Daniel Ley

Georg Christian Daniel Ley

Georg Christian Daniel Ley (born July 30, 1812 in Crailsheim , † June 1, 1884 in Fürth ) was a German entrepreneur .

The owner of a wholesale and export business, was co-founder of the Fürth trade association and a chamber of trade and commerce, member of the community college in Fürth, the Central Franconian district council and the Bavarian state parliament, director of the Ludwig Railway and Argentine consul and holder of the Knight's Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit from St. Michael .

origin

Daniel Ley moved from Crailsheim to Fürth in 1827. The family group of the so-called "Crailsheimer Ley / Lay" has undergone particularly detailed family history research because it relates to the ancestors of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (ancestor: Ley, Burkhart (I), before 1460 - after 1492, Crailsheim), Wilhelm Hauff ( Ancestor: Lay, Burkhart (II), 1490–1560, Crailsheim) and Justinus Kerner counts. The ancestors of Daniel Ley probably come from northern Switzerland or Friuli (County of Görz) and made their way via Balingen, Biberach, Bodelshausen, Giengen and to Ulm. As early as 1156, Engelhard Lay was known in Ulm as the founder of a patrician family; around 1295 Giengen and 1307 in Ulm as a certain ancestor: Löw, Heinrich (I, called "the old lion from Giengen"). The common progenitor of the Balinger, Biberacher and Crailsheimer Ley / Löw / Leo is a Heinrich (III) Ulmer (Löw) from Ulm, born. around 1360 in Ulm, which is mentioned in 1416 in Balingen. A son of Heinrich Ulmer (Löw) was Heinrich (IV) Löw, who was born around 1400 and is attested to around 1450/60 in Balingen. Heinrich Löw can be seen as the progenitor of the "Crailsheimer Lay". The Leo / Löw / Lay family and his son Stephan settled in Crailsheim before 1461. Stephen's son was Burkhart (I, 1478–1492), his grandson Burkhart (II, 1490–1560) (both see above). One of the sons of the latter, Adam Ley, was named in 1565 on the great council in Nuremberg and was the house owner there. Together with his brothers Hans, Philipp (I, d. 1574/75; direct ancestor Daniel Leys) and Burkhart (III), he was awarded a coat of arms by Emperor Maximilian II on July 11, 1565 . The Crailsheim ancestors of Daniel Ley worked professionally as traders, innkeepers, mayors, tax masters, builders, charlemen, tanners, butchers and master tailors.

Daniel Ley's father, Johann Christian Ley (June 13, 1763– December 12, 1849) was a master tailor and town churchman in Crailsheim. His mother was Carolina Christiana Faber (September 28, 1777– July 20, 1849 in Crailsheim). Two of the mother's brothers had settled in Nuremberg and Fürth at the beginning of the 19th century, and one sister had been married in Fürth since 1818.

Male offspring in direct line:

• Johann Peter Eduard Ley (businessman in Fürth 1841–1925)
• Adolf Daniel Ley (businessman in Fürth 1878–1950)
• Eduard Wilhelm Ley (businessman in Fürth 1910–1987)
• Dipl. Kfm. Walter Robert Ley (businessman in Fürth, born 1921)

Life

Ludwigs-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft share, 1835/69, signed by Daniel Ley

Georg Christian Daniel Ley was born on July 30, 1812 in Crailsheim, which at that time belonged to the Kingdom of Württemberg, and attended Latin school there. It was his wish to become a respected merchant. When in 1816 his youngest uncle Johann Daniel Faber, who lived as a mirror glass manufacturer in Nuremberg, married the sister of Conrad Gebhard, who later became a member of the St. Paul Church, a relationship with the trading company "JA Gebhard" in Fürth was established. It was probably this aunt who gave the young man an apprenticeship with board and lodging free of charge on April 1, 1827 with her brother Conrad Gebhard in the famous shop of her father Johann Adam Gebhard ("Gebhardstrasse"). Daniel Ley therefore moved to Fürth and only had a large income after a three-year apprenticeship, which he kept a detailed record of along with expenses. Only after completing his apprenticeship after 5 ¾ years was he taken on as a clerk at JA Gebhard.

On October 15, 1833, Daniel Ley left Fürth to expand his commercial experience in Pernambuco / Brazil (today: Recife). The royal Wuerttemberg passport contains 20 stamps and signatures of various authorities, embassies and magistrates as evidence of the journey via Würzburg, Frankfurt, Saarbrücken, Paris, Le Havre. On December 8, 1833, after a 27-day crossing, he arrived in Pernambuco and worked there from December 9, 1833 to March 29, 1836 for the French merchant LA Dubourcq. They were reluctant to let him leave Pernambuco.

The reason for the return trip was probably primarily the acquaintance with the daughter Maria Magdalena Franziska (October 10, 1812 to August 27, 1889) of the master belt maker Johann Peter Voit, whose semi-detached house (later the “Bergbräu” and “Wienerwald” restaurants, Königsstrasse 104/106) ) was opposite the Gebhardschen Haus (fire station Helmplatz 2) in Fürth. On October 23, 1836 Daniel Ley and Magdalena Voit married.

On July 4, 1836, Daniel Ley founded the trading company DANL. LEY for the purpose of "commission-wise wear and tear of domestic industrial products to overseas countries" . The company traded in night lights, horn combs, pipes, palm and veneer wood and soaps from all over the world, but also playing cards, ring chutes, games, hobby horses and porcelain toys, which over the decades has resulted in pure wholesale, import and export with and from Toys developed. The business activity was in the Königstr. 409 / II (now: Nürnberger Str. 4) still secretly recorded, since after an examination passed on July 20, 1836, the certificate of registration for the still-Württemberger did not arrive until September 22, 1836. In 1845 his brother-in-law Johann Ludwig (Jean Louis) joined the company, and the connections he had made there through a trip to North America were useful.

In 1836 Daniel Ley was admitted to the Masonic Lodge 6 do Morco in Pernambuco . After his return to Fürth, he joined the local Lodge on Truth and Friendship . Around 1850 Daniel Ley acquired house no. 276 (later Königstrasse 133), which was destroyed on February 22, 1945 by incendiary and high explosive bombs.

In 1843 Daniel Ley and Dr. Fronmüller and Chief Rabbi Dr. Löwi, other merchants and representatives of the clergy founded the Fürth trade association for the promotion of the trade "by raising the trade school and other technical teaching institutions and promoting their use", through lectures, acquisition of models, samples of foreign products and machines, etc. The association had already in the first year 556 members. Daniel Ley was second member of the board and member of the trade committee for many years. On January 27, 1850, Bay. State Ministry of Commerce and Public Works approves the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Fürth. Daniel Ley became the first headmaster until 1860. In 1851 he compiled statistics on trade and commerce in Fürth. On January 1, 1853 he became a member of the committee of the "Royal Privileged Ludwigs-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft" corporation based in Nuremberg and Fürth, among others with the Fürth Friedrich Schneider and the Nuremberg citizens Zeltner , Platner , Cnopf and von Thon. On August 28, 1860 he was elected director and remained in this office until May 9, 1882 without salary.

Daniel Ley died early in the morning of June 1, 1884 at the age of 72 in Fürth:
“The deceased had held the title of Honorary Director of the Ludwig Railway since he resigned from the directorate (of the Ludwig Railway ) ; his chest was decorated with the knight's cross 1st class of the Order of Michael. On June 3rd the funeral took place with great participation of the public, especially also of the royal officials and the railway employees, who carried the coffin to their grave. Merchant Wilhelm Farnbacher (Ley's son-in-law) takes the place of the deceased as a director and the substitute, businessman Fritz Voit, co-owner of the company Daniel Ley (a nephew of Ley's) joins the latter as a previous committee member . Ley had already held important positions early on. ... "

Daniel Ley was buried in the Nürnberger Strasse cemetery. He left his wife Magdalena geb. Voit (1812 to 1889) and their son Johann Peter Eduard Ley (1841 to 1925) and their daughter Elisabeth Eugenie Emilie Ley married. Fritz (1844 to 1923). The daughters Anna Carolina Franziska Julie (1843), Rosina Margaretha Franziska Julie (1846) and Anna Maria Carolina Johanna married. Farnbacher (1846–1883) had died earlier.

Politics and Public Life

From 1846 to 1863: Member of the Fürth community college.
From 1852 to 1858: "Landrath", member of the Central Franconian district council (corresponds to today's district council)
From December 1, 1845: Member of the Protestant church administration in Fürth
From 1858 to 1863: Member of the Bavarian state parliament

Daniel Ley applied for the bayr. Landtag, which was elected for an electoral term of 6 years. In 1869, of the 22,496 citizens of Fürth, only 2589 citizens who paid a direct tax were eligible to vote. The actual election to the state parliament took place indirectly through electors. Of 144 members of the Bavarian. 17 state parliaments were sent from Middle Franconia. The electoral district III, which was decisive for Daniel Ley, comprised the cities of Fürth and Erlangen and the regional court districts of Erlangen, Altdorf, Hersbruck, Lauf and Markt Erlbach. In the primary election on December 6, 1858, Daniel Ley received 211 votes in his constituency like Mayor John, and three other candidates between 209 and 210 votes. In the final election on December 14, 1858, he was elected to the state parliament together with the merchant Weimann from Erlangen and Mayor Langguth from Hersbruck. Political parties in the current sense did not yet exist in 1858. In an obituary (1884) the following is contained about his political position:
"... in political terms he confessed to the party of the Greater Germans, otherwise he was conservative in the strictest sense of the word."

Activities in the state parliament:
“In the state parliament he achieved that Fürth became the seat of a district and district court, a district office, two notaries' offices and a commercial court. He also helped Fürth to have a direct connection to the state railway network (including to Würzburg) . In addition, he earned special services in the state parliament for the contemporary promotion of urgent matters, such as B. the civil equality of the Israelites. "

The activity in the Landtag was widely recognized by the people of Fürth:
" On November 10th (1861) the compulsory registration for the Israelites was lifted in the Landtag's farewell. - On November 13th, when he returned from Munich, Merchant D. Ley received an address of thanks for his work in the Landtag by the community colleges, and on the 15th a similar one, based on the citizenship. "

On March 20th / 7th May 1861 the civil equality of the Jewish residents of Bavaria was enshrined in law. Dr. Königswarter sent Daniel Ley a diploma of recognition on behalf of many of his fellow believers.

From 1856 to 1864 he was consul of Argentina.

Honors

Reminder sheet of the Ludwig Railway, Daniel Ley at the top right

• In 1852 Daniel Ley was taken over by the Bavarian King Max II . Awarded the Knight's Cross 1st Class from St. Michael, especially with regard to his services to the creation of the statistics mentioned.
• In 1882 Daniel Ley was made honorary director of the Ludwig Railway Company.

“On July 30th (1882) , his 70th birthday, the deserving fellow citizen businessman Daniel Ley, until recently long-time director and now honorary director , received a sensible ovation from the staff of the above-mentioned railway by having their photographs, made by the master hand of the photographer Schildknecht, combined in a tableau with a gold frame, presented to the jubilee by cashier Wießner "

• In 1886, after his death, a locomotive built by Krauss-Maffei (type 1886/1414 1Bn2t) was given the name DANIEL LEY .
• On October 22, 1903, the City of Fürth's magistrate named Daniel-Ley-Strasse (between Schwabacher Strasse and Neumannstrasse) after him.
• Daniel Ley is one of the 26 well-known Fürth people according to the “Statistical Yearbook of the City of Fürth 2007”.

literature

• Bahlow, German Name Lexicon, 1972/76.
• Fischer, The emergence of the first political associations and parties in Fürth , Fürther Heimatblätter, 1967 No. 3.
• Friederichs, The Lay sexes in Bodelshausen and Biberach , German Family Archives, Vol. 25, 1964 (special edition).
• Friederichs, The sexes Lay / Löw / Leo in the Alemannic area , German Family Archives, Vol. 76, 1979 (special edition).
• Dr. Georg Fronmüller, Chronicle of the City of Fürth, Leipzig 1887 (reprint: 1985).
• Fürth “Intelligence Gazette” of October 17, 1833.
• Grimm, Jakob and Grimm, Wilhelm, The German Dictionary, Leipzig, 1854–1960.
• Inventory book of the company DANL. LEY.
• Files for the state elections in 1858, City of Fürth, City Archives
• Walter Ley, Die Ley, Lay, Löw from Ulm, Genealogie Heft 7/8 1995, p. 621 ff.
• Walter Ley, Die Ley / Lay in Crailsheim - My arduous way to Privy Councilor Goethe -, Genealogy issue 11/12 1996, p. 352 ff.
• Walter Ley, Daniel Ley, Fürther Heimatblätter, 1981 No. 3.
• Walter Ley, The state election in Bavaria of 1858 (nv).
• DANL LEY, 125 years ago, commemorative publication 1961.
• Friedrich Marx, Commercial and Commercial History of the City of Fürth, 1890.
• Friedrich Marx, Fürth in the past and present, free gift from the Fürther Volkszeitung, 1887.
• Government Gazette for the Kgr.Bavaria, 1847, 1851, 1854, 1864
• Siebmacher, civil coats of arms V 27 u. V 3.28.
• Siebmacher, Ulmische Adeliche Patricij, Volume I, p. 209.
• Georg Wüstendörfer, Walks through Fürth, Fürth 1888.

Web links

Commons : Daniel Ley  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Friederichs, The sexes Lay / Löw / Leo in the Alemannic area, special print from "Deutsches Familienarchiv", vol. 76, p. 52 mw N .; Walter Ley, Die Ley / Lay in Crailsheim - My arduous way to Privy Councilor Goethe -, Genealogy issue 11/12 1996, p. 352 ff.
2. ^ ^{A b} Friedrichs, The sexes Lay / Löw / Leo in the Alemannic area, special print from "German Family Archives", vol. 76, p. 52; Walter Ley, Die Ley / Lay in Crailsheim, Genealogie Heft 11/12 1996, p. 352 ff. (353); Concept, Austrian State Archives, Vienna; Schragsches Familien- und Wappenbuch vol. II, pag. 1753 f (manuscript in the town archive Rothenburg od T .; Siebmacher, Bürgerliche Wappen vol. V 7 plate 27 Lay 2 and V part 7 p. 29: “The Leyen brothers coat of arms: forwards Ox sent to jump, divided according to the color of the shield, namely yellow in the black field, black in the yellow, with a red tongue out and a tail thrown back over himself. "
3. ^ Walter Ley, Die Ley, Lay, Löw from Ulm, Genealogie Heft 7/8 1995, p. 621 ff.
4. ↑ Friederichs, The sexes Lay / Löw / Leo in the Alemannic area, special print from "Deutsches Familienarchiv", vol. 76, p. 55 mw N .; Walter Ley, Die Ley, Lay, Löw from Ulm, Genealogie Heft 7/8 1995, p. 621 ff.
5. ↑ Friederichs, The sexes Lay / Löw / Leo in the Alemannic area, special print from "Deutsches Familienarchiv", vol. 76, pp. 46, 55 f.
6. ↑ Georg Wüstendörfer, Walks through Fürth, Fürth 1888.
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Walter Ley, Daniel Ley, Fürther Heimatblätter, 1981 No. 3 p. 49 ff.
8. ↑ Fürth “Intellektivenblatt” of October 17, 1833.
9. ↑ Invent Arienbuch the company DANL. LEY.
10. ↑ Dr. Georg Fronmüller, Chronik der Stadt Fürth, Leipzig 1887 (reprint: 1985), pp. 269, 289; Friedrich Marx, Fürth in the past and present, free addition to the Fürther Volkszeitung, 1887, p. 467 f .; Georg Wüstendörfer, Walks through Fürth, 1888.
11. ↑ Dr. Georg Fronmüller, Chronik der Stadt Fürth, Leipzig 1887 (reprint: 1985), p. 612.
12. ↑ Government Gazette for the Kgr.Bavaria No. 51 of December 6, 1845, No. 21 of June 3, 1854.
13. ↑ Fischer, The emergence of the first political associations and parties in Fürth, Fürther Heimatblätter, 1967 No. 3 p. 1 fn. 2.
14. ^ Files for the state elections in 1858, City of Fürth, City Archives; Walter Ley, The state election in Bavaria in 1858 (nv); Walter Ley, Daniel Ley, Fürther Heimatblätter, 1981 No. 3 p. 60 mw N; Dr. Georg Fronmüller, Chronik der Stadt Fürth, Leipzig 1887 (reprint: 1985), p. 612.
15. ^ F. Marx, Industrial and Commercial History of the City of Fürth, 1890, p. 90; Dr. A. Eckstein (Rabbi), The Struggle of the Jews for Emancipation in Bavaria, Fürth, Verlag Georg Rosenberg, 1905, p. 112; Files of the Israelite religious association in Fürth, Rep. Tit. II No. 23, January 10, 1859.
16. ↑ Dr. Georg Fronmüller, Chronicle of the City of Fürth, Leipzig 1887 (reprint: 1985), p. 319.
17. ↑ Friedrich Marx, Fürth in past and present, free gift from the Fürther Volkszeitung, 1887, p. 467 f .; Georg Wüstendörfer, Walks through Fürth, 1888.
18. ^ Government Gazette for the Kgr.Bavaria No. 53 of December 4, 1856.
19. ^ Government Gazette for the Kgr.Bavaria No. 2 of January 7, 1851.
20. ↑ Dr. Georg Fronmüller, Chronik der Stadt Fürth, Leipzig 1887 (reprint: 1985), p. 569.
21. ^ The Käppner Chronicle, excerpts from the chronicle of Paul Käppner between 1887 and 1911, Ed .: Bernd Jesussek (10/2006), p. 46; Dr. Georg Fronmüller, Chronik der Stadt Fürth, Leipzig 1887 (reprint: 1985), pp. 269, 289; Friedrich Marx, Fürth in the past and present, free gift from the Fürther Volkszeitung, 1887; Georg Wüstendörfer, Walks through Fürth, 1888, p. 467 f .; Walter Ley, Daniel Ley, Fürther Heimatblätter, 1981 No. 3 p. 64 ff. With additional references
22. ↑ Statistical Yearbook of the City of Fürth 2007 ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 103 kB), published by the City of Nuremberg, Office for Urban Research and Statistics for Nuremberg and Fürth, p. 18 ff.