Josef Bartoň-Dobenín (textile entrepreneur, 1838)

Josef Bartoň-Dobenín ( [ˈbartɔ̹ɲˌdɔ̹bɛniːn] ; born as Josef Bartoň , 1912–1918: Josef Bartoň z Dobenína ; born December 28, 1838 in Žďárky , Kingdom of Bohemia ; † December 12, 1920 , in Náchod ) was a textile entrepreneur in the region until 1918 Austro-Hungarian monarchy and then until 1920 in Czechoslovakia . He was the founder of the Bartoň textile company in Staré Město nad Metují , which was incorporated into Náchod in 1925. From 1899 until his death in 1920 he was mayor of Náchod.

Career

Josef Bartoň was the son of the homonymous house weaver and linen dealer Josef Bartoň (1803–1849) from Žďárky in the Königgrätzer district . 1852-1854 he learned the dyeing trade from Jan Exner in Wernesdorf . He then spent a year traveling as a journeyman in Austria, Hungary, Galicia and Moravia. After returning in 1856, he married. In 1858 he took over a bleaching and dyeing factory for linen in Hochsichel from his father's inheritance . Soon after, he leased the bleach to Jan Umlauf from Hronov . After a fire in 1865 he sold the property and settled in Náchod in 1866. There he ran an indigo dye factory that employed his wife and older children. He delivered the dyed fabrics to Upper Austria, Styria and the Salzburger Land. With the purchase of his own house in Náchod ( na Plhově 10 ) in 1869 , he was able to expand the business and employed several journeymen. Numerous house weavers worked for him in the surrounding villages. After being on the right bank of Metuje ( Mettau ) in Stare Mesto nad Metují and Bražec acquired several plots, he established in 1885 a modern weaving with 26 power looms, a fabric dyeing and printing and -trocknerei. After further factory extensions, the number of looms rose to 56 in 1888 and to 86 in 1890. His four sons Ladislav (1858–1939), Josef (1862–1951), Cyril (1863–1953) and Arnošt (1869–1906) initially all worked in the paternal business with.

In 1890 Josef Bartoň took on his son Josef of the same name and in 1894 his son Cyril as a partner in his company. Son Ladislav had founded his own textile dyeing and printing plant in Česká Skalice in 1892 and therefore left his father's company. In 1902 Josef Bartoň transferred the one-third share of the company that had remained with him to his sons Josef and Cyril. They expanded the factory by purchasing more land and switched the looms to electricity. Due to the successful foreign trade, 600 looms were operated in 1904. In 1905 800 workers were employed.

Josef Bartoň held several honorary positions. I.a. from 1899 to 1905 he was mayor of the city of Náchod and from 1906 to 1910 head of the political district of Nachod . With the company profits he made, he acted as a patron in the social and cultural field. For his services to the development of the textile industry and his commitment to the common good, he was ennobled in 1912 by Emperor Franz Josef with the title "von Dobenín " ( z Dobenína ). The company he founded operated with great economic success until its expropriation in 1948 under the name "Staroměstká mechanická tkalcovna, barvírna a tiskárna Josef Bartoň a synové". After the Velvet Revolution , it was returned to its descendants in 1992.

literature

Lydia Baštecká, Ivana Ebelová: Náchod . Náchod 2004. ISBN 80-7106-674-5 , 162–201
Ivan Česka: Rod Bartoňů z Dobenína . In: Rodným Krajem, issue 20 (2000), pp. 42–44; Issue 21 (2001), pp. 20-21.
Historická encyklopedie podnikatelů Čech, Moravy a Slezska . Ostrava 2003, ISBN 80-7042-612-8 , p. 32.

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personal data
SURNAME	Bartoň-Dobenín, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Josef Bartoň from Dobenín, Josef; Bartoň z Dobenína, Josef; Bartoň, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Textile entrepreneur in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and in Czechoslovakia, mayor of Náchod
DATE OF BIRTH	December 28, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH	Žďárky , Kingdom of Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH	December 12, 1920
Place of death	Náchod , Czechoslovakia