Daniel Straub
Daniel Straub (born July 1, 1815 in Geislingen an der Steige ; † January 17, 1889 there ) was a German metal goods manufacturer .
Daniel Straub's father Kaspar Straub was a miller . Daniel completed an apprenticeship as a miller with his father and married Anna Katharina Öchsle in 1836. Senior building officer Michael Knoll , cousin Straubs and planner of the Filstalbahn Stuttgart – Ulm and the associated Geislinger Steige , which runs through Geislingen , involved Straub in the construction of the railway. Straub built a workshop for sharpening tools and repairing machines in the Kapellmühle. As a result, Straub became the highest taxed citizen of Geislingen. He then expanded his workshops with a mill construction joinery and an iron foundry for machine manufacturing. Straub built up a mill and turbine construction company that became the leading company in Germany in 1875.
1853 founded Straub with metal handles Brothers Swiss a metal factory, popularly Plaqué was called because in her silver plated articles are produced. From 1862 Gottlieb Daimler worked there as a designer for about three years. When the Schweizer brothers left this business in 1866, Straub took on his son Heinrich as a partner, whereupon the company renamed “Straub & Sohn, Metallwarenfabrik Geislingen” and in 1875 employed over 180 people. When his son died in 1876, at the age of 65, he gave up his family-owned company with over 300 employees and founded a stock corporation, today's Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik .
The Daniel-Straub-Realschule in Geislingen was named after him.
literature
- Walter Ziegler: Daniel Straub and the beginnings of MAG and WMF Geislingen. Corrections and additions to his view of life. In: Hohenstaufen, Helfenstein: historical yearbook for the Göppingen district, Volume 1, 1991, pages 41-120.
Web links
- Daniel Straub Secondary School
- 150 years of Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik WMF , accessed on December 8, 2014
- Sabine Riker in Stuttgarter Zeitung online: Founder of WMF turns 200 - pioneer of industrialization , accessed on December 8, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Straub, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German metal goods manufacturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geislingen an der Steige |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1889 |
| Place of death | Geislingen an der Steige |