Georg Christof Reinhart

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Georg Christof Reinhart; contemporary painting

Georg Christof Reinhart (also: Georges Reinhart ; * March 21, 1838 in Worms ; † April 30, 1899 ibid) was a leather manufacturer and the Hessian commercial councilor in Worms.

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He was the son of the married couple Nikolaus Andreas Reinhart I (1809–1871) and Maria Elisabeth, born in Mainz, who moved to Worms . Schmitt (1810-1868). The father, a tanner , acquired the Daniel Löb tannery in Worms in 1836 and founded a patent leather factory in 1840 together with Johann Baptist Doerr (1811-1892), who was also from Mainz, and it became one of the most important industrial companies in the city. It traded under the name “Doerr & Reinhart” and was the first factory in Worms to be founded or operated by Catholic entrepreneurs.

When his father died in 1871, Georg Christof Reinhart succeeded him in the leather factory. He was supported by the co-founder Johann Baptist Doerr, his son Fritz Doerr and his own brother Nikolaus Andreas Reinhart II (1841-1910), who, however, had also been a member of the 2nd Chamber of the Hessian Parliament since 1878 . His sister Anna Reinhart (1836–1901) had married the company co-founder Johann Baptist Doerr in 1853, which means that the factory was exclusively family-owned. She was also the owner of the rare Cross of Merit for Women and Virgins in 1870/71 .

Grave in the main cemetery Hochheimer Höhe, Worms

The company “Doerr & Reinhart” demonstrated a great sense of responsibility for the well-being of its employees. Exemplary were the early establishment of a company-owned consumer institute, a bread bakery and a dining establishment, as well as a medication fund, which was converted into a company health insurance fund in 1884. In 1889 the factory management set up a workers 'committee and had inexpensive workers' houses built. In 1880 the company already employed 700 workers.

family

Georg Christof Reinhart, to whom the title of Grand Ducal Commerzienrat was awarded, was married to Anna Clara Josepha Hundhausen (1843–1926), daughter of the notary Ludwig Hundhausen in Gau-Algesheim and his wife Susanna Anna Valckenberg, a granddaughter of the former Mayor of Worms Peter Joseph Valckenberg (1764-1837).

Reinhart's brother-in-law (brother of his wife) was the Catholic priest and Mainz theology professor Ludwig Joseph Hundhausen (1835–1900).

The couple had 6 children:

  • Nikolaus Ludwig Reinhart (1871–1947), co-owner of the company, married to Caroline b. Fech (1877-1947)
  • Ludwig Reinhart (1877–1925), co-owner of the company
  • Georg Nikolaus Reinhart (1880–1956), director of Siemens-Schuckertwerke
  • Susanna Reinhart (1867–1952), married to Georg Perschke, officer (1861–1905)
  • Elisabeth Anna Maria Reinhart (1868–1942), married since 1889 to the later Hessian Interior Minister Fritz Albert Johann Eduard Adolf von Hombergk zu Vach (1857–1935)
  • Julie Sophie Marie Reinhart (1871–1954), married since 1895 to Friedrich von Wachter , Prussian major general (1857–1926)

Georg Christof Reinhart and his wife Anna geb. Hundhausen were buried in the Hochheimer Höhe main cemetery in Worms , where their elaborate granite grave has been preserved in decidedly Catholic decorative forms ( crucifix , IHS and PX monograms).

literature

  • Commemorative sheets to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Doerr & Reinhart company in Worms: 1840 - 1890 , Kranzbühler, Worms, 1890; Digitized
  • The Lederwerke Doerr & Reinhart, Worms: A historical review , 1926; Find tip
  • Martina Rommel: The Worms and their city, 1750-1875: Demographic, social and denominational aspects of the change from the arable citizen to the factory workers city , Hessische Historische Kommission, 1996, page 83, ISBN 3884431994 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Father: Reinhart, Nikolaus Andreas I. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ Doerr, Johann Baptist. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ↑ Martina Rommel: The Worms and their city, 1750-1875: Demographic, social and confessional aspects of the change from the agricultural citizen to the factory workers city , Hessische Historische Kommission, 1996, page 83, ISBN 3884431994 ; Excerpt from the source
  4. ↑ Reinhart, Nikolaus Andreas II. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  5. ↑ PDF document with an alphabetical listing of the owners
  6. ↑ Writings of the Verein für Socialpolitik , volumes 45–48, Duncker & Humblot, 1890, page 149; Excerpt from the source
  7. ↑ Julius Post: Model sites of personal care by employers for their business relatives , Volume 2, 1893; Excerpts from the source
  8. ↑ On Ludwig Joseph Hundhausen ( Memento from June 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ Hombergk zu Vach, Friedrich Albert Johann Eduard Adolf. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
personal data
SURNAME Reinhart, Georg Christof
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reinhart, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrialist, councilor of commerce
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Worms
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1899
Place of death Worms