Johann Jacob Bodemer
Johann Jacob Bodemer (born February 7, 1762 in Stuttgart , † February 14, 1844 in Dresden ) was a German entrepreneur .
Life
Johann Jacob Bodemer (different spelling "Bodamer") was born in 1762 as the second of ten children of the chief customs officer Philipp Jacob Bodemer (1737–1807) and his wife Marie Salome, born. Egeler used Schnaufer (1735–1801), Kronenwirtin born in Calw. From 1772 to 1774 he attended the Hohe Karlsschule in Stuttgart , where he was a classmate of Friedrich Schiller . Since his parents could not afford a higher education for him, Bodemer began an apprenticeship as a businessman . From 1780 to 1784 he worked as a clerk in Frankfurt / Main . In 1784 he came to Leipzig , where he met the businessman Schneider. He recognized Bodemer's great talent and granted him a loan of 4,000 thalers to set up a wholesale business with English goods.
With this he was extremely successful, so that around 1790 he was able to acquire the calico printing plant in Naundorf near Großenhain . Bodemer began to expand. In 1802 he opened his first branch in Zschopau on Alten Scharfensteiner Weg (today Spinnereistraße) through his administrator Immanuel Gottlob Heßler (1778-1830) . In 1803 he settled in the small country town of Eilenburg . Since Eilenburg came to Prussia after the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and the country boosted the local economy through its protective tariff policy, this company developed rapidly. The company with its three locations traded as "Bodemer & Co." In 1818 Bodemer introduced mechanical looms in the Zschopau factory, which met with fierce resistance from the weavers there. The company had trading branches for the sale of its printed calico in Trieste and Smyrna, among others . In 1819 he founded the Zschopau cotton spinning mill, the weaving mill continued to operate in parallel for a few years. As an entrepreneur, Bodemer was committed to promoting young talent. In 1830 he retired. His first-born son Heinrich Jacob Bodemer (1800-1883) took over the management in Großenhain , in Zschopau Jacob Georg Bodemer and in Eilenburg his son-in-law Carl Degenkolb .
Web links
- Ursula Forberger : Bodemer, Johann Jacob . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
- Saxon Industrial Museum: The Bodemers
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bodemer, Johann Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1762 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1844 |
| Place of death | Dresden |