Friedrich Anton Reiche
Friedrich Anton Reiche (born September 28, 1845 in Wilsdruff ; † July 16, 1913 in Dresden ) was a German entrepreneur who, as a manufacturer of sheet metal molds, was the founder of the most important “chocolate mold and sheet metal packaging factory” in Germany, based in Dresden.
biography
Reiche passed his journeyman's examination as a plumber in Wilsdruff in Saxony in 1867 . During his traveling years from 1867 to 1870, he learned how to make chocolate molds at Létang in France . After his return from France he started his own business with a small plumbing shop. At the same time, the confectionery industry flourished in Dresden, with Jordan & Timaeus , Otto Rüger and Hartwig & Vogel among the earliest companies . As early as 1878, Reich's workshop was known as the “Blechwarenfabrik”, which, in addition to chocolate molds made of tinplate, produced packaging boxes made of rolled sheet metal . In 1895, the company, which was set up in 1878 with ten journeymen, already had around 1,100 employees.
Rich chocolate molds are among the most famous in the world and are now collectibles. Order books from 1906 to 1914 show that all of the large confectionery factories in German-speaking countries were customers of Anton Reiche - in addition to the Dresden companies mentioned above, Stollwerck , Sarotti , Sprengel and Waldbaur in Germany, Manner in Austria, Lindt , Suchard and Tobler in Switzerland and others. The Tjoklat chocolate factory was a buyer in the Netherlands . From 1885 until the beginning of World War II, Reich also exported to the United States.
The Stollwerck savings machines, which are popular with toy and advertising collectors today, also come from Reiches production.
In 1912 the company was converted into a stock corporation . The company, which was continued by his son after Reich's death, was rebuilt after the destruction of Dresden in the war and continued in the GDR until 1972.
The Anton Reiche Museum in the Museum Hofmühle Dresden is a reminder of his work today.
literature
- Manfred Bachmann , Monika Tinhofer: Easter Bunny, Nikolaus & Zeppelin. Chocolate shapes in the mirror of old pattern books . Husumer VA, Husum 1998, ISBN 3-88042-765-8 .
Web links
- Early documents and newspaper articles on Anton Reiche AG in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ life data after the entry in the Saxon biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reiche, Friedrich Anton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reiche, Anton (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilsdruff |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1913 |
| Place of death | Dresden |