Paul Landenberger

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Paul Landenberger (born December 28, 1848 in Ebingen ( Albstadt ), † December 28, 1939 in Schramberg ) was a watch manufacturer.

His parents were the businessman Jacob Landenberger (1821–96) and Anna Maria Friederike (* 1824), a daughter of Wilhelm Christian Gunßer from Flözlingen. His grandfather was the baker and beer keeper Johann Martin Landenberger.

Paul Landenberger trained as a businessman, came to Schramberg in 1869 and started as a commercial clerk at the watch factory of Erhard Junghans († 1870), which at the time was building watches with American movements with around 70 workers. He quickly rose to become an authorized officer.

After Junghans death, he married his daughter Frida in 1872. As his wish to become a partner in the Junghans company was not granted by his mother-in-law after long contract negotiations, he left again in 1875.

With borrowed capital, he founded his own large clock factory together with the timber merchant and businessman Philipp Lang from St. Johann, Saarbrücken district, then under the name Landenberger & Lang .

However, his main financier demanded his money back as early as 1882, which almost plunged the young company into bankruptcy. In addition, Arthur Junghans , who wanted to take over the company, bought up receivables so that Landenberger was only able to maintain them with great effort. With his most important financier, the trading company Deurer & Kaufmann in Hamburg, he reached a settlement in 1883 and converted the company into an AG. From this connection comes the name Hamburg-American watch factory , whose headquarters were in Hamburg until 1901 for tax reasons. Adolf Halbfaß from Leipzig stood by his side on the board until March 1887, who then took over the Vereinigte Flanschenfabriken und Stanzwerke AG in his native Regis-Breitingen .

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supporting documents

  1. Hans-Heinrich Schmid: Lexicon of the German watch industry
  2. http://www.regis-breitingen.de/gesch/a20040117.htm