Karl Guilleaume

Franz Karl Guilleaume (* 1789 in Solingen ; † 1837 ) was a German entrepreneur in the field of hemp rope , wire and steel rope production. He is called "the elder" to distinguish him from his grandson Franz Carl Guilleaume (1834–1887).

Guilleaume was a son of Christoph Guilleaume (1741–1804), a notary in Solingen, Hilden and Haan , and his wife Theresia, born. Buck.

He was married to Christina Felten (1788–1853), daughter of Johann Theodor Felten (1747–1827; master rope maker and manufacturer in Cologne) and his wife Elisabeth, née. Fisherman. The children of this marriage were Johann Theodor Guilleaume (1812–1879) and Carl August Guilleaume (* 1820).

Guilleaume was initially a pharmacist and chemist in Denklingen . His father-in-law Theodor Felten had been a master rope maker in Cologne since the end of the 18th century and produced cord, twine and light ropes, supplied other rope workers with raw materials and employed them in the publishing system . The origins of this rope mill can be traced back to 1682. After Felten's last son Adolf died, Felten took son-in-law Karl Guilleaume into the business around 1820. Theodor Felten and Guilleaume founded the company "Theodor Felten & Guilleaume" in 1826 .

Franz Carl Guilleaume family burial site

In 1827, a year after Felten's death, Guilleaume expanded the company technically and spatially; industrial production methods emerged through the use of machines. In 1835 the company began producing wire ropes for use in mining. This laid the foundation for the economic success of Felten & Guilleaume in the areas of wire, steel rope and cable production.

Guilleaume was the oldest parish councilor in St. Alban / Cologne and a city councilor in Cologne. His grave is on the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (MA, between lit. G + R).

See also

• Guilleaume (entrepreneurial family)

literature

• Franz Brill:  Guilleaume, Theodor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 299 ( digitized version ).
• Franz Brill: Franz Carl Guilleaume. In: Rheinisch-Westfälische Wirtschaftsbiographien . Volume 7, Aschendorffsche Verlagsbuchhandlung , Münster (Westphalia) 1960, pp. 25–47.
• Gabriele Oepen-Domschky, Foundation Rheinisch-Westfälisches Wirtschaftsarchiv zu Köln (publisher): Cologne economic citizens in the German Empire. Eugen Langen, Ludwig Stollwerck, Arnold von Guilleaume and Simon Alfred von Oppenheim (= writings on Rhenish-Westphalian economic history. Volume 43). Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-933025-38-9 .
• Günther Schulz: The workers and employees at Felten & Guilleaume. Social historical investigation of a Cologne industrial company (= supplement to the journal for corporate history . No. 13). Franz Steiner Verlag , Wiesbaden 1979, ISBN 3-515-02885-4 .
• Horst A. Wessel : The entrepreneurial family Felten and Guilleaume (1747-1939). In: Rheinisch-Westfälische Wirtschaftsbiographien. Volume 13, Aschendorffsche Verlagbuchhandlung , Münster 1986, ISBN 3-402-05588-0 , pp. 3–112.
• Sascha Widdig: Felten & Guilleaume - Carlswerk. Sutton Verlag , Erfurt 2011, ISBN 978-3-86680-942-0 .

Web links

• Gabriele Oepen-Domschky: (from) Guilleaume, entrepreneurial family. Rhenish history portal of the Rhineland Regional Association, September 30, 2010, accessed on June 27, 2013 .