Christian Fuglsang

Malta Christian Fuglsang (born November 15, 1857 in Ødis in North Schleswig , † November 26, 1936 in Alt Hadersleben ) was a German brewery owner.

Act as an entrepreneur

Christian Fuglsang came from the Fuglsang family . He was a son of the brewer Sören Christian Fuglsang and his wife Mathilde, née Borgen. He attended the Hadersleben Latin School until his real exams in 1876. He then trained as a brewer in several German breweries, including from his brother Conrad in Mülheim an der Ruhr. In 1886 he went back to Hadersleben and together with his brother Sophus became a member of the management of his father's brewery .

The Fugelsang brothers' brewery and malt house grew significantly during the 1880s and 1990s. Therefore, for example, new buildings for malt production were built. In 1893 the brothers split up the company. Christian Fuglsang continued to run the brewery as "SC Fuglsang Bierbrauerei". Due to agreements with other breweries in North Schleswig not to compete with each other, the company grew into the first years of the First World War .

Fuglsang ran the brewery in the style of a patriarch. He was personally acquainted with most of his employees and worried about their well-being. However, he had problems with the fact that the workers wanted to create a union for brewery workers from the beginning of the 20th century. He found the disputes that this triggered between the employees and the company managers depressing.

From 1920 onwards, Fuglsang's brewery ran into problems due to competition from large Copenhagen breweries. In addition, the brewery now had to serve Danish customers themselves, who bought far more bottled beer than draft beer, which until then had been the brewery's most important product. During the 1920s, Fuglsang therefore switched production to bottled beer, which was a lengthy and expensive process. Therefore, the brewery became a stock corporation in 1929 with Fuglsang as director. The new company was able to increase sales in the town and office of Hadersleben. The first successes came before Fuglsang's death.

Fuglsang was appointed to the Commerce Council.

Political commitment

Because of his education and the history of the family, Fuglsang was committed to the German-minded Nordschleswiger. When Ober-President Ernst von Köller , who cracked down on the Danish population in North Schleswig, greeted them triumphantly in Hadersleben in 1899, Fuglsang said during the banquet on behalf of all participants that he hoped that the conflict would end because of Köller's initiative. Fuglsang donated to the "German Association for Northern Schleswig" and was actively involved in local politics. From 1909 to 1920 he was a member of the Hadersleben district council. From 1894 to 1901 he was the mayor of Alt-Hadersleben.

Before the referendum in Schleswig , Fuglsang campaigned like his brother to ensure that North Schleswig did not separate from the German Empire. He did not act in the front row, but helped the "German Committee for the Duchy of Schleswig" financially and morally. The Schleswig-Holstein Provincial Committee recommended Foreign Minister Ulrich Graf von Brockdorff-Rantzau to involve Fuglsang as a representative of the province in the negotiations of the Foreign Office on the Schleswig-Holstein question . However, he received fewer invitations than the two representatives of the “German Committee”, probably because he was politically considered “Pan-German”.

Fuglsang considered a split in Schleswig to be an extremely problematic matter, economically and culturally. The result of the referendum and the cession of North Schleswig to Denmark therefore disappointed him very much. With the exception of the office of Vice President of the Supervisory Board of Hadersleben Creditbank, he did not appear in public after the referendum. The German-minded citizens' association in Hadersleben made him an honorary member in 1932 because of his services.

family

In 1886 Fuglsang married Maria Emma Stoecker (born January 13, 1939 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ; † January 13, 1939 in Alt Hadersleben). She was a daughter of the businessman Eduard Stoecker and his wife Sophie, née Bilger. The couple had a daughter and sons Hans and Fritz .

literature

• Henrik Fangel: Fuglsang, Christian . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , pages 116-118.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Henrik Fangel: Fuglsang, Christian . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 116.
2. ^ Henrik Fangel: Fuglsang, Christian . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 116.
3. ^ Henrik Fangel: Fuglsang, Christian . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , pages 116-117.
4. ^ Henrik Fangel: Fuglsang, Christian . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 117.
5. ^ Henrik Fangel: Fuglsang, Christian . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 117.
6. ^ Henrik Fangel: Fuglsang, Christian . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 117.
7. ^ Henrik Fangel: Fuglsang, Christian . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 117.
8. ^ Henrik Fangel: Fuglsang, Christian . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 117.
9. ^ Henrik Fangel: Fuglsang, Christian . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 9 - 1991. ISBN 3-529-02649-2 , page 116.