J. Steinbrener
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| legal form | Limited partnership (Austria) |
| founding | 1855 |
| Seat | Schärding |
| Branch | Book, art and music publishing |
| Website | www.Steinbrener.at/ |
J. Steinbrener is a bookbinding manufacturer and publishing company in Schärding , Upper Austria .
history
In 1855 Johann Steinbrener (July 17, 1835 –1909) founded the company in Winterberg, Bohemia . He succeeded in expanding the company into an export-oriented industrial company and thereby opening up new sales areas for the domestic trade and giving the Austrian art industry an important place in this area as well.
His parents' house was street No. 3, “To the Elephant”, leading from the market square down to the Volyňka River . There he opened his book printing workshop with a small shop. After the great fire in 1861, he rebuilt the house. He also acquired houses No. 1, 2, 4, 5 and a few others in addition to expanding his printing house. He also bought machines, and in 1872 he built a new factory on the banks of the Volyňka. Over time, Steinbrener became wealthy and he was very committed to his hometown. He took on public functions and built houses for his employees, founded a social institution for children and a house for pensioners. The books from his printing house have received several awards at exhibitions and trade fairs. Steinbrener took part in the 1873 World's Fair in Vienna, where he was able to establish contacts in America.
Around 1900 the publishing house published more than 500 editions in German , Hungarian , Czech , Polish , Italian , French , English , Croatian , Slovene and Slovak languages, which were published in all crown lands of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy , in Germany , Italy , England , Ireland , Switzerland , Russia , North and South America found their distribution.
The book and art print shop with 15 large machines printed 800,000 folk calendars in all languages of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in addition to the prayer books . For the production of the prayer book covers a bookbinder goods factory consisted of 400 workers, a painting and decoration Atelier , a bronze ware factory with Goldschlägerei , a studio for leg - and ivories , a celluloid - and Perlmutter - grinding and a large mint .
The Steinbrener patriotic folk calendars, which formed an important branch of folk literature around 1900, enjoyed general distribution in all crown lands of the dual monarchy . Among these, the “ Soldier's Friend ” found repeated recognition, with 100,000 copies published annually in German, Hungarian, Czech and Polish.
The founder Johann Steinbrener was honored several times, a street was named after him in Winterberg. A commemorative plaque was erected on house no. 3 in 1935 on the occasion of his 100th birthday; it was renewed in 1992 in the Czech and German versions.
The family business was successfully passed on in the following generations. His sons Johann (* 1863) and Ruprecht (* 1866) became partners from 1905 onwards. They were even appointed as kuk court printers .
After the end of the Second World War , the owners and their families were expelled from the Czech Republic and settled in Austria, where they gradually rebuilt the company in Schärding from 1946.
Today the company acts as a specialty company for the production of book gold prints (cut decorations of all kinds) and leather special bindings. This primarily includes the production of full leather covers for half-timbered structures in all areas of knowledge with artistic gilding on the ceiling including three-sided gilt edging. The own publishing department produces pocket prayer books in various bindings. The book “Praise the Lord” is bought primarily for confirmations .
Polish prayer book "Radość Duszy" by Steinbrener (imprimatur 1890)
Prayer book
"Maria" prayer book
Cut decoration in gold
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Jan Steinbrener. Vimperk Region, 2011, accessed October 8, 2011 .
- ↑ a b c d J. Steinbrener . In: Presented by the industrialists of Austria under the high protectorate of His K. and K. Highness of the Most Serene Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Hrsg.): Die Groß-Industrie Oesterreichs . Festival ceremony for the glorious fiftieth anniversary of the reign of His Majesty the Emperor Franz Josef I. Volume 6 . Leopold Weiss, Vienna 1898, XV. Graphic industry, p. 154 .
- ↑ a b Steinbrenner House No. 3. Vimperk Region, 2011, accessed on October 8, 2011 .
- ↑ Handbook of the Supreme Court and the Court of His K. and K. Apostolic Majesty . Kk Hof- und Staatsdruckerei , Vienna 1917, p. 518 .
- ↑ About us. J. Steinbrener bookbinding website, accessed October 12, 2017 .
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 27 ′ 17.8 " N , 13 ° 25 ′ 44.6" E