Leopold Löblich

Coppersmith Franz Leopold Löblich, portrait by Karl Holiday, around 1890

Leopold Löblich (born December 3, 1862 in Vienna , † January 17, 1935 ) was an Austrian entrepreneur, head of the cooperative of coppersmiths in Vienna and president of the Austrian KuK Reichsverband der Coppersmiths.

Life

Franz Leopold Löblich was born in Vienna in 1862 as the son of the entrepreneur and politician Franz Löblich . He was the owner of the metal goods factory Leopold Löblich and until 1918 kuk court supplier . Leopold Löblich was to a large extent a 19th-century personality, but under the leadership of his and his nephew Max Leopold, the company developed significantly further technologically.

In the company, production was changed under Leopold Löblich and in the 1920s and 30s, stainless steel production was introduced into large-scale kitchen technology and the production of catering equipment in Austria. The cause was initially the lack of copper as a result of the First World War. As a result, the change in material born out of this emergency could be used to advantage because, in addition to price advantages compared to copper, the longevity of kettles could be significantly increased thanks to the new stainless steel alloys introduced by Löblich.

The cooking appliances and catering machines produced by Löblich found in the period before the Second World War a considerable international distribution for a small Austrian company, for example the samovars for the trains of the Trans-Siberian Railway, or the steam-powered coffee brewing machine, which was featured at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937 Gold medal was awarded.

The metal goods factory Leopold Löblich (today Löblich & Co. Kessel und Apparatebau KG ) was continued after the death of Leopold Löblich by his two nephews Max Leopold Löblich and Franz Löblich, who had joined as partners in 1929. As Löblich & Co.Kessel und Apparatebau GmbH & Co.KG, the company is one of the oldest companies in Austria and is still family-owned.

family

Löblich was married to Anna Sonntag (1874–1942); their son Richard (1895-1917) died in the First World War in the explosion of a mine disposal laboratory in which he worked.

Leopold Löblich lived in Vienna- Alsergrund , Nußdorfer Straße 21 and Weidling / Lower Austria, Löblichgasse 7. He died in 1935 and is buried at the Weidlinger Friedhof near Vienna.

literature

• Alois Brusatti: 250 years of coppersmiths. The historical development of the Löblich company . Vienna 1988.