Jakob Wirz
Jakob Wirz (born May 12, 1856 in Gelterkinden ; † May 23, 1904 in Moscow ) was a manufacturer of silk ribbons, fire hoses and belts.
Life
Jakob Wirz was the son of the teacher Johann Wirz and Salome Gerster. He attended primary school in Gelterkinden and the district school in Böckten and married Louise Esther Nidecker von Basel in 1886 . Their son was the ethnologist Paul Wirz .
Wirz learned ribbon weaver and trained as a merchant at the Association of Young Merchants in Basel . Then he deepened his knowledge in silk ribbon weaving . During the economic crisis in 1878 he emigrated to Moscow and took the position of master weaver in Heinrich Handschin's company . His hard work brought him professional advancement and in 1882 he became managing director of Handschin's company.
When Handschin withdrew from Russia , Jakob Wirz turned his company into a profitable large company. From 1885 he became a partner in the company. Thanks to major orders from the Russian army , Heinrich Handschin, Wirz & Cie was the largest ribbon weaving mill in Russia at the beginning of the First World War. Wirz stayed in Moscow until the end of his life. His grave is in the Gelterkinden cemetery. Jakob Wirz donated an orphanage and church bells to his home community of Gelterkinden.
literature
- P. Winter: Jakob Wirz-Nidecker , hectography 1962.
- R. Schuppli: In oriente lux? , 1993, 47-51.
- Ruth Haener: Heinrich Handschin and his Foundation , 1994, 26–38
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wirz, Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manufacturer in Moscow |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gelterkinden |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1904 |
| Place of death | Moscow |