Johann Gottlieb Meebold

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Johann Gottlieb Meebold (born August 28, 1796 in Sulz am Neckar , † September 21, 1871 in Heidenheim ) was a co-founder of Württembergische Cattunmanufactur and is considered a pioneer of industrial textile production in Germany.

Life

Johann Gottlieb Meebold was born in 1796 as the son of Christian Meebold in Sulz am Neckar . He enjoyed an excellent education from an early age and went to school in Amsterdam , England and Mulhouse in Alsace , among others .

After the Augsburg- based entrepreneur Johann Heinrich von Schüle founded a fabric weaving and printing works in Heidenheim an der Brenz in 1766, Johann Gottlieb Meebold joined in 1822 and merged the company to form Meebold, Hartenstein & Comp. , which later became the Hartmann bandage fabric factory and, in 1822, the Gottlieb and Friedrich Meebold fabric printing company , India factory , which he founded together with his brother Friedrich Meebold.

In 1828 Johann Gottlieb Meebold received citizenship in Heidenheim , Württemberg . In the same year he opened a mechanical cotton weaving mill with 120 looms. The mechanical looms were the first in Germany to date . Since they were in operation day and night, Meebold used luminous gas for the first time in Baden-Württemberg to illuminate the halls. In addition, the progressively oriented Johann Gottlieb Meebold campaigned strongly for the expansion of the Aalen - Heidenheim rail network and he also put Baden-Württemberg's first steam engine into operation.

In 1849 he handed over the management of the cotton weaving mill to his son Robert Meebold , but initially retained the chairmanship of the textile printing mill. In 1861, Meebold left the textile industry by relinquishing the chairmanship of the textile printing company. In his last years he was very committed to the city of Heidenheim and, for example, had extensive facilities on Heidenheimer Schlossberg expanded. Johann Gottlieb Meebold died on December 21, 1871 in Heidenheim an der Brenz.

The city of Heidenheim honored Meebold with a street that is named after him.

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personal data
SURNAME Meebold, Johann Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, co-founder of the Württembergische Cattunmanufactur
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Sulz am Neckar
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 1871
Place of death Heidenheim