Johann Caspar Beeg

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Johann Caspar Beeg (born October 4, 1809 in Nuremberg ; † January 26, 1867 in Nuremberg; also Johannes Beeg) was a German technologist and publicist , from 1864 an honorary citizen of the city of Fürth .

Life

Johann Caspar Beeg was born in Nuremberg in 1809 as the son of a soap boiler. From 1826 he attended the seminar in Altdorf to prepare for the profession of teacher . After Beeg worked as a teacher in Nuremberg and Munich , he went to Greece in 1834 as a school and seminar inspector , made trips to European and Asian Turkey , returned to Germany in 1835 and lived with Joseph for three years as private secretary and tutor Ludwig von Armansperg at Egg Castle . Despite various advantageous job offers, he went to Munich in 1839 to study at the polytechnic school (today's Technical University ) and the university for two years. Beeg worked from 1840 to 1844 as an educator in the house of Count Rechberg-Rothenlöwen on his estate in Donzdorf in Württemberg. Beeg was given a teaching position at the trade school in Fürth in 1844 and soon after became its rector . In 1845/46 Beeg drafted a concept for promoting trade in Bavaria in his essay "Die Form". In his inaugural address, he already promoted the establishment of what would later become the "Bavarian Trade Museum", of which he was the spiritual father. From 1850 he was married to Mathilde Beeg , the daughter of Hans von und zu Aufsess. On his behalf he campaigned for the establishment of the "Germanic National Museum" in Nuremberg. His visits to major industrial exhibitions such as the First General German Industrial Exhibition in Munich in 1854 as well as the first world exhibitions , the Great Exhibition in London in 1851, the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1855 and the London International Exhibition on Industry and Art in London in 1862 give concrete form to his ideas. At the world exhibitions in London and Paris, he took on important functions on behalf of the Bavarian government. As a business sponsor, he made great efforts to put the Fürth eyewear industry on a new footing. He was also committed to the introduction of a new method of manufacturing mirrors without the use of the dangerous mercury. In 1858 he was appointed royal trade commissioner and in 1863 he was appointed trade commissioner for the city of Nuremberg. Two years after his death in 1867, the Bavarian Trade Museum was founded in 1869.

Works

From 1858, Beeg was editor of the Fürther trade newspaper for almost 10 years . In addition, he wrote many small treatises on technical topics and publications such as “The reform question of the industrial sector in Baiern” (1860) and “Memorial book of the singing festival in Nuremberg” (1861). In his estate there was an “industrial history of Bavaria” in the manuscript .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Silvia Glaser: The Bavarian Industrial Museum in Nuremberg and its founding fathers Lothar von Faber and Theodor von Cramer-Klett. (PDF; 14 kB) Retrieved January 6, 2009 .
personal data
SURNAME Beeg, Johann Caspar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beeg, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1867
Place of death Nuremberg