Friedrich Karl Moes
Friedrich Karl Moes also Fryderyk Karol Moes (born September 19, 1808 in Aachen , † August 29, 1863 in Łódź ) was an entrepreneur in Congress Poland .
Life
He and his brother Christian August (1810–1872), sons of the theologian and cloth merchant Ernst Wilhelm (1760–1840) and his wife Marie Agnes, b. Voss, (1784–1848) came to Zgierz in Congress Poland around 1836 and founded the Moes brothers' textile company in 1838, which quickly became the largest textile factory in the city. Soon after, the brothers also set up a cotton mill in Łódź, which was equipped with English steam-powered machines and produced very high quality products that were sold all over Russia . Moes was also socially committed, he set up a health insurance scheme at his factory and worked for many years as the overseer of the Łódź Municipal Hospital.
Friedrich Karl's marriage to Juliane Helbing (* 1827, † 1901 in Warsaw ) remained childless. The spouses are buried in the Evangelical Cemetery in Warsaw (avenue 56 No. 5).
His brother Christian August had two sons, one of whom, Alexander, in turn had a son, Władysław Moes , who posed as the model of Tadzio in Thomas Mann's story Death in Venice .
He was the great-uncle of Hans Günther Moes (1886–1966) and Richard Moes (1887–1968).
literature
- For the family see Carl vom Berg: History of the Moes Family . Ed. Lintz, printing company, Düsseldorf 1911.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Andreas Lawaty, Wiesław Mincer, Anna Domańska: Bibliography . Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2000, ISBN 978-3-447-04243-7 , p. 1338 ( google.de [accessed on September 26, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moes, Friedrich Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moes, Fryderyk Karol |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Entrepreneurs in Congress Poland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 29, 1863 |
| Place of death | Łódź |