Christian Friedrich Lechler

Christian Friedrich Lechler (born July 7, 1820 in Ellwangen , † August 18, 1877 in Wildbad ) was a German pharmacist and paint manufacturer .

Life

Lechler attended school in Ellwangen and began his apprenticeship at the age of 14 at the Schwarz pharmacy in Aalen . He worked as an assistant in Stuttgart , Reutlingen , Weinfelden , Würzburg , Weilburg , Fürth and Crailsheim . He then studied pharmacy from 1843 to 1844 at the University of Tübingen and passed the pharmacy exam there in 1844. Two years later he bought the pharmacy in Böblingen . In 1851 he sold the pharmacy again and moved to Mannheim to start manufacturing black and white lacquered writing boards instead of slate boards . After the production of this failed, he moved to Stuttgart and started the production of paints and varnishes . In 1856, his small lacquer kitchen became the "Christian Lechler car lacquer and varnish factory". In 1871 the company was relocated to Feuerbach and his son Paul became a partner, which started an unexpected rise in business.

Lechler's life's work can be divided into two parts: on the one hand, the rather unsatisfactory time as a pharmacy owner in Böblingen, and on the other, the successful second attempt as a paint manufacturer. The pharmacist's career was strained by a dispute with the doctor and by the lack of utilizing his scientific knowledge. As a paint manufacturer he was very successful and his generous social attitude came to light. He shared his long-term employees in the profits and from 1875 onwards made 10% of the net profit available annually for charitable purposes. In the foundations (founded in 1916) of his son, the German Institute for Medical Mission (founded 1906) and Tropical convalescent home in Tuebingen , his name lives on.

literature

• Wolfgang-Hagen Hein, Holm-Dietmar Schwarz: German Pharmacist Biography Volume 1, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Stuttgart 1975, p. 361.