Fabryka Skór G. Weigle, Synovie

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The house of the Weigle family at ul. Piaskowa 4 (rear two-story building). Photo from the Second World War, in the foreground German units with a Goliath type small tank

The Fabryka Skor G. Weigle, Synowie was an important company of the Polish leather industry in the first half of the 20th century. The factory was located in Warsaw 's Wola district and was nationalized after World War II .

history

The German Gottlob Luis Weigle (1850–1934), who came to Warsaw from Backnang in 1874 , had initially worked in the tannery of his older brother, Johann Wilhelm Friedrich Weigle (1839–1911), in ul. Niska . Shortly afterwards, he opened his own business at 13 Burakowska Street at Powązki Cemetery . In 1878 he moved with this to the nearby ul. Piaskowa 4 . Here he produced dyed and undyed leather. Thanks to large orders from the Russian army , the company grew rapidly.

First World War

At the beginning of the First World War , the men of the family were interned as German citizens by the Russian authorities and deported to Orenburg . After the outbreak of the Russian Revolution , they were able to return to Warsaw. The factory had meanwhile been looted and production machines dismantled . After the war, Luis Weigle and his sons Aleksander (1888–1968), Edward (1890–1938) and Bogusław (1892–1963) rebuilt the company. They received the necessary capital by selling land near Łomianki . From the end of 1928 the company operated under the name Fabryka Skór G. Weigle, Synowie . With the production of box calf (calf leather), beef box (cattle leather) and chevreau (goat leather), which were mainly used to cover furniture, the manufacture of clothes and high-quality shoes, the company was soon able to earn a good reputation. The raw material was mainly obtained from South America. The products of G. Weigle, Synowie were presented at national and international exhibitions; they received awards there, for example in Poznan ( Powszechna Wystawa Krajowa , 1929), France, Austria and Switzerland.

Second World War

In February 1939 the company was converted into a joint stock company ( Fabryka Skór G. Weigle - Synowie SA ). During the occupation in World War II , the company was subordinated to the German trustee of the management office for leather and fur and produced with (only) around 100 employees. The factories were partially destroyed during fighting. In 1950 the company was nationalized and assigned to the Central Office of the Leather Industry ( Centralny Zarząd Przemysłu Skórzanego ). It became part of the Zakłady Garbarskie "Syrena" . Today there are residential complexes on the site of the former factory. The family's residential building, which formerly adjoined the factory, was built between 1926 and 1927 and also partially damaged in 1942, was renovated after the war and one floor increased. The previous facade decoration was not restored.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Polska gospodarcza, dawniej Przemysł i handel: tygodnik, wydawany przez Ministerstwo przemysłu i handlu, przy współudziale ministerstw: Skarbu, Rolnictwa i Komunikacji , volume 10, issue 1, Warsaw 1929, page iii

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literature

  • Zofia Jurkowlaniec and Roland Borchers, Polacy z wyboru: Rodziny pochodzenia niemieckiego w Warszawie w XIX i XX wieku / Poland of free choice: Families of German origin in Warsaw in the 19th and 20th centuries , ISBN 978-83-62020-46-1 , Fundacja Wspołpracy Polsko-Niemieckiej / Dom Spotkań z Historią, Warsaw 2012, p. 234 ff.

Coordinates: 52 ° 15 ′ 16.5 ″  N , 20 ° 58 ′ 37.2 ″  E