Gustav Albert Lange

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Gustav Albert Lange (1846-1918)

Gustav Albert Lange (born November 21, 1846 , † June 1, 1918 in Aue ) was a German entrepreneur , secret councilor and politician .

Life

Gustav Albert Lange was married to his sister Clara from 1874. Domkowicz was co-owner of his father Adolph Lange's company . In 1885 he became head of the company Sächsische Kupfer- und Messingwerke FA Lange in Kupferhammer-Grünthal near Olbernhau and that of Dr. Geitner's Argentanfabrik FA Lange in Auerhammer . After the death of his father in 1898, he took over the factories jointly with his sister Clara. With the factories he became the most important manufacturer of non-ferrous metals in Saxony. By 1908, 1,000 people were employed in the Auerhammer factory . They made nickel silver , brass , tombac , aurane and bronze , among other things . At the same time, 650 employees at the Grünthal plant were producing copper, brass, tombac and bronze and processing them into wires, plates and sheets. At another location in Schweinitzmühle , a workforce of 350 employees produced sheet metal from nickel silver, brass, bronze and copper for use in Austria .

In 1917 Gustav Albert Lange was taken over by the Saxon King Friedrich August III. appointed as a manor owner by royal appointment in the first chamber of the Saxon state parliament , of which he belonged until his death in June 1918. Gustav Albert Lange is buried in the family crypt in the municipal cemetery in Aue.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chronology of the Auerhammer Manor , accessed on December 28, 2015
  2. ^ Walther Fischer:  Lange, Franz Adolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 553 f. ( Digitized version ).
  3. ↑ List of the members of the Saxon State Parliament 1917/18
  4. ^ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of the history of the Saxon state parliament - presidents and members of parliament from 1833 to 1952 , Dresden 2001, p. 37
personal data
SURNAME Lange, Gustav Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, privy councilor and politician, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony)
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1846
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1918
Place of death Aue