Johann Leopold Krawinkel

Johann Leopold Krawinkel (born February 7, 1780 in Neustadt ; † July 30, 1842 there ) was the oldest of two brothers and six sisters and the later founder of the Leopold Krawinkel company .

Life

Leopold grew up under tough conditions in Bergneustadt . The meager yields from the mostly stony fields, including potatoes, oats and buckwheat , were the only products of the soil. The area was not very attractive compared to the agriculturally better situated areas of the Siegkreis and the Rhineland, which is why it was also named "Hafer Spain". Because of the arduous routes over mountains and valleys, spinning, weaving and weaving turned out to be the most suitable for earning a living. Due to the poor financial situation, Leopold had to try to find a sideline in order to support his parents in feeding his 7 younger siblings through his earnings.

On December 15, 1806, the day after his wedding, he and his wife started working as a stocking maker. Regine Köster, who had been engaged to him for a few years, helped him bring the business up from the meager beginnings. The couple had three children, Moritz Leopold, Amalie and Friedrich. Leopold soon set up knitting chairs in the so-called publishing system for smallholder home weavers in the neighborhood. Due to the good quality, they soon found new sales markets. Leopold Krawinkel bought his wool himself, which the women and girls then spun into a yarn. This was skilfully twisted and easily milled into the finished product.

Johann Leopold Krawinkel died on July 30, 1842 after a serious illness.

literature

• Memorandum for the 100th anniversary of the Leopold Krawinkel company in Bergneustadt, December 15, 1906 , printed by Friedr. Luyken (owner Otto Waelde), Gummersbach.
• 150 years of Leop. Krawinkel knitwear and knitwear factory - spinning mill, Bergneustadt - Vollmerhausen , archive for economics Darmstadt. Text: Kraft Sachisthal. Archival work: Ingrid Bauert-Keetmann. Graphics: Lothar Böttrich.
• Amalie Kaufmann-Krawinkel: Leop. Krawinkel 1806 - 1906. A small sketch , as a manuscript for friends of Amalie Kaufmann-Krawinkel, printed by Ernst Kaufmann, Lahr i. B. 1906.
• Memories of Kommerzienrat Bernhard Krawinkel 1851-1936 , printed by Friedrich Luyken GmbH in Gummersbach in 1937, published by Adolf Krawinkel and Reinhard Kaufmann. Bernhard Krawinkel. A portrait of Hans Ellenbeck's life . August Dresbach's businessman and factory owner. Commemorative speech by Pastor Luyken Gummersbach, at the grave of Bernhard Krawinkel.
• Gerhard Kaufmann: End of the war with Leop. Krawinkel in Vollmerhausen in "Contributions to Oberbergische Geschichte" , Volume 9, 2007, Oberbergische Department 1924 e. V. of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, pages 134 to 136.
• Wilhelm Tieke : "... until the hour zero." The Oberbergisches Land during the war 1939 to 1945 , publisher: EH Ullenboom, 1985 Verlag Gronenberg, Gummersbach, ISBN 3-88265-127-X .
• Wilhelm Tieke: After the zero hour. Years of distress and famine in Oberbergischen 1945 - 1949 , publisher: EH Ullenboom, 1987 Verlag Gronenberg, Gummersbach.
• Jürgen Woelke: Capital was necessary, founding years in Gummersbach and Oberberg , Verlagkontor Osberghaus GmbH, Gummersbach 1985, ISBN 3-925465-01-4 .