Philipp Anton Fauler

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Philipp Anton Fauler

Philipp Neri Anton Fauler (born May 26, 1781 in Zwiefalten ; † June 29, 1853 in Meßkirch ) was manager of a steel works in Thiergarten on the Danube and namesake of a steel works in Freiburg im Breisgau .

Life

The Fauler family comes from Veringendorf in what is today the Sigmaringen district, where it has been documented since 1424, mostly as a miller. The widespread lazy family can still be found in the Alemannic area around Lake Constance. The grandfather of Philipp Anton Fauler, Jodokus Fauler, was mayor in Sigmaringen , the father, Franz Anton Fauler, was mayor in abundance .

Philipp Anton Fauler himself was initially the administrator and mountain manager of a steel works in Thiergarten in the Danube Valley. The small village takes its name from a game reserve created in 1575. The Princely House of Fürstenberg had a factory for smelting and hammering iron built there in 1670 with an associated workers' colony. Some of the buildings, such as the manager's house, still stand today. The history of the ironworks shows that it could hardly ever be operated profitably. In 1805, Anton Neher leased the works. Philipp Anton Fauler, his brother-in-law, supported him with a loan. When Neher ran into financial difficulties in 1817, he took over the lease contract with the previous hut clerk Johann Capistran Mannhart from Mengen, even if the lease was reduced.

The steel works in Thiergarten. An aquatint by Franz Hegi from 1835 also shows this view

Bohnerz can be found on the Zollernalb , which has been used since the 16./17. Century could only be smelted in the stately blast furnaces of Laucherthal and Thiergarten. The bean-shaped pieces of ore were initially mined by the rural population as a sideline and were an important raw material for iron production. If only charcoal was used in the blast furnace, the ore produced iron that was very easy to forge. The heyday was between 1670 and 1770 and especially from 1820 to 1850, when the demand for pig iron exploded due to technical innovations such as steam engines, the emerging arms industry and the expanding railroad networks.

Mannhart and Philipp Anton Fauler were active in Thiergarten in the last period mentioned. “Your resources were limited at first; but they knew how to make leasing the source of wealth through careful use and the use of time. ”They were no longer involved in the rapid decline of this early industry. Ore mining largely came to a standstill in the revolutionary years of 1848/1849 . Above all, however, the rapid expansion of the railway network meant that iron ore could be transported cheaply to the hard coal fields, where iron could be produced much cheaper than using charcoal. In 1863 the Thiergarten ironworks had to close for good due to unprofitability and was demolished. Mannhart and Fauler ended their activities in 1841. In 1845 they founded the “Fauler and Mannhart'sche School and Poor Foundation in Thiergarten”. Johann Capistran Mannhart took over an iron shop in Constance, where the figure of Mannhart-Hansele commemorates him during Carnival today. Philipp Anton Fauler ran an iron and wine shop in Meßkirch.

Ph. Ant. Fauler

Philipp Anton Fauler had six children. In 1838 he bought the Falkensteig ironworks for his two sons Eduard Johann Anton (1819–1882) and Hermann Georg (1821–1882) , which subsequently traded under Ph. Ant. Fauler . The usual representation in the Freiburg region that the structures built by this company were constructed by "the engineer Philipp Anton Fauler" is incorrect. The manufacturer was "Ph. Ant. Fauler".

literature

  • Walter Fauler: The name and sex of the lazy people , in: Hohenzollerische Heimat 1964, p. 7 f online
  • Walter Fauler: History of the Fauler Families , Bad Krozingen 1994
  • Jürgen Scheff: Born out of necessity: Bohner ore mining on the Zollernalb near Salmendingen in the 18th and 19th centuries , in: Hohenzollerische Heimat, No. 1, 2007, pp. 32–36 online
  • Alfred Fauler: Notes on the Falkensteig ironworks , typewriter manuscript, 4 (unpaginated) pages, 1936, Freiburg City Archives, B1 manuscripts 291

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walter Fauler: The name and gender of the lazy , p. 7 f
  2. ↑ Walter Fauler: The name and sex of the lazy , p. 8
  3. ^ J. Barth: History of the Princely Fürstenberg Hüttenwerk Thiergarten , Sigmaringen 1858.
  4. ↑ Barth, p. 30; Walter Fauler: History of the Fauler Families , p. 111; Ursula Huggle, Ulrike Rödling: Our home in Buchenbach: From parish to parish , ISBN 978-3922675631 , pages 308-311
  5. ↑ Scheff, p. 33
  6. ^ Mineralienatlas - Bohner ore
  7. ↑ Barth, p. 30 f.
  8. ↑ Scheff, p. 34
  9. ↑ Barth, p. 31; Scheff, p. 35
  10. ^ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, State Archive Sigmaringen, Ho 199 T 5 No. 2077 online
  11. ↑ Konstanzer Blätzlebuebe guild online
  12. ↑ Walter Fauler: History of the Fauler Families , p. 111
  13. ^ Alfred Fauler: Notes on the Falkensteig ironworks , p. 1 f
personal data
SURNAME Fauler, Philipp Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fauler, Philipp Neri Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Manager of a steel mill in Thiergarten on the Danube and namesake of a steel mill in Freiburg im Breisgau
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Double folds
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1853
Place of death Messkirch