Ignaz Klinger

Ignaz Klinger (born June 8, 1814 in Dittersbach , Bohemia; † June 15, 1872 in Neustadtl , Bohemia) was an Austrian entrepreneur and founder of the Ignaz Klinger wool goods factory .

family

Klinger came from an old weaver family who originally ran a linen weaving business in the Rumburg area, which was later expanded to include the Friedland district with a branch in Dittersbach . He was the son of the shop owner and weaving entrepreneur Johann Josef Klinger (1777–1855) and his wife Maria Theresia, née Neumann (1783–1841).

On May 10, 1842, he married Antonie Effenberger (1819–1882). The marriage resulted in three sons and six daughters. The sons Oskar (1844–1927), Franz Edmund (1850–1883) and Ottomar (1852–1918) also became textile entrepreneurs. In 1898 the brothers Oskar and Ottomar Klinger were raised to the Austrian nobility and in 1908 to the baron status.

Live and act

Klinger learned the craft of linen weaving from his father. Around 1835 he took over the Bärnsdorf factories of the CE Blumrich company from Friedland . After the closure of the Blumrich factory, Klinger went into business for himself in Neustadtl in 1839 . Initially he limited himself to trading, but soon began producing his own raw fabric. Later he switched to the manufacture of finer fabrics. The company flourished; In 1844 around 700 house weavers worked for the Ignaz Klinger factories; in 1850 their number had doubled to 1,500.

In 1862, Klinger set up a mechanical weaving mill with 500 regulator and jacquard looms in Neustadtl. The first industrial revolution brought great development and prosperity to the city. In 1869 another 100 looms were set up. In Dittersbach he set up a weaving mill for his older brothers Anton and Josef, whom he had previously employed in Neustadtl.

The Ignaz Klinger wool goods factory , which produced cotton and sheep wool, became one of the largest textile companies in Austria-Hungary. His sons Ottomar and Oskar, who built the mechanical cloth and fashion goods factory in Kratzau in 1901, also played a major role in this . After his death on June 15, 1872, his three sons took over his life's work and successfully continued the company. At the beginning of the 20th century, the worsted Ignaz Klinger spinning mill had 5,000 employees.

literature

• Marschner, Erhard:  Klinger, Ignaz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 90 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Stanislav Beran: Ignaz Klinger company in Neustadt an der Tafelfichte - The end of the story of the traditional Neustadt family company