Christoph Reisser's sons
The company Christoph Reisser's Sons was an important Viennese printing company during the Austro-Hungarian monarchy , owned by the Reisser family.
history
The Reisser printing company was founded in 1873 immediately after the Vienna World Exhibition by Christoph Reisser (1836–1892), who together with his business partner Max Werthner named it “Chr. Reisser & M. Werthner ”. After his death she was first born by the widow Isabella. Bauer (born April 11, 1843 in Vienna, † July 9, 1931 in Baden) continued together with Max Werthner and Reisser's son Victor (1867–1944). In 1900 Max Werthner left on good terms and founded his own book printing company, for which he built a new building in 1902. He specified color prints as a specialty. In 1911 he set up "Werthner, Schuster & Co. GmbH", and one year later he acquired the lithography license . The second son Christoph Reisser d. J. (1873–1957) joined as a partner instead of Max Werthner. Adolf Reisser, a third son, worked as an engineer in the Kaiser machine factory. A sheet feeder developed by him was used in the print shop of the Neue Freie Presse.
With the takeover of the sons, the company operated under the new name “Christoph Reissers Söhne, vorm. Reisser & Werthner ”. The Reisser company had a book and lithographic printing plant , later also offset printing , employed initially over 200 and later around 1914 over 350 employees and workers. Victor Reisser was responsible for customer care and production and worked closely with well-known typography graphic artists. Christoph jun. was responsible for organizational and commercial tasks as well as for the machine equipment of the company. In 1904 the company moved to Arbeitergasse 1–7 in the 5th district of Vienna, the construction of which was carried out by Christoph Reisser jun. was operated.
In 1913, Anton Schroll , the founder of the art publisher Anton Schroll & Co. , retired from business life, his company initially passed in part, in 1931 entirely, into the hands of the Reisser family. After the partial takeover of the Schroll publishing house in 1914, Christoph Reisser jun. the Leipzig-born bookseller Friedrich Mayer as the publishing director. This turned out to be a clever move, and under Mayer's direction the print shop produced several art editions. In the same year the owners Christoph jun., Victor, Oskar and their mother Isabella Reisser were appointed royal purveyors to the court.
The Reisser family were partners in the publishing and retail bookstore " Ludwig Wilhelm Seidel & Sohn " on Graben. LW Seidel & Sohn was founded in 1848 and, according to the assessment of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was "one of the oldest and most respected book, publishing and assortment stores". The partner of LW Seidel & Sohn was Heinrich Tachauer, who in turn was appointed purveyor to the court. The publishing bookstore LW Seidel & Sohn was also affiliated. In the last years of the First World War, the Reisser company joined the printing and publishing house Carl Fromme GmbH as a partner, later took over all the shares and finally merged the company with its own.
The main areas of activity of the Reisser company were the printing of scientific and fictional works, textbooks, youth publications, festival publications, catalogs, magazines, book and wall calendars as well as works of a bibliophile nature. Many types of printing were also produced for transport companies and for the emerging tourism industry. The bosses of the Reisser company also maintained a close relationship with many contemporary artists, especially those of the Hagenbund , whose posters came almost exclusively from Reisser's presses.
The First World War hit the company hard, but it was able to hold its own. During the First World War, the company printed, among other things, patriotic posters, for example by Rudolf Geyer , calling on the population to donate metal for the army. From 1915 artists such as Victor Slama designed posters. The senior boss Victor Reisser was president of the Association of Book Printing Owners from 1918 to 1930 and of the main association from 1930 to 1938. After his death, his brother Christoph Reisser jun. the senior boss, his son Friedrich Reisser and Hans Reisser, who was the print shop manager from 1924 to 1962, represented Christoph Reisser's sons as a limited partnership . Dr. Heinrich Reisser, the nephew of Christoph Reisser jun., Died shortly after the Second World War. Christoph Reisser's son Friedrich took over the business. The company was later taken over by Friedrich Geyer. Friedrich Reisser's son Dietrich later worked with Friedrich Geyer until he left the company in 1980.
In 1962 the company was converted into a stock corporation. The Reisser company has always been one of the top printing companies in Austria when it comes to quality of execution. The renovation was carried out within a few years after the entry of the publisher and printer Friedrich Geyer senior, who had been a member of the board since 1972. In 1975 the company Christoph Reissers Söhne, AG NG , joined forces in accordance with the Structural Improvement Act. KG , Agens-Werk Geyer + Co. and Heinrich Boog & Co. to form Agens-Werke Geyer + Reisser in a limited partnership. The Agens-Werk Geyer + Reisser continued to publish art editions and was managed by Friedrich Geyer jun. guided. Alexandra Maria Vosta-Geyer has been managing director since 1986, and the Geyer + Reisser Agens plant is active in bookbinding, paper processing and paper wholesale.
literature
- Anton Durstmüller the Elder J., Norbert Frank: 500 years of printing in Austria. The history of the development of the graphic industry from the beginning to the present . 3 volumes. Main Association of Austrian Graphic Companies, Vienna 1982–1989, ISBN 3-85104-500-9 .
- Ingrid Haslinger: Customer - Kaiser. The story of the former imperial and royal purveyors . Schroll, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-85202-129-4 .
Web links
- German photo library : Reisser, Christoph. Accessed April 1, 2009 (German).
Individual evidence
- ↑ File: Christoph Reisser Soehne 2935.JPG
- ↑ File: Christoph Reisser Soehne 7.jpg
- ↑ Durstmüller, Volume 3, pp. 183f., §7
- ↑ Durstmüller, Volume 2, p. 178.
- ↑ Reisser, Christoph. Deutsche Fotothek , accessed on June 7, 2009 (German).
- ↑ Durstmüller, Volume 3, pp. 183f.
Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '12.6 " N , 16 ° 21' 17.2" E