Louis Laiblin

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Ernst Philipp Friedrich Louis Laiblin (born June 4, 1861 in Pfullingen ; † February 10, 1927 in Tübingen ) was a German privateer , patron , honorary senator of the University of Tübingen and an honorary citizen of the city of Pfullingen.

Life

The Villa Laiblin at Pfullinger Klosterstrasse 82 - built in 1872 - was the main residence of the Laiblin family (photo north view with main entrance area from 2011)

Louis Laiblin comes from the Swabian Laiblin entrepreneurial dynasty, which shaped the paper industry in Pfullingen. His parents were Laura Larissa Laiblin born. Lang and the paper manufacturer, Kommerzienrat Ernst Louis Laiblin. In 1885 Louis Laiblin married Helene Fleischhauer. From his wedding on he lived as a privateer. His wife died in 1897.

After leaving the family business, Laiblin lived on his considerable fortune of 4.5 million marks . Laiblin promoted the fine arts. The building projects he donated included a. the Schönberg Tower and the Pfullinger Hallen , both designed by the renowned architect Theodor Fischer . A total of around 300 foundations are known from Laiblin (including book foundations for the benefit of the Tübingen University Library , especially from the time of the First World War ). In honor of his wife, who died early, he had the path to the Mädlesfelsen built, which leads romantically over the ridge of the Swabian Alb to the rock.

In addition, Louis Laiblin campaigned with energy for the modernization of his homeland and was one of the first to promote electricity; The Swabian financed one of the first street cleaning machines for Pfullingen.

Honors

literature

  • Wilfried Lagler: Karl Geiger and his "love war work". The "Laiblin War Literature" collection in the Tübingen University Library. In: Julia Freifrau Hiller von Gaertringen (ed.): War collections 1914–1918, Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2014, pp. 423–433, ISBN 978-3-465-04215-0 .
  • Erwin Scheib: Visiting an upper-class family. In: Reutlinger General-Anzeiger from June 1, 2011
  • Hermann Taigel: Louis Laiblin, privateer. A Swabian patron, Pfullingen History Association, Pfullingen 2005 (Contributions to Pfullingen History, Volume 14).
  • Hermann Taigel: The Pfullinger Hallen and their founder Louis Laiblin, 2nd revised. u. exp. Edition, Geschichtsverein Pfullingen, Pfullingen 2007 (Contributions to Pfullingen History, Volume 15).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Louis Laiblin at LEO-BW. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  2. ^ Louis Laiblin, Pfullinger Patron (1861-1927). On the website of the city of Pfullingen, accessed April 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ Joachim Baier: Patrons and Modernizers. In: Reutlinger General-Anzeiger from April 21, 2016.
  4. ^ Geschichtsverein Pfullingen: Personalities in Pfullingen's history. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  5. ↑ Our school Laiblinschule Pfullingen
personal data
SURNAME Laiblin, Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Laiblin, Ernst Philipp Friedrich Louis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German privateer, patron, honorary senator of the University of Tübingen and honorary citizen of the city of Pfullingen
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Pfullingen
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1927
Place of death Tübingen