Pewter workshop Wiedamann

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The Wiedamann pewter foundry was a pewter foundry founded in Regensburg in 1821 , which was well known from the 20th century until 1975. The workshop was sold in 1975, the shop in the center of Regensburg still exists today.

history

Establishment of the company by Adam W. (1791–1860)

The family company was founded in 1821 by Adam Friedrich Wiedamann (1791–1860).

Adam Wiedamann was one of eight children of the master baker Conrad Wiedamann (1752-1807) from Middle Franconia and came from his first marriage to Regina Magdalena, née Böhm († 1792). After his older brothers Johann Georg and Johann Gottlieb were later to take over his father's bakery, Adam Wiedamann completed an apprenticeship with the Regensburg pewter master Johann Christian Friederich Weschke (1787–1839) until 1808. In 1814/15 Adam Wiedamann fought as a soldier in France. Christian Friederich Weschke was the son of the pewter caster Gottlieb Weschke († 1818), who was married to his aunt Jakobina Sophie, née Wiedamann (* 1783). The Weschke family took over the pewter foundry at Wahlenstrasse 4, which he had founded in 1723, in 1740 after the death of the first known master pewter, Gottfried August Willkomm († 1740) .

In November 1821 Adam Wiedamann acquired the title of master craftsman and founded his own pewter foundry, the Wiedamann pewter workshop . In the same year he married Susanne Klara Elisabetha Stadler. With her he had three daughters and two sons, Jakob Johann (1829-1896) and Eugen Friedrich Wiedamann (1835-1907), both of whom were also master pewter. After Adam Wiedemann's death, Jakob Wiedamann continued his father's business. He married Anna Barbara Hartner in 1862 and had five sons and a daughter with her.

Relocation to Brückstrasse 4 under Eugen Friedrich W. (1835–1907)

The "Wiedamannhaus" in the former inn "Zum wilden Mann", since 1975 just a shop, is now a listed building

In 1874 Eugen Friedrich Wiedamann ( pewter brand : EF Wiedmann) took over the management from his brother. Eugen Wiedamann then acquired the “Zum wilden Mann” inn at Brückstrasse 4 and in 1880 relocated the shop there and set up the workshop in the rear building at Posthorngässchen 1 .

In addition to the self-made pewter products, he also expanded the shop's range to include glass, earthenware and toys. In 1872 he married Franziska Fanny Wiedemann. With her he had four sons and a daughter.

Around 1900, the architect, sculptor and craftsman Christian Metzger (1874–1942) first contacted the company and had some of his designs made there. At that time, Eugen Friedrich Wiedemann was already working with his eldest son Eugen (1873–1954).

Development to arts and crafts under Eugen W. (1873–1954)

Ex-libris for Eugen Wiedamann, designed by Lorenz M. Rheude

Eugen, completely Friedrich Eugen Wiedemann , then took over the company in 1902. The change in production that he brought about also made the Wiedamann'sche pewter foundry more important in terms of art history. He turned from pure trade to arts and crafts at a time when the reform efforts of the Deutscher Werkbund fell, which sought to improve the artistic value of craft professions. In 1903 he also passed his master's degree as an engraver . Christian Metzger, who was in the service of the Thurn und Taxis company as a “prince educator” , had Eugen Wiedamann manufacture numerous utensils, mainly with animal motifs. In addition to the usual range of pewter mugs, pewter cans, pewter plates and pewter plates, the pewter foundry now also offered items of high-quality handicrafts and incorporated typical elements of Art Nouveau into its products. In 1911, Eugen Wiedamann also attended one of the arts and crafts master classes with Friedrich Adler in the Bavarian Museum of Commerce in Nuremberg .

In 1912 the Bavarian Industrial Museum in Nuremberg bought a large menorah - Hanukkah chandelier and a small one in the form of a bench and a tea caddy from Wiedamann as exhibits for the sample collection. This was followed by other secular and sacred vessels that Wiedamann delivered to Friedrich Adler. For those of eagles at the Werkbund Exhibition designed synagogue in the main hall of the exhibition Adler delivered a specially designed Seder - unit with 48.5 cm in diameter. In 1929, Wolfgang von Wersin had some of his objects made by Wiedamann, the stylistic elements of which were based on Art Deco , the New Objectivity and the Bauhaus style. Many other products from the “Eugen Wiedamann (1873–1954)” era were later acquired by the Germanic National Museum .

Eugen Wiedamann's marriage to Anna Sapper in 1898 resulted in a daughter and son Richard Eugen Wiedamann (1905–1996), who took over the business from his father in 1936.

Eugen Wiedamann was a member of the Historical Association of Upper Palatinate and Regensburg , whose leadership was transferred from Mayor Otto Schottenheim to the district culture warden Walter Boll after the coordination in 1933 . After Schottenheim took over the management of the association himself in 1941, unpleasant members were removed from the board, including Eugen Wiedamann.

After the Second World War , Eugen Wiedamann acted as a commercial council for the city of Regensburg and received the city of Regensburg's silver medal for his services in 1953 .

The pewter foundry under the leadership of Richard Eugen W. (1905–1996) during the Nazi era

Richard Eugen Wiedamann, also Richard Wiedamann senior, who had taken over the business in 1936, was able to carry out further von Wersins designs. This enabled him to position secular and sacred pewter objects in the range even in the 1930s.

Honorary diplomas were obtained at the VI Triennale di Milano (1936) and the VII Triennale di Milano (1940) and a Grand Prix at the Paris World Exhibition in 1937 .

During the Second World War , the company devoted itself mainly to ceramics due to a lack of raw materials and also opened up other areas of handicrafts. It is known that products were supplied to the jewelry company Black, Starr, Frost-Gorham in the United States as early as the 1940s, and this continued into the 1960s.

Richard Eugen Wiedamann was, among other things, the 2nd chairman of the Regensburg Art and Trade Association .

Development from 1975

His marriage to Johanna Cetto in 1931 resulted in two daughters and son Richard Eugen Ernst (1932–2011). After various studies and the apprenticeship examination in the trade, he took care of the family business, but sold the pewter foundry in Posthorngässchen 1 in 1975 to the works manager and master pewter master Heinrich Rappl, whose pewter foundry Rappl has been based in Lappersdorf-Kaulhausen since then .

He kept the shop at Brückstrasse 4 together with his wife Rosemarie Wiedamann. It still exists today and operates under the name of Haus Wiedamann UG (limited liability) & Co. Betriebs KG . The pewter and arts and crafts shop is the oldest shop in Regensburg today.

reception

In addition to the exhibits in the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg, there are other Wiedamann exhibits, for example in the New Collection and in the Grassi Museum in Leipzig.

In the exhibition “The silky sheen.” Presented by the Mining and Industry Museum of Eastern Bavaria and the House of Bavarian History in cooperation with the Georgius Agricola Foundation in the Kaiserwald (Slavkovský les) region in Theuern Castle from May 3 to November 11, 2001 Zinn in Ostbayern und Bohemia ”(Tin in Eastern Bavaria and Bohemia), exhibits and tools as well as the entire historical Wiedamann workshop were on view.

From November 26, 2016 to January 6, 2017, the Regensburg Historical Museum, in cooperation with the Regensburg Art and Trade Association, presented the exhibition “Path to Form. The pewter tradition of the Wiedamann family ”.

literature

  • About the house and craft of the pewter foundry Wiedamann in Regensburg. For the company's 125th anniversary (1821–1946). Edited by Walter Boll (1900 to 1985) based on a manuscript left behind by Hanns von Walther , Regensburg, 1993.
  • Sigfried Asche : Eugen Wiedamann. Tin device. Workshop report of the art service , Riemerschmidt, Berlin 1943.
  • Ina Klein: When you think of pewter, you mean Wiedamann. The historic pewter foundry Regensburg goes hand in hand with tradition and modernity. In: The original Regensburger Altstadtbladl March / April 2010, pp. 10–11.
  • Heinrich Rappl: The silky shine - Hedvábný Lesk. Workshop of the former Wiedamann pewter foundry. Machines and tools 1880–1975. Exhibition catalog, pewter foundry Rappl, Lappersdorf-Kauhlausen, 2001.
  • Art Nouveau in pewter. Eugen Wiedamann and the Regensburg tin foundry trade around 1900. In: KulturGUT , IV./2013 , no. 39, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, 2013, pp. 2–3.
  • Caroline-Sophie Ebeling: The way to form. The pewter tradition of the Wiedamann family. Exhibition catalog, Universitätsverlag Regensburg, Regensburg 2016. ISBN 978-3-86845-141-2

Web links

Commons : Zinngießerwerkstatt Wiedamann  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Also used were biographical data from family research by Karl Wiedamann: The family of Conrad Wiedamann ; accessed on August 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ Johann Gottlieb Wiedamann was, among other things, the father of the painter and founder of a drawing school Friedrich Adam Wiedamann (* 1809)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Ulrich Kelber: Masterpieces made of pewter without any kitsch. Mittelbayerische Zeitung, November 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Ottokral Tröger: Genealogy of the master bakers in the city of Regensburg. Written by Johann Gottlieb Wiedamann and continued until 1888. In: Blätter des Bayerischen Landesverein für Familienkunde , Volume 48, Volume 15, No. 8, 1985, p. 246. ( pdf ).
  3. ↑ Wiedamann. In: Archiv für Stamm- und Wappenkunde , Vol. 4–5, Wellers, 1904, p. 28.
  4. ^ The chronicle of the Kleinschmidt company. Zinn Kleinschmidt; accessed on August 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b c d e Wiedamann. In: Karl H. Bröhan : Art from Art Nouveau to Modernism (1889–1939). Collection Karl H. Bröhan, Berlin. Metal art. Bröhan-Museum , 1990, p. 514.
  6. ↑ a b Art Nouveau in pewter. Eugen Wiedamann and the Regensburg tin foundry trade around 1900. In: KulturGUT , IV./2013 , no. 39, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, 2013, pp. 2–3. ( pdf )
  7. ↑ a b c Helmut Wanner: Wiedamann created silver for everyone. Mittelbayerische Zeitung, November 22, 2016.
  8. ↑ Helmut Halter: City under the swastika. Local politics in Regensburg during the Nazi era. Edited by the museums and the archive of the city of Regensburg, 1994.
  9. ↑ Silver Citizen Medal. City of Regensburg; accessed on August 8, 2017.
  10. ^ A b Wiedamann / EFW / EW Regensburg (Eugen Wiedamann) (Richard Wiedamann). on the Stein-Marks website; accessed on August 8, 2017.
  11. ^ Wiedamann, Richard , entry in the catalog of the German National Library .
  12. ↑ The silky shine. Tin in Eastern Bavaria and Bohemia. - Hedvábný Lesk. Cín ve východním Bavorsku av Cechàcg. Exhibition announcement, House of Bavarian History, 2001.
  13. ↑ The silky shine. In: Annual Report 2000/01 House of Bavarian History, 2001, pp. 13-14.
  14. ↑ Path to Form. The pewter tradition of the Wiedamann family. Art and Trade Association Regensburg, 2016.