Christian Gotthelf Brückner

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Christian Gotthelf Brückner (born October 18, 1769 in Mylau ; † June 14, 1834 there ) was a German spinning mill owner , merchant and banker. In 1808 he built the first factory in the northern Vogtland .

family

Christian Gotthelf Brückner came from a humble background. His father Carl Christian Brückner was a master rope maker. His mother Johaunen Sophie Forbriger was the daughter of Mylauer wafers baker . His parents made a living mainly from agriculture and animal husbandry. They also ran a small material and cutlery trade. Christian Gotthelf Brückner had an older brother and a sister.

He was married to Joh. Gottliebe Reuter, the daughter of a cloth merchant from Lengenfeld . This marriage resulted in ten children.

One of his daughters was Emilie Brückner (1801–1879). She was married to the later co-owner of the CG Brückner company and Saxon State Minister Robert Georgi . Her son was the first mayor of Leipzig , Otto Georgi .

Life and work

education

Christian Gotthelf Brückner was already an apprentice at a materials dealer in Greiz while he was still at school . But after only 30 weeks he asked his father to be allowed to come back, as he did not expect any benefit from the training. Since he wanted to become a businessman, after his confirmation he began an apprenticeship with a businessman in Mals in Hohenstein-Ernstthal . His parents could not finance this training in the long run, so he had to give up his plan to become a businessman just 15 months later.

Therefore, in 1785 he began an apprenticeship as a weaver with his older brother, who ran a thriving linen weaving workshop in Mylau. Christian Gotthelf Brückner himself described this step in his memoirs as " of the most important consequences for my happiness in life and as the basis for everything that rejoined it in the pursuit of my life career ". Through diligence and skill, he quickly became a successful weaver, so that he could also support his parents financially.

CG Brückner weaving mill

After completing his apprenticeship in 1786, he left his brother's weaving workshop and set up his own loom in his parents' house, and his goods sold well in Plauen . In order to be able to expand his business quickly, he successfully asked the state government to shorten his time as a journeyman and to give up his two-year wandering. After passing the master craftsman's examination, he founded the CG Brückner company in 1789. After a short time, he employed five journeyman weavers and an errand boy. Since he succeeded in producing muslin goods of above-average quality, he was able to sell his goods directly on the market at a better price without intermediaries. Due to the increased demand, he has now set up additional production facilities. In 1796 he acquired the title of Schleierherrn (cotton merchant) in Plauen for 70 Reichstaler. As a result, he succeeded in further expanding his company with commission and credit transactions at trade fairs in Frankfurt (Oder) and Leipzig . At the same time he reached the markets in Vienna , Trieste , Venice and Bolzano with his muslin and fashion goods .

With the continental dam established in 1806 and the associated elimination of English competition, Christian Gotthelf Brückner was able to further improve his sales of goods after initial losses due to miscalculations. Together with the Greizer brothers Fritz, he leased the then vacant castle Mylau and taught there on 8 February 1808, the first factory of the northern Vogtlandes, a cotton mill, one. The company contributions of the three shareholders amounted to equal parts each 32139 Reichstaler.

The company grew rapidly. As early as 1811, eight hand-operated spinning machines had become 64 water-powered fine spinning machines and 16 hand spinning machines. At times he employed 700 spinning workers. In 1815 the Fritz brothers left the company as partners and Christian Gotthelf Brückner continued the spinning mill on his own. Since the company had become too big and the water supply was no longer adequately guaranteed, he stopped operations at Mylau Castle in 1828 and relocated production to a former fulling and paper mill on the Göltzsch . Because the demand for muslin goods decreased, he switched to bobbinet weaving in 1830 . In 1831, the CG Brückner company with 298 employees (including 144 children) was the largest company in the Vogtland .

Banking house CG Brückner

In 1820 he founded the first bank in Mylau and the surrounding area.

swell

  1. ^ Rudolf Forberger: The industrial revolution in Saxony 1800-1861 , Vol. 1, Steiner: Stuttgart 1982, p. 490.
  2. ^ Rudolf Forberger: The industrial revolution in Saxony 1800-1861 , vol. 1, Steiner: Stuttgart 1982, p. 139f.

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personal data
SURNAME Brückner, Christian Gotthelf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German spinning mill owner, merchant and banker
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1769
PLACE OF BIRTH Mylau
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1834
Place of death Mylau