Christian Gottfried Schierholz

Christian Gottfried Schierholz (born January 17, 1787 , † October 31, 1851 ) was a German entrepreneur and manor owner .

Marriage and manorial estate

The young entrepreneur of the porcelain manufactory in Plaue , who lives in Arnstadt , married the daughter of Friedrich Gotthardt Bertuch, the owner of the Dornheim manor , around 1810 . After the marriage he built a cheese dairy , a spirits distillery and a vinegar factory on the in-laws' estate to refine part of the harvested vegetable products.

The porcelain factory

In 1817 he took over the Plaue porcelain manufacture south of Arnstadt and relocated part of the production to Dornheim. Later, his son Julius Adelbert took a share in the company, which from then on was called CG Schierholz und Sohn . The younger son Hugo was later accepted as a co-owner. Porcelain was painted, fired and shipped in Dornheim for 18 years.

While his parents were still alive, Julius Adelbert, the eldest son, inherited the manor and, in equal measure, the porcelain factory and the house in Arnstadt with Hugo.

Military political achievements

• In August 1813 kidnapped soldiers a Prussian Freikorps 200 French Train horses from the district thorn home. French soldiers then surrounded Dornheim in order to torch the village in revenge. Schierholz was able to prevent this planned revenge through diplomacy .
• On the occasion of the meeting of the three monarchs in Dornheim on October 26, 1813, the Austrian Emperor Franz II stayed at the von Schierholz castle.
• The Russian guards and the Austrian army bivouacked in the corridors around Dornheim.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 130 years BC Schierholzsche Porzellanmanufaktur Plaue GmbH at www.porzellan-selb.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 3, 2013, pp. 1-3