Christian Gottlob Dierig

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Christian Gottlob Dierig (born June 26, 1781 in Langenbielau , † December 22, 1848 there ) was a German entrepreneur in the textile industry and founder of the Dierig Group .

Life

Dierig came from a family that had worked as weavers in the Silesian Owl Mountains for generations . His parents were the master weaver and Freihäusler in Langenbielau Johann Gottfried Dierig (1755–1816), son of the weaver and Freihäusler in Langenbielau Gottfried Dierig (1718–1766) and Maria Elisabeth born. Viol (1759–1846), daughter of the Freihäusler and hereditary blacksmith in Langenbielau Gottlieb Viol.

Dierig himself learned the trade of weaver. In 1805 he left his parents' house and started his own business in Oberlangenbielau as a publisher of yarns , some of which he also woven himself. According to a document, his starting capital was 10 thalers . It began with the processing and trade of Drell, Züchen, calico , fustian and jacquard -Möbelstoffen of linen and silk . Since his workshop soon became too small, in 1820 he moved into a factory site with a house in Langenbielau, where he initially ran a yarn and fabric dyeing factory, in which he had the raw yarns he bought dyed. In 1830 own looms were put into operation in a newly built building. In 1842, in addition to jacquard weavers and dyers, he employed around 3,000 hand weavers and 1,000 bobbins in the surrounding area in his factory. It passed u. a. Yarn distributors in the counties of Glatz and Strehlen , as well as branches in Leipzig and Berlin. He gained fame above all for his linen and silk striped upholstery fabrics and bed drapes .

In the Silesian weavers' uprising of 1844, Dierig was also targeted by the rioters. On June 5, 1844, the weavers moved from Peterswaldau to Langenbielau. Despite the defense of his workers, the angry crowd stormed the factory premises, destroyed the looms, ransacked the warehouses and occupied Dierig's house. Only the dyeing and finishing were spared. Military intervention resulted in the deaths of ten men and one woman in the uprising. The damage caused amounted to 80,000 thalers. After his death in 1848, the company was continued by his sons Wilhelm and Friedrich Dierig.

family

Christian Gottlob Dierig married Johanne Eleonore born in 1808. Junge (1785–1854), daughter of the Freihäusler and master weaver in Neubielau Johann George Junge and Anna Rosina Junge née. Poser. The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Wilhelm (1809–1864), manufacturer in Langenbielau
  • Friedrich (1818–1894), factory owner in Langenbielau
  • Christian Gottlob, mill owner in Peterswaldau

literature

  • Friedrich Andreae: Silesian life pictures. Volume 1, J. Thorbecke, 1985, pp. 174-176.
  • Gottfried Dierig: The work of five generations. 150 years of Dierig. (published by Christian Dierig AG) Augsburg 1955.
  • Christina von Hodenberg: revolt of the weavers. The 1844 revolt and its rise to myth. Dietz, Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-8012-3073-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martina Achzet: rehabilitation of distressed companies. Process and personnel development in corporate restructuring under bankruptcy regulations, settlement regulations and insolvency regulations . Herbert Utz Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8316-4467-4 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2019]).
  2. ^ Wilhelm Treue: Economic and technical history of Prussia . Walter de Gruyter, 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-085317-9 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Dierig, Christian Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur in the textile industry, founder of the Dierig Group
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Langenbielau
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1848
Place of death Langenbielau