Franz Martin Hämmerle
Franz Martin Hämmerle (born January 22, 1815 in Dornbirn ; † February 14, 1878 there ) was an Austrian textile entrepreneur. He founded the company F. M. Hämmerle . The company was Austria's largest textile company in the mid-1980s.
Life
Franz Martin Hämmerle came from a humble background, but had good starting conditions. His paternal grandfather was a teacher, organist , community treasurer and publisher. Hämmerle's mother was Maria Viktoria Rhomberg (1790-1824), the daughter of Hirschenwirt and Dornbirn Ammann Franz Maria Rhomberg (1741-1812).
Since a planned watchmaker apprenticeship could not be financed, he worked for the Dornbirner weaver and bleacher Johann Baptist Salzmann. There he also gained experience in the textile industry and in law firms. In 1836 he married his first wife, Katharina Rhomberg, the daughter of an Ammann representative. Your dowry enabled him to set up his own business. Hämmerle initially sold colorful towels at the weekly market in Bregenz and other markets. The business flourished and he soon employed 20 to 30 hand weavers .
In 1846 he set up a yarn and piece dyeing factory in Dornbirn Steinebach . In order to secure the water power, which is particularly important in textile processing, he bought almost the entire Steinebach in the following years.
The company expanded rapidly. Franz Martin Hämmerle acquired the colored weaving mill in Weppach in 1855 and had a spinning mill built in Dornbirn Gütle between 1862 and 1864. In these factories all steps of textile production could be carried out; from spinning the raw cotton to the finished dyed fabric.
Franz Martin Hämmerle was married three times. In 1845, after the death of his first wife Katharina Rhomberg, he married Maria (1820–1850) and in 1851 her sister Benedikta, both daughters of the Dornbirn regional court chief Johann Kaspar Ratz . When Franz Martin Hämmerle died at the age of 64, his company had grown into a large company with 600 workers. His sons Otto (1846–1916) from their second marriage and from their third marriage Viktor (1855–1946), Theodor (1859–1930) and Guntram Hämmerle (1862–1923) expanded the business further.
literature
- Hämmerle Franz Martin. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 135 f. (Direct links on p. 135 , p. 136 ).
- Wolfgang Scheffknecht u. a .: Vorarlberg Chronicle . Published by the state of Vorarlberg. 1st edition. Ruß Druck, Lochau 1997, ISBN 3-85258-037-4
- Franz Josef Huber , Harald Rhomberg: On the 200th birthday of the textile entrepreneur Franz Martin Hämmerle (1815−1878) . Dornbirn writings. City of Dornbirn, Dornbirn 2016, ISBN 978-3-901900-51-8
- Gustav Otruba : Hämmerle, Franz Martin. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 434 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Franz Martin Hämmerle in the dictionary of the city of Dornbirn
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hämmerle, Franz Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian textile entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dornbirn |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1878 |
| Place of death | Dornbirn |