways. But also shipbuilding and many ancillary trades such as ship and anchor smiths, ropes, sailmakers, etc. were at home here thanks to Trimpler's initiative.

Trimpler had five daughters, three of whom died at a young age. One of his daughters married the grain dealer Schulze, to whom he left his house on Markt, and he himself bought the house next to it at Markt 6/7 and lived here until his death. Carl Trimpler died of liver disease on July 4, 1860 and was buried in the city cemetery on July 7, with great sympathy. He left his wife and two grown daughters. The following generations failed to preserve the grave of this man, who was so important for Alsleben and inland navigation. On the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the city of Alsleben in 1936, the Steinstraße behind the village church was renamed Carl-Trimpler-Straße in his honor (today: Karl-Trimpler-Straße).

Working for boatmen's associations

As early as 1823, under the direction of Trimpler, a boatmen's society was founded as the “Saale Shipping Association” in Alsleben. In 1824 he became the spokesman and director of this association. The association's work was aimed in particular at the joint appearance of the Saale skippers, z. B. by joint advertisements of several ship owners in the Magdeburger Zeitung with offers for freight traffic. This oldest skipper's association in Saxony-Anhalt gained wide popularity far beyond the provincial borders and developed into one of the largest and most powerful skippers' associations in Germany. At the second election of the board in 1827, 213 ship owners were already members of the Schiffer-Societät Alsleben. Carl Trimpler was the director of this society until his death, in 1848 he was honored with a silver trophy for the 25th anniversary.

At the end of the Societät's efforts, the “Schifferhilfskasse” was founded with its help in 1829 to support sick or injured boatmen in the town and village of Alsleben and Mukrena . This made it possible for the first time to pay sick pay to the insured. By merging the Saale boatmen with a “Societäts-contract”, Trimpler was able to set up this self-help organization, which was unique in Germany at the time. This contract, which ran for 18 years from 1830 to 1848, was signed by 44 ship owners, Trimpler became the conductor and took over the management of the business. He was liable at the same time as his and his wife's assets and thus represented mortgage security for the company's business. Since this fund often suffered from a lack of money, especially at the beginning, Trimpler helped with grants from his own pocket. He also took on the bookkeeping and cash management without payment. This contract, which is also to be regarded as his outstanding achievement, was signed on March 1, 1830 in his home by 213 members. Three years later the association already had 318 members. The mayor and Carl Trimpler were responsible for the supervision and decision-making in disputes.

Trimpler campaigned for the construction of a shipyard in Alsleben in 1842 , which was initially managed by the shipbuilder Friedrich Samuel Zieb . His father was a royal shipbuilder in Berlin and had a wife by née Trimpler. When Zieb went bankrupt in 1844, Trimpler took over the financial affairs until 1850. In addition to being a shipping director, Carl Trimpler also worked as a grain dealer. With the contract for part of the royal salt transports, he succeeded in significantly increasing shipping in Alsleben and thus significantly improving the standard of living in the city. For this period, a freight turnover of about 450,000 thalers, a grain turnover of about 1 million thalers and about 35,000 thalers for sugar beet were given. In 1849 Alsleben was home to around 120 barges (so-called "freight vessels"), and the place provided the crew for almost all Saale ships.

In 1890 the boat club “Undine” was founded, which still exists today and in 2000 it was converted into “Vereinigte Schiffervereine Alsleben und Umgebung UNDINE e. V. ”was renamed and unites all six boatmen's clubs from Alsleben and the surrounding area, making it the largest boaters' club in Saxony-Anhalt.

literature

• Karl Labbert (Ed.): 1000 years of the city of Alsleben ad Saale - festival book. August Kloeppel's successor, Ebeling printing house, Lutherstadt Eisleben 1936, 160 pp.
• Brigitte Haberland: Chronicle of the city of Alsleben ad Saale. Published by the city of Alsleben, 2nd edition, Alsleben 1998.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Club life of the Schifferverein ( Memento of the original from November 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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.