Johann Baptist Mayer

This article deals with the entrepreneur Johann Baptist Mayer. For geodesy see Johann Baptist Mayer (geodesy) .

Johann Baptist Mayer (born June 24, 1803 in Deisenhausen ; † July 7, 1892 in Bronnerlehe ) was an Upper Swabian entrepreneur. He traded in woven goods , cattle and land and owned several inns. He was the royal mail expedition from Ziemetshausen . In the 1850s / 60s he founded the hamlet "Bronnerlehe". In 1873/74 a weaving factory was built on the Mindel in Bronnerlehe, known as “Joh. Mayer & Cie ”existed until 1960.

childhood

Johann Baptist Mayer grew up with his older brother Joseph (1801–1876) and the twin sisters Maria (1809–1855) and Viktoria (1809–1873) in simple circumstances. His father Franz Xaver Mayer (1780–1823) was a mercenary and weaver in Deisenhausen , his mother Kreszentia Mayer, nee. Horber, (1766-1841) came from Wattenweiler . His paternal grandparents were the teacher and sacristan Andreas de Avelino Mayer (1746–1801) and Maria Theresia Mayer, born in Hürben . Paul (1745–1817) from Krumbach .

School and education

Johann Baptist learned the weaving trade on his parents' property . From an early age he had to help out on the small farm belonging to his parents' property and in the local fabric production. Johann Mayer attended the Deisenhausen weekday school from 6 to 12 years of age (1809–1815), and then until he was 18 years of age the holiday and Sunday school (1815–1821). Later, Johann completed some kind of commercial training with a Jew from Hürben. Lazarus Levi instructed him in the cattle and property trade and also taught him bookkeeping. However, Johann already showed particular skill in mathematics during his school days.

Weaving, livestock and real estate dealers

Johann Baptist Mayer was still a journeyman weaver when he was over 20 years old . He officially lived on his parents' estate in Deisenhausen for a long time. The mother gave the house with the garden to her older son Joseph when he married in 1825. However, Johann should already have had his own merit back then. On numerous trips he increasingly traded in woven goods, cattle and land. His fortune rose so much into the 1830s that he was also able to support the family. In 1839 he gave his twin sisters a house. The property trade in particular was still very successful in later years: Johann often acquired entire property complexes, parts of which he then sold individually and at a profit.

Innkeeper and postman

In December 1839 Johann Baptist Mayer acquired the Deisenhausen property no. 22 and became "Englwirt" (until 1856). In addition to the inn, the property included a stable, a barn, a courtyard and several gardens and meadows. With the purchase he also acquired a brewing and serving license for beer and brandy. In 1851 he acquired the Kronenwirtschaft in Ziemetshausen . With this purchase, Johann also rose to become the Royal Mail Expeditor .

Farmer and sheep farmer

In 1856 Johann Mayer acquired the so-called “Bronnereichet” from the state, a complex of land located on the Mindel in the triangle Bronnen , Salgen , Kirchheim . There was originally an oak forest on the site, but the state cut it down around 1830. Since some of the tree stumps were still sticking out of the ground, only grazing was possible there. Around 1860 Johann Baptist Mayer built the agricultural property that still exists today. Apparently he was very successful in raising sheep there. In 1874 he handed over the farm to his son Karl and his wife Margarethe.

Weaving mill owner

In 1873/74 Johann Mayer had a weaving factory and a water canal built on the Bronnerlehe in the immediate vicinity of Mindel, which was still unregulated at the time . The water diverted from the Mindel into the 3.5 meter wide canal drove ten to twelve looms in the large weaving room in the basement of the factory building via an almost 5 m high undershot water wheel . The company founder managed the weaving factory himself until he was 80 years old, until he handed it over to his daughter Anna and her husband Georg Boeck in 1883. The company existed under the name “Joh. Mayer & Cie ”until 1960 and is proof that industrialization also took place in the country.

The last years of life

Johann Baptist Mayer was a staunch supporter of the Kneipp method well into old age . He enjoyed an active retirement with his six children and over 50 grandchildren, but was also often on business trips. At the age of over 80, he bought a property in Bauhofen with a house, stable, barn as well as meadows and fields. In 1890 he bought a property in Oberschöneberg . He had the house there demolished and replaced with a new one. Johann Mayer died on July 7, 1892 on the Bronnerlehe. He was buried next to his wife, who died in 1873, in the Ziemetshausen cemetery.

Family and offspring

Johann Mayer was married twice:

1. Marriage to Afra Belle (1803–1840) from Deisenhausen (married 1839); the marriage remained childless, since Afra Belle died of a fever in 1840;

2. Marriage to Viktoria Dopfer (1815–1873) from Hasberg (married 1841); from this 6 children were born:

• Georg Mayer (born December 5, 1842 in Deisenhausen)
• Anna Mayer (born December 18, 1843 in Deisenhausen)
• Xaver Mayer (born December 3, 1846 in Deisenhausen)
• Karl Mayer (born December 2, 1849 in Deisenhausen)
• Karolina Mayer (born April 2, 1852 in Deisenhausen)
• Maria Mayer (born May 4, 1855 in Ziemetshausen)

Johann Baptist selected suitable spouses for his children and also provided them financially: The eldest son Georg took over the Kronenwirtschaft in Ziemetshausen in 1866 (until 1892). Daughter Anna and her husband Georg Boeck took over the weaving factory in Bronnerlehe from 1884. Son Xaver bought the Kronenwirtschaft in Neuburg / Kammel in 1874 with the support of his father. In 1875, son Karl received the farm on the Bronnerlehe, which still exists today. Karolina Mayer became the wife of the Pfaffenhausen main teacher Paulus Kuën and benefited from the will. The youngest daughter Maria and her husband Franz Seraph Fahrenschon became a Ludwigswirtin in Kirchheim.

literature

• Oliver Simmet, Joh. Mayer & Cie (1874–1960) Bronnerlehe, Landsberg / Lech 2010.

swell

• District office Mindelheim: Leveling plan of the factory sewer from June 17, 1873, Kulturbauamt Kaufbeuren, Triebwerk Joh. Mayer Cie.
• Description of the weaving factory to be built from June 18, 1873, Kulturbauamt Kaufbeuren, Triebwerk Joh. Mayer & Cie.
• Protocol for the construction of a weaving factory in Bronnen from October 1, 1874, Kaufbeuren Cultural Building Authority, Triebwerk Joh. Mayer Cie.
• Certificate for the setting of the Aich pile on the engine from November 11, 1874, Kaufbeuren cultural building authority, Joh. Mayer & Cie.

Individual evidence

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