Ludwig doctor

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Ludwig Arzt (born June 28, 1873 in Michelstadt ; † October 21, 1956 there ) was a German entrepreneur.

Career

Ludwig Arzt came from the Michelstädter family of cloth makers. His grandfather Philipp Ludwig Arzt (1799–1875) founded the Ph. Ludwig Arzt cloth factory in Stockheim in 1828 and his father Michael Arzt (1841–1911) expanded the company. Ludwig Arzt was the eldest son of Michael Arzt and his wife Marie Doktor geb. May (1852-1921). The younger brother Heinrich (1874–1947) followed. In 1901 the two brothers Ludwig and Heinrich Arzt took over the management of the family business and continued to run it successfully. The economic success of the cloth factory was also a result of the production of uniform fabrics, especially in the 1870s, during the First and Second World Wars.

Ludwig Arzt was also chairman of the supervisory board of the iron foundry and machine works Michelstadt AG and the Veithwerke AG in Sandbach im Odenwald. He was also a member of the supervisory board of Hermann Moos AG in Buchau am Federsee and the Darmstadt Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Ludwig Arzt was known for his social streak and for supporting associations and the church in his hometown. On the occasion of the company's 100th anniversary in 1928, he was made an honorary citizen of Michelstadt.

Ludwig Arzt was a military economist during the National Socialist era. There was a prisoner-of-war camp on the factory premises. The prisoners of war were used as slave labor in the cloth factory.

For the further development of the textile industry he was appointed honorary senator by the TH Darmstadt in 1953 .

Ludwig Arzt was married to Elise Weber (1874–1949). The son Ludwig Arzt jun. as well as the daughter Marie Mathilde Doktor emerged. Ludwig doctor jun. fell in World War II in 1942.

Honors

  • 1928: Honorary citizen of the city of Michelstadt.
  • 1952: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 1953: Cross of Merit First Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 1953: Honorary Senator of the TH Darmstadt .
  • The city of Michelstadt has named a street after Ludwig Arzt.

literature

  • Heinz-Otto Haag: About blue-makers and whitewashers. The doctor cloth factory in Michelstadt and its founding family, in: gelurt, 2014, pp. 161–167.
  • Georg Wenzel: German business leader . Life courses of German business personalities. A reference book on 13,000 business figures of our time. Hanseatic Publishing House , Hamburg / Berlin / Leipzig 1929, DNB 948663294 .
  • Erich Stockhorst: 5000 heads: who was what in the 3rd Reich. - Wiesbaden: VMA-Verlag, 1967.
  • Cloth factory doctor. 1828-1928. Festschrift on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the company, Michelstadt i. Odw., 1928.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Lower Hammer - Ironworking Between Failure and Success. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014 ; accessed on November 22, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Doctor, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Michelstadt
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1956
Place of death Michelstadt