Ernst Iselin Clauss
Ernst Iselin Clauß , also Ernst Iselie Clauß (born January 9, 1793 in Leipzig ; † December 26, 1864 ), was a Saxon entrepreneur. As a textile manufacturer, he was one of the largest employers in the northern Ore Mountains .
Live and act
He was born in the trade fair city of Leipzig as the son of the royal Prussian commercial councilor Johann Christian Clauss. After attending school, he joined the company Pflugbeil & Co. in Chemnitz in 1806 and completed a commercial apprenticeship as a weaver and calico printer. The factory owner, the royal Saxon councilor Seeber, became his brother-in-law. His older brother Peter Otto Clauß (1787–1872) also worked in the Chemnitz company , with whom he jointly took over the company in 1815, from which the EI Clauss cotton spinning mill in Plaue near Flöha emerged . In 1828 he became its sole owner and in 1842 also acquired a mechanical weaving mill. Later co-owner until 1882 was Ernst Otto Clauss' brother-in-law Louis Uhle , who had been married to Auguste, born Clauss, since 1862. After Ernst Iselin Clauss died on Christmas Day 1864, the company passed to his son Ernst Otto Clauss .
In 1850 Ernst Iselin Clauss was one of the founders of the constitutional electoral association.
Honors
In Plaue-Bernsdorf a street was named after Ernst Iselin Clauss.
literature
- Ernst Stephan Clauß : A Century of Cotton Fine Spinning 1809–1909. EI Clauß Nachf., Plaue near Flöha 1909.
- Wolfgang Uhlmann : Born 175 [sic!] Years ago: Ernst Iselin Clauß . In: Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter , Heft 3, Marienberg 2018, pp. 12-13.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Handbook of the Efficiency of the Entire Industry, 1874.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clauss, Ernst Iselin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clauss, Ernst Iselie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saxon entrepreneur and textile manufacturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1864 |