Johann Arnold Halbach
Johann Arnold Halbach (born October 23, 1745 in Neuenhammer near Remscheid , † June 11, 1823 in Müngsten ) was a manufacturer in the Bergisches Land . His father Johannes (1711–1789) and his grandfather Caspar (1673–1741) had already owned a hammer mill.
He built in 1772 Müngsten a factory to manufacture scythes of steel , so-called "Blue scythes." In 1805 he built the Halbach hammers near Blankenstein and had ax steel made. In 1810, his son Arnold Halbach founded a branch in Philadelphia to bypass the continental barrier.
The Halbachs sold scythe blades and steel for shotgun barrels in France , Spain and America . However, during the economic crisis in 1828, the plant in America was closed. The scythe factory in Müngsten and the hammers in Blankenstein were pledged. The economic difficulties of the trading company "Johann and Caspar Halbach and Sons" lasted for many years.
literature
- Hermann Ringel: Halbach, Johann Arnold. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 529 ( digitized version ).
swell
- ↑ Ancestors of Bernhard Leopold, Prince zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince of The Netherlands * 1911 ( Memento from July 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Wolfgang Mehlmann: The Scythe Smith ( Memento from June 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
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| SURNAME | Halbach, Johann Arnold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manufacturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1745 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuenhammer near Remscheid |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1823 |
| Place of death | Müngsten |