Karl Augustin (entrepreneur)

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Karl Augustin also Augustin-Hartmann (born August 30, 1884 in Sternberg , Moravia , today Šternberk, Czech Republic ; † October 23, 1988 in Thayngen ; resident of Thayngen since 1917) was a Swiss printer and publisher of Austrian origin .

Life

Family and education

Born Catholic , Karl Augustin, from Sternberg in northern Moravia, which at that time belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, son of the weaver and factory owner Emil Augustin, who died early , completed compulsory schooling in his hometown. Karl Augustin, who emigrated to Switzerland in 1907, then completed an apprenticeship as a typesetter as well as a course as a typesetter in Berlin . Karl Augustin married the teacher Pauline Hartmann in 1911 . He died in October 1988 at the old age of 104.

Entrepreneurial background

In 1911, inspired by the Reiat trade association, Karl Augustin founded a printing company in Thayngen, in the canton of Schaffhausen , which traded under the name of Karl Augustin AG. Karl Augustin then published the Volksblatt vom Reiath until 1918, then until 1947 the Schaffhauser Bauer, the publication organ of the Schaffhausen farmers' party, since 1935 the yearbook Schaffhauser Contributions to History and since 1953 the Heimatblatt. In parallel to economic prosperity , the company developed through courageous investments, so a GOEBEL 4-color rotary machine was purchased with which cardboard rolls could be printed in multiple colors and punched inline, especially as a supplier to Knorr-Nahrungsmittel AG Thayngen to a large company. Karl Augustin was entrusted with the management of the company until the end of his life.

In 1974, on the occasion of his 90th birthday, he was given honorary citizenship of the Thayngen community.

literature

  • Karl Augustin, Printing and Publishing, Thayngen, 1911–1936: Commemorative publication for the 25th anniversary, K. Augustin, Thayngen, 1936
  • Buchdruckerei Karl Augustin (Thayngen): 50 years of Karl Augustin: Book printing, offset printing, gravure printing, cardboard boxes. Commemorative publication for the anniversary, K. Augustin, Thayngen, 1961
  • Karl Augustin, Karl Augustin AG (Thayngen): From the life of Karl Augustin: Dedicated to our senior boss on the occasion of his 75th anniversary by the management and employees of the Karl Augustin AG printing company, Karl Augustin printing company, Thayngen, 1984
  • Karl Schib : To our honorary member Karl Augustin on the hundredth birthday, in: Schaffhauser Contributions to History, 61, Historischer Verein, Schaffhausen, 1984, pp. 9–12.
  • Eduard Joos: The "Volksblatt vom Reiath." Karl Augustin's first newspaper, in: Schaffhauser Contributions to History, 61, Historischer Verein, Schaffhausen, 1984, pp. 13-27.
  • Eduard Joos: Augustin, Karl. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • 75 years of Karl Augustin AG Thayngen, in: Schaffhauser Mappe, Lempen, Schaffhausen, 1987, pp. 47–48.
  • Kurt Bächtold : Karl Augustin in memory, in: Schaffhauser contributions to history, 67, Historischer Verein, Schaffhausen, 1990, pp. 237–240.

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personal data
SURNAME Augustin, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Augustin-Hartmann, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-Swiss printing entrepreneur and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Sternberg , Moravia , today Šternberk, Czech Republic
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1988
Place of death Thayngen