Erich Schott

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Erich Schott (born March 29, 1891 in Jena ; † July 24, 1989 in Mainz ) was a German entrepreneur who is considered the founder of the Schott glass works in Mainz .

Life

After studying and doing his doctorate, he joined the management of the Jena glassworks Schott & Gen. founded by his father Friedrich Otto Schott in 1927 . a. He entrusted the Bauhaus artists Wilhelm Wagenfeld and László Moholy-Nagy with the design and marketing of new glass products ( Jenaer Glas ) .

Erich Schott was head of the glass industry business group from 1941 to 1943, thereafter Thuringia regional representative for the glass industry business group until 1945 and head of the special ring for optical glass from 1944 to 1945. During the Second World War, forced laborers were also used in the Jena glassworks.

In 1945 he was one of the "41 glassmakers" who were deported to the American occupation zone. When the owners of the Jena glassworks were expropriated in the Soviet Zone , Erich Schott had a modern glassworks built in Mainz Neustadt in coordination with the Mainz city council , which was officially put into operation on May 10, 1952.

In 1961 he was awarded the DECHEMA medal for his services .

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Individual evidence

  1. Jürgen Steiner: The history of Schott glass (1884-2000) . ( PDF ), p. 30, accessed on April 21, 2010.
  2. ^ Marga Faulstich - the glassmaker , with details on the new beginning of the Thuringian glassworks in Mainz. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  3. ^ Cornelius Steckner: Charles Crodel. The graphic work . Ketterer, Munich 1985, No. 88.