Johann Polycarp Bulius

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Johann Polycarp Bulius (born April 28, 1711 in Wittenberg , † August 5, 1778 in Torgau ) was a German silk manufacturer and court trimmers from the Electorate of Saxony.

family

Johann Polycarp Bulius was born in 1711 as the son of the Wittenberg trimmers Christoph Bulius. His father and grandfather had already practiced this profession in Wittenberg and Leipzig . The Bulius were the most important Saxon trimmers family and determined the craft in the Saxon area for almost 200 years. At the time of Polycarp Bulius' birth, four of the six Wittenberg trimmers were named Bulius.

Bulius' daughter Johanna Christiana married the Dresden trimmers Johann Christian Röber; the daughter Christiane Charlotte first married the chief elder of the trimmers of Grossenhain Johann Christian Gottlieb Kunath and after his death the chief elder of the trimmers of Dresden Johann Gottlieb Schäfer.

Bulius was the grandfather of the social medicine doctor Friedrich August Röber .

Silk manufacturer

Polycarp Bulius was sent to an apprenticeship by his father in 1720, which he left as a journeyman in 1731. Later he became a master of trimmings and under Elector Friedrich August II of Saxony, court trimmers of the Electorate of Saxony . In 1773 Bulius acquired the silk filatorium of the Leipzig Chamber Council Johann Christian Raabe in Mahitzschen . On the grounds of the manor of Mahitzschen, mulberry trees were cultivated, which were needed to breed the silk moth . The productivity of production was increased by using a mill on the grounds of the manor for machine silk production. This is said to have been the first silk factory on German soil. However, it is known that in the Kingdom of Prussia in the county of Hohenstein as early as 1769, Lieutenant Colonel von Wangenheim was granted a concession to set up a Genoese silk factory. Furthermore, in 1766 a Mr. Gossler was running a silk factory and mulberry plantation in Königsborn near Magdeburg .

In collaboration with the Italian-born Leipzig merchant Franz Sanjusto, Johann Polycarp Bulius produced the silk in Mahitzschen based on the Italian model. Shortly before his death, Polycarp Bulius published instructions for the production of silk ribbons, which contain various textile samples and are now kept in the main state archive in Dresden .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina: Acta historica Leopoldina . tape 4-5 , 1966, pp. 67 .
  2. ^ Parish office Wittenberg: Church records Wittenberg . 1672.
  3. ↑ a b Braider Guild of Wittenberg: Guild books of the Braider Guild of Wittenberg. In: Guild matters Wittenberg. , accessed on August 23, 2019
  4. ^ Pfarramt Dresden: Church records Dresden . 1781.
  5. ↑ Bulius Seidenfilatorium in Torgau 1773. In: Central State Archive Dresden . , accessed on August 23, 2019
  6. ↑ a b Purchase of the Raabeschen Filatorium in Mahizschen by JP Bulius and Franz San Justo. In: Main State Archives Dresden . , accessed on August 23, 2019
  7. ^ Hermann Heckmann: Trade Relations between Saxony and Italy 1740 - 1814 . In: Series of publications by the Dresden State Archives . tape 9 . Böhlaus successor, 1974, p. 80 ff .
  8. ↑ LASA, A 19e, VII No. 67.
  9. ↑ LASA, A 9a VI, Magdeburg Old Town No. 477 vol. 1
  10. ↑ Johann Polycarp Bulius: Preparation of Tissue bands by Johann Polykarp Bulius in Torgau. In: Main State Archives Dresden . , accessed on August 23, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Bulius, Johann Polycarp
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bulius, polycarp; Pulius, Johann Polycarp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German silk manufacturer and court trimmers from Electoral Saxony
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1711
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittenberg
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1778
Place of death Torgau