Mathias Naef

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Mathias Naef (also Matthias Näf ; born May 14, 1792 in Schwarzenbach SG ; † December 29, 1846 in Niederuzwil ) was a Swiss weaving manufacturer, founder of Mathias Naef & Cie and St. Gallen Councilor .

Life

From 1814 Naef ran a weaving mill in Oberuzwil with his brothers , in 1824 he bought the “zum Schäfle” inn in Niederuzwil and founded a commercial building from which his company emerged. When he died in 1846, the weaving mill had around 2000 employees, some of them in the factories in Niederuzwil and Algetshausen, most of them working from home, mainly those from Untertoggenburg and Mörschwil .

He was a local councilor from 1830 to 1832 and from 1830 to 1834 the Grand Councilor of the Canton of St. Gallen. His son, Abraham Naef, was mayor of Henau, his daughter, Maria Seline Naef, married Adolf Bühler senior , the founder of today's Bühler AG .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uzwil Online: History: Matthias Naef buys economy  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 3, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.uzwil.ch  
  2. ^ State Archives of the Canton of St. Gallen: Ostschweizer Textilpionier, 19th century , accessed on April 3, 2013
  3. ^ Peter Müller: Näf, Matthias. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz ., Accessed on April 3, 2013
  4. ^ Peter Müller: Adolf Bühler. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 30, 2003 , accessed December 17, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Naef, Mathias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Näf, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss weaving manufacturer and St. Gallen councilor
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwarzenbach SG
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1846
Place of death Niederuzwil