Christoph Reisser

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Christoph Reisser, portrait of Anton Romako (1885)
Title page of the Neue Freie Presse on the death of Christoph Reisser (1892)

Christoph Reisser (born April 11, 1836 in Forchheim , † February 8, 1892 in Vienna ) was a director of a printing company and technical director of the newspaper Neue Freie Presse .

Life

Christoph Reisser's father was Franz Reiser (born August 12, 1807 in Forchheim, † July 2, 1852 ibid), a master baker , house owner and magistrate who died by suicide . His mother was Margareta geb. Hebendanz (born September 7, 1807 in Forchheim, † May 27, 1856 ibid).

He learned the printing business in Bamberg and, after wandering through Germany, joined Vienna in 1856 as a typesetting assistant in the print shop of the daily newspaper Die Presse . With part of the staff he switched to the Neue Freie Presse . After moving to Vienna, he changed his family name from "Reiser" to "Reisser". This name was carried on by his descendants.

He made a career in the printing company and in 1864 became head and finally director. Together with G. Sigl he developed the first rotary printing press built in Austria . He also developed folding machines that were connected to the rotary machines to form a production line by means of a transport mechanism he had invented. This made the Neue Freie Presse the first newspaper in Europe to be printed on continuous paper rolls.

1873 taught Reisser at the Vienna World Exposition 1873 the Pavilion of the Neue Freie Presse one. He headed the newspaper printing department there, and the International World Exhibition Newspaper was produced in front of the public . In recognition of his performance, he was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit with Crown. The newspaper also sold most of the machines on display (three high-speed and two platen printing presses) at a very reasonable price, with which he founded his own printing company. First with a partner under the name Chr. Reisser & Josef Bayer , the name changed from 1879 with the son of the editor of the Neue Freie Presse to Chr. Reisser & M [ax] Werthner .

The company initially had 20 employees, Reisser mainly devoted himself to magazine, work and illustration printing. In 1882/83 he also added a flat printing department.

Reisser was good friends with the painter Anton Romako , who made life-size portraits of him and his wife Isabella, born in 1885 . Bauer (born April 11, 1843 in Vienna, † July 9, 1931 in Baden). These were sold in 1989 by the grandson Friedrich Reisser (1904–2000) to the collector Rudolf Leopold . You are now in the Leopold Museum .

Reisser's death notice in the Neue Freie Presse took up half the first page. A large group of mourners accompanied him during the transfer of his body from the house where he died, the press print shop on Fichtegasse . The Vienna Vice Mayor carried out the blessing in St. Stephen's Cathedral . His marble bust was erected in his honor at the main entrance to the headquarters at Arbeitergasse 1-7. He was buried in Vienna at the Gersthofer Friedhof (grave location 1 - 1-24), where 39 years later his widow Isabella was also buried.

The printing company was continued by his widow Isabella, her son Victor (1867–1944) and their junior partner Max Werthner. Later, the sons Christoph (1873–1957) and Adolf joined, and the company was now called Christoph Reisser's Sons .

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Reisser, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION technical director of the newspaper "Neue Freie Presse"
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Forchheim
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1892
Place of death Vienna