Christoph Schmidt (entrepreneur)

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Old company headquarters in Erfurt, Am Alten Nordhäuser Bahnhof 6

Friedrich Christoph Benjamin Schmidt (born May 2, 1803 in Erfurt ; † January 2, 1868 there ) was a German entrepreneur.

Life

Christoph Schmidt was the grandson of the gardener Johann Christoph Schmidt (1753-1829) and took over the JC Schmidt company founded by his grandfather, in which he joined in 1828. This was initially just a subsidiary of a wax goods factory, but developed through the trade in plants and tubers as well as a bouquet binding company to an important company in the city of Erfurt, which became known worldwide as "Blumenschmidt". It was sufficient to address orders by letter with “Blumenschmidt Erfurt” so that they arrived. Christoph Schmidt developed the grandfather's company into a global company whose special culture was the dahlias , then called georgines.

Heinrich Schmidt (1841–1890) successfully continued his father's company. Ernst Müller, accepted as a partner in 1885, took over the company as sole owner after his death, but died in 1900. Müller's son, Alfred Müller, then continued the company with his brother-in-law Alfred Wentscher. In 1926 the company had to declare bankruptcy and merged as a subsidiary with the horticultural company Ernst Benary, which was also based in Erfurt .

literature

  • Joachim Schaier: The JC Schmidt company and the importance of horticulture in the 19th and early 20th centuries . In: Martin Baumann, Steffen Raßloff (eds.): City of flowers Erfurt. Waid - Horticulture - iga / egapark . Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2011, ISBN 978-3-86680-812-6 , pp. 108-132.
  • Katharina Trutz: Friedrich Christoph Benjamin Schmidt called Johann Christoph Schmidt . In: Mitteldeutsche Lebensbilder , Volume 2, Lebensbilder des 19. Jahrhundert, Magdeburg 1927, pp. 236–249 [incorrectly in places].

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Joachim Schaier: The company JC Schmidt and the importance of horticulture in the 19th and early 20th centuries . In: Martin Baumann, Steffen Raßloff (eds.): City of flowers Erfurt. Waid - Horticulture - iga / egapark . Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2011, pp. 108–132, here p. 122.

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personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmidt, Friedrich Christoph Benjamin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1868
Place of death Erfurt