Ludwig von Hartmann

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Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hartmann , from 1833 by Hartmann , (born April 24, 1766 in Stuttgart , † June 16, 1852 in Heidenheim ) was an industrial pioneer in the time between absolutist rule and revolutions. He laid the foundation stone for the Hartmann Group in Heidenheim an der Brenz. In 1833 he received the Württemberg staff nobility.

family

Ludwig Hartmann was the third child of the ducal-Württemberg court and finance councilor Johann Georg Hartmann (1731–1811) and Juliane Friederike (née Spittler) (1736–1799), the daughter of the mayor of Cannstatt . He had six siblings, one sister and five brothers, including August von Hartmann , State Councilor and President of the Chamber of Accounts, Friedrich von Hartmann , doctor and natural scientist (paleontologist), and Ferdinand Hartmann , director of the Dresden Art Academy. Hartmann married Christiane Dorothee Heyd (1777–1857) in 1796 , a daughter of the High Tribunal Director and State Councilor Friedrich von Heyd . From this marriage there were 11 sons and three daughters, including:

  • Georg Ludwig (1797–1884), businessman in Stuttgart ∞ Auguste Wilhelmine Conradi (1806–1858), sister of Arthur Conradi
  • Karl (born August 26, 1799 - May 31, 1865), manufacturer in Heidenheim heim Caroline Maisch
  • Paul (born August 18, 1812 - † February 17, 1884), factory owner in Heidenheim
  • Eduard (born May 6, 1816 - March 10, 1894), manufacturer in Herbrechtingen
  • August (1817–1863), factory owner in Heidenheim

life and work

After attending grammar school and from 1780 the Hohen Karlsschule in Stuttgart, Ludwig Hartmann began a commercial apprenticeship in Amsterdam in 1783 . From 1791 to 1817 he was director of the Zitzfabrik "Meebold, Schüle und Co" and ran the business. From 1796 he was a partner in this company. In 1801 Ludwig Hartmann was appointed councilor of commerce , and in the following year he came to Heidenheim through the company "Meebold, Schüle und Co". In the same year he went on a trip to Holland on behalf of the Württemberg government . A second trip followed in 1807. In the years 1810/1811 Ludwig Hartmann acquired the Weißbleiche, a large piece of land on which today's Voith company in Heidenheim is located. In 1812 he built one of the first mechanical cotton mills .

In 1818 he took over the company "Meebold, Schüle und Co" and named the company "Ludwig Hartmann" after himself, as Meebold's children were still underage. In 1823 part was taken over by Meebold again. In 1819 Ludwig got to know Friedrich List and supported his plans for a customs union to abolish internal tariffs within Germany .

But Ludwig was also active in politics. From 1822 he became the "trade adviser assessor" of the court for the Jagstkreis in Ellwangen . He also worked from 1826 to 1830 for the Heidenheim constituency as a member of the state parliament. In 1833 he received from William I , the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown , which with the personal title of nobility ( ennoblement was connected). In 1829 he bought the Herbrechtingen monastery and set up a model spinning mill there, which was operated by his son Eduard until 1909.

In the 40s of the 19th century , the company Hartmann was not spared from the economic crisis. The company was forced into debt by the purchase price of raw cotton in Liverpool . In 1843 his three sons Carl, Paul and Eduard took over his company. Carl got the bleaching white with the large farm that Ludwig had acquired in 1811. Eduard took over the spinning mill in Herbrechtingen and Paul took over the cotton mill in Heidenheim. The name of the company changed from "Ludwig Hartmann" to "Ludwig Hartmanns Sons". The three managed a gradual restructuring of the indebted father's business. Paul later founded Paul Hartmann AG.

Ludwig von Hartmann was not only a pioneer in industry, but also in transport. Above all, he drove the Alb ascent on the Weißensteiner Steige .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heidenheimer Zeitung, Carl August Heinrich Hartmann died 150 years ago
personal data
SURNAME Hartmann, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hartmann, Karl Ludwig Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1852
Place of death Heidenheim an der Brenz