Franz Mange
Franz Mange (* baptized November 7, 1776 in Geneva as François ; † February 11, 1846 in Lindau , reformed, from Rougemont , Geneva and from 1799 from St. Gallen ) was a textile merchant.
Franz Mange was born in Geneva as the son of pastor Marc Samuel Mange. His first marriage was Anna Maria Enz, the daughter of the spinning mill patron and politician Johann Konrad Enz, and his second marriage was Katharina Fels.
The trained textile merchant moved to the textile city of St. Gallen , where he acquired two hand embroidery machines from Josua Heilmann in 1829 and secured the exclusive distribution rights for such machines in Switzerland. However, he allowed the mechanical workshop in St. Gallen-St. Georgen started the production of such machines. Although the workshop was able to sell some machines, they were not successful because they were not yet technically mature. Mange tried to remedy the deficiencies over the next ten years, but did not succeed.
In 1839 Mange finally left the embroidery machines to his son-in-law Jacob Bartholome Rittmeyer , who, together with his son and his mechanic, was to achieve the decisive breakthrough in improving the hand embroidery machine. In 1841 Franz Mange's textile company went bankrupt.
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- Peter Müller: Mange, Franz. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz .
- Albert Tanner: The boat flies, the engine roars. Weavers, stickers and manufacturers in Eastern Switzerland . Unionsverlag, Zurich 1985, ISBN 3-293-00084-3 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mange, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mange, François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss textile merchant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized November 7, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1846 |
| Place of death | Lindau (Lake Constance) |