Johann Gottfried Spießhofer
Johann Gottfried Spießhofer (born February 9, 1854 in Heubach ; † March 31, 1917 there ) was a German entrepreneur.
Life
Spießhofer's ancestors immigrated to Württemberg from the Salzburger Land (Radstadt area; Spießhof near Lungötz in the eastern Tennengebirge ) around 1680 . His father moved from Bartholomä to Heubach at the beginning of the 19th century and was accepted into the local weavers' guild in 1838. In 1879 Spießhofer founded a general store in Heubach and finally in 1886 together with his future son-in-law Michael Braun in the same building the corset factory Spießhofer & Braun , which has been operating under the name Triumph since 1902operates. From the very beginning, both of them developed the factory into a company of international importance.
literature
- City of Heubach (Ed.): Heubach and Rosenstein Castle. Einhorn Verlag Eduard Dietenberger GmbH, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1984.
- Gerhard Kolb: Heubach - history in pictures , Wartberg Verlag 2000, ISBN 3-86134-715-6 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spießhofer, Johann Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heubach |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1917 |
| Place of death | Heubach |