Christian Ermeler

Christian Ermeler (born May 17, 1735 in Berlin ; † October 14, 1793 there ) was a German textile entrepreneur and merchant in Berlin.

Life

The father Christian Ermeler (1685–1759) was a manufacturer in Berlin, the mother Anna Barbara, nee Wirth, was the daughter of a weaving entrepreneur. In 1763 Christian Ermeler received a concession for a calico factory in Neu Kölln am Wasser . In 1777 he had 34 looms with 43 employees, in 1785 he had 80 employees. This made him one of the most important textile manufacturers in Berlin. Workers protested several times over poor working conditions.

Christian Ermeler was married four times. Children included the tobacco manufacturer Wilhelm Ferdinand Ermeler and the painter Caroline Lauska .

literature

Marlies Ebert: The history of the family and tobacco company Ermeler. Bourgeois and entrepreneurial life and work in 19th century Berlin . In: Reiner Güntzer (Ed.): Yearbook Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, Vol. VIII 2002 . Henschel Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-89487-467-8 , pp. 105-142

Individual evidence

^ Friedrich Nicolai : Description of the royal residence cities Berlin and Potsdam , Berlin 1779. S. 384
^ Hugo Rachel : Berlin merchants and capitalists. Volume 2: The time of mercantilism 1648–1806. 2nd supplement and exp. Ed. Johannes Schultze, Henry C. Wallich, Gerd Heinrich. Berlin 1967. p. 532.

personal data
SURNAME	Ermeler, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German textile entrepreneur and businessman in Berlin
DATE OF BIRTH	May 17, 1735
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	October 14, 1793
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Friedrich Nicolai : Description of the royal residence cities Berlin and Potsdam , Berlin 1779. S. 384

[2] Hugo Rachel : Berlin merchants and capitalists. Volume 2: The time of mercantilism 1648–1806. 2nd supplement and exp. Ed. Johannes Schultze, Henry C. Wallich, Gerd Heinrich. Berlin 1967. p. 532.