Georg Dreyer

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"Dreyers Färberei", shop on Aegidientorplatz (around 1900)
Around 1900: Aegidientorplatz with a shop from "Dreyers Färberei" (left in the picture)

Georg Dreyer (born March 15, 1847 in Neuenkirchen (Melle) ; † December 19, 1903 in Hanover ) was a German court - dyer , entrepreneur and mayor as well as founder of the dye works Hof-Schönfärberei A. & G. Dreyer .

A. & G. Dreyer

Little is known about Georg Dreyer's early career. In 1874 he founded in Hanover on the leash , the whitewashing and Dry Laundry "A. & G. Dreyer ”( (location) , west of what will later become Dreyerstraße ) - obviously together with a family member. The location on the then little developed outskirts and on the Leine in the former village of Königsworth was chosen because of the emissions and the large amount of water required. In addition, there were transport and delivery options via the navigable line directly to and from the factory premises. The "Hof-Schönfarber" was able to supply the dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and the princes of Schaumburg-Lippe by water .

Just four years after the company was founded, the company received a medal “for excellent performance” at the “ General Trade Exhibition of the (Prussian) Province of Hanover ” in 1878.

Initially, the company was only connected to the road network via a garden path laid out around 1800 as part of the Andertenschen Wiese ; as Dreyerstraße this part of the compound was "called at the request of residents." until 1883

In 1880, the company is said to have been taken over by Moritz Niemann , keeping the original name . An invoice form from 1903, perhaps even older, names another Georg Dreyer as the owner of the company.

According to a revised invoice form from 1904, Robert Dreyer had been the new owner of the “Institute for Dyeing” since then at the latest - that is, exactly in the year after the death of the company founder. In comparison with the illustration of the previous year, various structural extensions of the factory buildings can be seen: On the far left of the picture of the engraving , a small park-like garden can be seen on the company premises behind the entrance gate, a means of representation and a sign of success for well-known companies from around 1900 . In addition, a company-owned chapel can be seen.

From 1904, the company pointed to new technologies and services. When an additional “American fine laundry” was advertised, the advantages of “mechanical carpet cleaning” were emphasized. The company was also awarded a second medal for its achievements.

The document from 1904 shows a new bridge at the bottom right of the factory picture (the now listed “Dreyer Bridge”).

January 1946: Ruins in flood in Dreyerstrasse

At the beginning of the 20th century, the company had seven shops and seventeen acceptance points, usually in places where affluent customers did their errands, such as Aegidientorplatz .

Large parts of the factories were destroyed by the air raids on Hanover in World War II. In 1946, shortly after the end of the war, the greatest flood disaster in Hanover caused further damage.

Today there are modern residential and office buildings on the site of the former courtyard whitewash.

  • Invoice receipt from A. & G. Dreyer from 1903 with a picture of the factories on the Leine

  • Invoice document from 1904 showing the expanded factory facilities

  • The listed Dreyerbrücke over the Leine

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References and comments

  1. ↑ a b Helmut Zimmermann : Dreyerstraße. In: The street names of the state capital Hanover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung Hanover , 1992, ISBN 3-7752-61-20-6 , p. 64
  2. ^ Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , 1914
  3. ↑ see literature: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon
  4. ↑ here the construction date "around 1905" is given: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, City of Hanover, part 1, (vol.) 10.1 , p. 99

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SURNAME Dreyer, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dyer, entrepreneur and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuenkirchen (Melle)
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1903
Place of death Hanover