Franz Flamin Meuth

Franz Flamin Meuth

Franz Flamin Meuth (born November 6, 1800 in Kaiserslautern ; † June 7, 1884 there ) was a German lawyer and industrialist .

Life

From 1820 Meuth studied law in Heidelberg , where he was a member of the Corps Hassia and Rhenania . He initially embarked on a legal state career and became a substitute in Frankenthal in 1825 and justice of the peace in Waldmohr in 1827 . In 1832 he returned to his hometown Kaiserslautern in the same position, where he was promoted to district judge in 1834. In 1842 he was appointed inspector of the Palatinate Central Prison there and soon made a name for himself through the introduction of the modern penal system. For the first time, he let the prisoners contribute to their own living in a prison factory operated under economic aspects and tried to encourage them in their moral development through meaningful employment. As a councilor he retired in 1868.

However, he gained importance primarily through the industrialization of his hometown Kaiserslautern, which he significantly pursued. Meuth was one of the initiators and co-founders of the worsted spinning mill (1857), the gas works, the ultramarine factory and the Kaiserslautern iron works (1864). He was a member of the supervisory board of the Pfalzbahn-Gesellschaft and the Lampertsmühle cotton spinning mill . Meuth organized the industrial exhibitions in Kaiserslautern in 1863 and 1872 and was one of the founders of the Palatinate Industrial Museum. On August 13, 1860, King Maximilian II of Bavaria awarded him the Knight's Cross First Class of the Order of Merit of St. Michael . In 1892 Meuthstrasse in Kaiserslautern was named after him.

literature

• 100 years of Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern. The story of a German company , 1964

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Royal Bavarian District Official Gazette of the Palatinate , No. 8, from February 9, 1861