Heinrich Schneider (jeweler)

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Director Heinrich Schneider (right with hat in hand) in 1906 on the Leipzig sports field with Thaddäus Robl (left)
The old Leipzig town hall (around 1890), where the family business is still located today

Heinrich Schneider (born March 21, 1859 in Büdingen , † May 6, 1926 in Leipzig ) was a businessman , court jeweler of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and order maker in the Kingdom of Saxony .

Brief CV

In 1888 Heinrich Schneider came to Leipzig and bought an existing jewelry store in the old town hall . On May 18, 1888, he opened this under the name Heinrich Schneider jewelry company . While working as a jeweler, Schneider was one of the best-known personalities in Leipzig's economy.

In addition, Schneider was involved in the development of sport and aviation; For 13 years he was the first chairman of the “Sportplatz” association , which operated the Leipzig sports field for track cycling races .

In 1919 Schneider handed over his jewelry business to his son Heinrich. Schneider himself remained a factory and estate owner until his death.

The Heinrich Schneider jewelry store is still located in Old Town Hall 1 today (2012) and is still family-owned. The company can look back on more than 120 years of business activity.

Order supplier in the First World War

On February 8, 1915, Schneider applied to the Royal Saxon Order Chancellery for delivery for war medals. The order's chancellery accepted his application. The first order included the delivery of 300 knight's crosses for the Albrecht Order I and II class with swords, which Schneider delivered in the same month.

In the period that followed, Schneider produced other knight's crosses of the Albrechts Order, the deliveries of which are documented until after the end of the First World War in 1918. Furthermore, he also produced Saxon War Merit Cross with the stamp S . Another 10,000 Friedrich August medals were also delivered to the Order's Chancellery.

Museum pieces

Some of his works are exhibited in the Leipzig City History Museum .

  • Sequins , around 1900
  • Silver plate, 1909
  • Splendid silver plate, 1909
  • Advertising slip with an illustration of an anniversary plate, 1913

literature

  • Dieter Weber, Paul Arnold, Peter Keil: The Orders of the Kingdom of Saxony , Graf Klenau Verlags GmbH Offenbach 1997, ISBN 978-3936529807 , p. 255.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sport-Album der Rad-Welt 1904 , Berlin 1905, pp. 14/15
  2. ↑ Sport-Album der Rad-Welt 1924–1927 , Berlin 1928, p. 122
  3. ↑ http://museum.zib.de/sgml_internet/sgml.php?seite=5&fld_0=Z0064627
  4. ↑ http://museum.zib.de/sgml_internet/sgml.php?seite=5&fld_0=ME000146
  5. ↑ http://museum.zib.de/sgml_internet/sgml.php?seite=5&fld_0=me000384
  6. ↑ http://museum.zib.de/sgml_internet/sgml.php?seite=5&fld_0=Z0023585
personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German court jeweler
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Büdingen
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1926
Place of death Leipzig