Cyril Bartoň-Dobenín

Cyril Bartoň-Dobenín [ˈbartɔ̹ɲˌdɔ̹bɛniːn] ; Born as Cyril Bartoň , sometimes also Cyril Adolf Bartoň , 1912–1918 Cyril Bartoň z Dobenína (born December 24, 1863 in Vysoká Srbská , Kingdom of Bohemia ; † May 29, 1953 in Náchod , Czechoslovakia ) was a textile entrepreneur in the from 1894 to 1918 Austro-Hungarian monarchy and then until 1953 in Czechoslovakia. He was also an important patron .

Career

Cyril Bartoň-Dobenín's ancestors were long-established house weavers and linen dealers in Žďárky in the Königgrätzer district . His father Josef Bartoň-Dobenín was the founder of the Bartoň textile factory in Staré Město nad Metují . Cyril studied 1880-1883 at the business and craft school in Tábor and then a year at the University of Halle , where he also completed a business internship. After returning in 1885, he devoted himself to building up the weaving mill planned by his father, which was built according to Cyril's plans. After marrying Maria Tichová from Náchod in 1893, Cyril joined his father's company as a partner in 1894, in which his older brother Josef had also been involved since 1890 . In 1902 the father transferred the company share that had remained with him to these two sons.

In 1905 they bought another building site in Staré Město, on which they built a new cotton factory. At the beginning of 1907, 33,000 spindles were in operation, which could be increased to 73,344 spindles in 1908 after further additions and modernization of the previous systems. The English company Dobson and Barlow supplied the textile machines. The number of employees was around 800 in 1908.

Cyril Bartoň-Dobenín was also the owner of the Zbraslav brewery , which he leased to Josef Škvor. Two years after the nationalization in 1948 it was closed.

Since 1923, Cyril's son Josef (1897–1972) was a partner in the Bartoň company. After Cyril left in 1937, he took over his company shares.

Patrons and sponsors

The Zbraslav Monastery restored by Cyril Bartoň-Dobenín

Like his father, Cyril Bartoň-Dobenín held several honorary posts and was also active as a patron in the social and cultural field. He was a member of the Austrian Chamber of Crafts and the Export Association for Bohemia and Moravia. At his suggestion, the "Spolek českych průmyslniků textilních" was founded in 1902 and the "První česká diskontní společnost" was founded in 1909. He was also represented in the local committees of Staré Město and Náchod and the Nachod district. In 1920 he was appointed to the committee of the “Městká spořitelná” savings bank, of which he was director from 1924 to 1933. Together with his brother Josef he donated several exhibits to the Prague National Museum , and in 1929 a valuable Marian panel painting to St. Vitus Cathedral . The equipping of a side chapel, also donated by both, was completed in 1939. It was consecrated to Saint Agnes of Bohemia .

As early as 1910, Cyril Bartoň-Dobenín acquired the former Zbraslav monastery , which was important for Czech history and which served as a sugar factory after secularization and was in a poor structural condition. Between 1911 and 1925 he converted the former monastery building into a three-part palace complex, parts of which were open to the public. It also served as a residence for his family.

In 1936 he acquired the large estate ( Velkostatek ) Nové Hrady near Chrudim , which he gave to his daughter Marie (* 1902) and her husband Jiří Čerych.

Because of his services to the common good, the towns of Zbraslav (1913), Staré Město nad Metují, Bražec , Vysokov , Žďárky and Nové Město nad Metují (1923) and Náchod (1930) made him an honorary citizen.

See also: Bartoň-Dobenín (entrepreneurial family)

literature

• Lydia Baštecká, Ivana Ebelová: Náchod . Náchod 2004. ISBN 80-7106-674-5 , 162–201.
• Ludvík Adamíra: Bartoňovy zavody . In: Náchodsko K sedmdesátým narozeninám svého dlouholetého předsedy pana Cyrile Bartoně-Dobenína vydala spořitelna městká v Náchodě . Nachod 1933, pp. 47-49.
• Historická encyklopedie podnikatelů Čech, Moravy a Slezska . Ostrava 2003, ISBN 80-7042-612-8 , pp. 33f.

Web links

• Chapel of St. Agnes, the so-called Bartoň Chapel in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague
• Short bibiography in Biografický slovník (Biographical Dictionary) , in Czech, with photo (accessed May 24, 2020)
• Short bibliography in the Bibliography on the History of the Bohemian Lands ( Bibliography dějin Českých zemí ke stažení ) in the Czech language, with photo (accessed May 24, 2020)