Israel Friedrich Wirth
Israel Friedrich Wirth (* 17th April 1806 in Stuttgart , † 22. December 1883 in Stuttgart) is a furniture manufacturer in Stuttgart, Royal Württembergischer Hof was ebenist and pioneer of hop growing in Tettnang.
Life
Stuttgart
Israel Friedrich Wirth, nickname Friedrich, was born on April 17, 1806 in Stuttgart. His father was the master carpenter Johann Israel Wirth († before 1839), his mother was Johanne Friederike Link († before 1855). The family lived in Stuttgart in their own house at Kanalstrasse 22 near Charlottenplatz . Wirth became a master carpenter and cabinet maker (cabinet maker). From 1844 he ran a furniture factory in his own buildings at Kanalstrasse 20 and 22. In 1857 he was appointed royal Württemberg court servant. Around 1860 he sold the houses at Kanalstrasse 20 and 22 and bought nearby the house at Charlottenstrasse 21 and Gaisburgstrasse 2 and 4 as the company's headquarters. From 1864 his factory was renamed “F. Wirth Sons furniture and parquet flooring factory and steam sawmill ”with his son Wilhelm Wirth as a partner. When he was also appointed court bishop in 1866, the factory operated under the name “F. Wirth Sons court grooms, furniture and parquet flooring factory ”. From 1879, Carlreiber joined as a further partner. Bruno Fleischer took his place as a partner in 1883.
Tettnang
In 1866, Wirth acquired Gut Kaltenberg, north of the Württemberg town of Tettnang , but kept his apartment in Stuttgart. Fascinated by the hop culture in Tettnang, he paid scientific attention to hops for the first time; he got the local farmers to introduce hop growing on their farms. In the large drying house of his Kaltenberg estate, the so-called “Hopfenburg”, the hops were air-dried on Hurden .
In 1882, Wirth sold the Kaltenberg estate and retired to Stuttgart, where he died on December 22, 1883 at the age of 77. His wife survived him by 18 years and died in 1901 at the age of 85. Wirth and his wife were buried in Stuttgart at the Fangelsbach cemetery. The tomb has been dissolved.
family
Israel Friedrich Wirth married Wilhelmine Wörnle (1816–1901) in Stuttgart in 1838, a daughter of the farrier and armorer Wilhelm Gabriel Wörnle and his wife Auguste Rosine Kraus. The marriage resulted in 3 sons and 2 daughters:
- Wilhelm Wirth (1837–1917) was a partner in his father's furniture factory from 1864. When he, like his father, was appointed court groom in 1866, the factory was named “F. Wirth Sons court grooms, furniture and parquet flooring factory ”. In 1893 Wilhelm Wirth was appointed councilor of commerce.
- Carl Wirth († 1883) ran a "parquet floor factory and steam saw" with Hermann Wagner in Stuttgart from 1867 to 1873.
- From 1872 Paul Wirth was a partner in the furniture factory FW Brauer in Stuttgart.
- Marie Haug b. Wirth (1838–1872) married in 1857 the council clerk, councilor and lawyer Hermann Haug (1827–1875).
- Friederike Wirth († 1867) remained unmarried.
Villa Wirth
In 1864, Israel Friedrich Wirth had a country house built by foreman Carl Eitelbuss (1825–1872) at Kanonenweg 36 (since 1946 Haußmannstrasse) in Stuttgart-Ost on a gently sloping plot of land. The two-story, three-axis building had a floor area of 20 by 12 meters. It was gable and covered with a gable roof. The main facade was divided symmetrically. The clear structure was emphasized by arched windows on the ground floor, segmented arched windows on the first floor and surrounding ledges. The side-mounted, striking stair tower made of rusticated masonry rested on a square floor plan and supported a roof terrace with a balustrade and a statue of a sword-bearer. In 1900 the frog fountain was built on the street in front of the villa .
After the death of Wilhelmine Wirth, who inherited the house from her husband, the government master builder Robert Schmid bought the villa as a summer house in 1903 and added a few extensions. In 1903/1904 Robert Schmid built the villas Kanonenweg 34, 34A, 34B and 38 in the vicinity of Villa Wirth, which were intended for sale. After being damaged in World War II, Villa Wirth was renovated and later demolished. The listed neighboring houses have been preserved.
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Frog well
The slope on Haußmannstrasse, which rose to Uhlandshöhe , was supported in 1900 by a retaining wall that ran along the street. In front of the Villa Wirth, a niche open at the top and axially aligned with the staircase of the villa was let into the retaining wall. The niche is flanked by two pillars and closed off by a balustrade. A fountain is built into the niche.
The fountain with a bronze frog spouting water and a herm with a bronze faun bust rises above an oval granite tub. The faun bust, crowned with vine leaves, has a pumpkin bottle and a panpipe as attributes. The sculptor Emil Kiemlen modeled the faun , while the architectural composition of the fountain was designed by the architect Franz Cloos. The casting of the bronze figures was done by the Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF) in Geislingen. The bronze figures were re-cast in 1953, and the fountain was renovated in 1990.
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Honors
- Wirth, who among other things initiated the establishment of the Tettnang Beautification Association, was granted honorary citizenship for his services by resolution of the Tettnang City Council on June 28, 1869.
- Awarded the Württemberg Order of Frederick by King Wilhelm I.
- The Israel-Friedrich-Wirth-Strasse in Tettnang is named in Wirth's honor.
Fonts
- Friedrich Wirth: Hop growing: a common, instructive description of the culture and treatment of hops from the first plant to harvest and drying based on personal experience. Metzler, Stuttgart 1875. (2nd edition 1877, pdf (without plates) .)
literature
- Israel Friedrich Wirth. online at the support group Heimatkunde Tettnang .
- Landhaus Wirth. In: Gebhard Blank: Stuttgart villas in the 19th century. A brochure accompanying the exhibition in the Wilhelms-Palais from March 18 to August 16, 1987. Stuttgart 1987, p. 32.
- Haussmannstrasse 36. In: Christine Breig: The villa and country house construction in Stuttgart 1830–1930. An overview of the various implementations and changes in the villa building type in Stuttgart. Stuttgart 2004, pp. 237-239.
- Municipal Council (ed.): Chronicle of the Kgl. Capital and residence city Stuttgart 1900. S. 178, 179 (Froschbrunnen).
- Michael Goer: The "Hopfenburg" of the Hofgut Kaltenberg - a landmark of the Tettnang hop growing. In: Preservation of monuments in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 16, 1987, pp. 180-182, (pdf)
- Peter Heidtmann: Green gold. 150 years of hop growing in Tettnang. Senn, Tettnang 1994, ISBN 3-88812-167-1 .
- Friedrich Wirth (New Carpentry). In: Eduard Schmidt-Weissenfels: Twelve Carpenter: Biographical Novellistic Pictures. Abenheim, approx., Berlin 1881, pp. 133-144.
- Gustav Wais: Stuttgart's art and cultural monuments: 25 pictures with explanations of city history, building history and art history. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1954, p. 61.
- Hermann Ziegler: Fangelsbach cemetery. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1994, pp. 98, 78.
Web links
Footnotes
- ^ Chairman of the carpenters' guild in Stuttgart.
- ↑ #Ziegler 1994 , Stuttgart address books 1811–1915.
- ↑ # Heidtmann 1994 .
- ↑ #Ziegler 1994 .
- ^ Stuttgart address books 1811–1900, #Ziegler 1994 .
- ↑ #Heidtmann 1994 , p 53rd
- ↑ In #Blank 1987 , Wilhelm Wirth is mistakenly named as the client.
- ↑ #Breig 2004 , #Blank 1987 .
- ↑ #Chronics 1900 .
- ↑ # Heidtmann 1994 , p. 35.
- ↑ # Schmidt-Weissenfels 1881 , p. 142.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wirth, Israel Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wirth, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German furniture manufacturer and leveler, pioneer of hop growing |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1883 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |