Christian Georg Hornbostel
Christian Georg Hornbostel (born May 15, 1778 in Vienna ; † June 6, 1841 there ) was an Austrian textile manufacturer and invented the mechanical silk loom in 1815 .
Life
Christian Georg Hornbostel was born in Vienna in 1778. After the death of his father Christian Gottlieb Hornbostel, he took over the management of the family-owned textile factory in the Viennese suburb of Gumpendorf . The company produced fashion, furniture and wallpaper fabrics. From 1822 to 1827 he had the privilege to produce the fine silk fabric Crêpe de Chine .
In 1816 he built a factory in Leobersdorf in Lower Austria . In order to increase production and also be able to weave complicated jacquard patterns, Hornborstel invented a mechanical loom powered by water power with the Pottendorf factory owner Johann Thornton in 1815. In 1824 30 “self-weaving chairs” operated by water were already in operation. In addition, Hornbostel operated two mills and a cotton spinning mill in Leobersdorf, in which eight fine spinning machines produced the yarn for its own weaving mills.
Hornbostel was a co-founder of the Austrian National Bank .
family
He was married to Auguste Friederike Johanne Becker (1787–1842), daughter of Rudolph Zacharias Becker , since 1804 . The couple had four sons and two daughters, including Theodor von Hornbostel (1815–1888).
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Hornbostel, Christian Georg . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 298 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Gustav Otruba : Hornbostel, Christian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 633 ( digitized version ).
- Peter Eigner, Andrea Helige: Austrian economic and social history in the 19th and 20th centuries . Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85447-996-4 .
- New Nekrolog der Deutschen , Volume 19, p. 1342 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Christian Georg Hornbostel. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 423.
- ↑ a b Entry on Hornbostel, Christian Georg in the Austria Forum (biography)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hornbostel, Christian Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian textile manufacturer and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1841 |
| Place of death | Vienna |