Christian Dingler

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The successful model of the Zweibrücker press from 1845, a toggle press ; Deutsches Museum , Munich

Christian Dingler (born February 15, 1802 in Zweibrücken , † December 18, 1858 ibid) was the founder of the Dinglerwerke in Zweibrücken and developer of the Dinglerpresse.

Christian Dingler founded the Dinglerwerk in 1827 with 10 workers in the old town of Zweibrücken. It was then that he started manufacturing oil and cutting mills . From 1834 he also started manufacturing book printing presses . The toggle press developed by Dingler, which he himself called the "Zweibrücker press", went down in the history of printing as the "Dingler press". This machine was a leader in Europe for years and the cause of the company's rapid growth.

In 1834 he acquired the Schönhof estate and relocated the factory to new premises in the suburbs, which offered great expansion opportunities. In 1838 he added an iron and metal foundry and his own steam engine plant to the factory, the first in the Palatinate. From 1843 he also began to build steam engines (balancing machines). With these machines, too, he achieved a technically leading position.

The plant he founded continues to this day as Tadano Demag .

literature

  • Christian Dingler:  Dingler, Christian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 728 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • One hundred years of Dingler. History and development of the works. Your current status. Your products. Dingler'sche Maschinenfabrik AG Zweibrücken / Palatinate . Mannheim 1927
  • Dinglerwerke. Zweibrücken (Ed.): Fifty Years of Dingler AG: 1897-1947; 120 years of Dingler existence . 1948
  • Hans R. Ludwig: The industrialization of Zweibrücken - "The Dinglerwerke": Zweibrücken (Palatinate), Bierbach (Saar), Ilsenburg (Harz), Saxony-Anhalt, Polysius Dessau ... Zweibrücken ... not just roses and roses . 1991, Verlag Conrad + Bothner, 653 pages, ISBN 978-3924171100

Individual proof

  1. ^ Dingler, Christian Wilhelm Nikolaus. In: German biography. Accessed December 30, 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Dingler, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Founder of the Dingler works in Zweibrücken
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH Zweibrücken
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1858
Place of death Zweibrücken