Carl Wilhelm Kurtz

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Carl Wilhelm Kurtz (born October 1, 1809 in Stuttgart ; † January 16, 1869 there ) was a German tin caster and entrepreneur.

Live and act

Design drawing for a communion jug, engraving after a drawing by Carl Beisbarth , executed by Kurtz (1863)
Baptismal bowl in the Techentin village church

Kurtz came from a family that had worked for generations in Reutlingen as a bell and piece caster and since 1803 as a syringe manufacturer in the manufacture of fire extinguishers in Stuttgart .

In 1833 he opened a pewter shop under the C. W. Kurtz company in Stuttgart's Kirchstrasse No. 2 on the market square . The company initially traded mainly in pewter dishes and church supplies. Its mostly made of tin and sometimes silvered Taufschalen , Taufkannen, Supper devices and offering plate found in many churches throughout Germany.

In 1833 Carl Wilhelm Kurtz married Jakobine Louise Christine Dolmetsch (1808–1889), a daughter of the master baker Jacob Ulrich Dolmetsch. The couple had seven children, of whom the son Hermann Kurtz (* 1847) continued the business under his name. At the end of the 19th century, the business of manufacturing and selling pewter figures shifted more and more to the toy business , which became the exclusive business area in the 20th century. In 1905 Otto Kurtz took it over and the business remained in the family until 1997. Today, Spielwaren Kurtz at Marktplatz 10 is part of the Vedes group.

literature

  • Kurtz, Kurz , in: Bernhard Koerner (Ed.) German Gender Book. Volume 11, Berlin: Bruer 1904, p. 264
  • Kurtz, Hermann - Stuttgart , in: Bernhard J. Schwarz, tin figures - lead figures . Directory of tin and lead figure manufacturers; Directory of dealers.

Web links

Commons : CW Kurtz and Family  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joachim Haase: A Swabian bell foundry family has been building fire engines for over 200 years. Fire engines from the Kurtz family in Reutlingen and Stuttgart. In: Fire Department Chronicle 3 (2007), No. 2 ( digital version ; PDF; 1.5 MB)
  2. ↑ From traditional house to modern adventure world - a success story  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 19 kB), press release from April 1, 2004, accessed on June 9, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / konzern.vedes.de  
personal data
SURNAME Kurtz, Carl Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pewter and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1869
Place of death Stuttgart