Philipp Jakob Oberkampf

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Philipp Jakob Oberkampf (born November 14, 1714 in Vaihingen / Enz , † June 23, 1781 in Aarau ) was a German-Swiss pioneer entrepreneur in textile dyeing and fabric printing.

Origin and family

Oberkampf was the eldest son of the dyer Matthäus Oberkampf and Anna Sophia Volz. His grandfather was already working as a dyer in Vaihingen. Oberkampf married Anna Magdalena Amalia Sehm (1715–1779) in Ingelfingen in 1735 , with whom he had two children:

  • Christoph Philipp (1738–1815) ⚭ 1785 Anne Massieu de Clerval (1756–1816)
  • Sophie-Dorothée (1742–1792) ⚭ 1760 Johannes Widmer (1734–1792)

Life

Oberkampf came from Vaihingen in Württemberg, where his father was already a dyer. At the age of 18 he went on a hike to gain professional knowledge. He returned to his father's business, where he was now able to produce white patterns on a blue background using the technique of the Reservage . Attempts to settle permanently as a dyer in Fulda , Mainz or Strasbourg failed. Finally he settled in Wiesenbach in what was then the Principality of Ansbach , where his son Christophe-Philippe was born in 1738. The next stop in 1744 was a dye works that was in operation at Heilsbronn Monastery and had recruited him. Here he dyed flannel , which was then printed in two colors with the help of copper plates. He also expanded his knowledge of canvas and calico printing . He received an offer from Basel, where he worked in the Ryhiner calico factory from 1750 to 1752. The attempt to set up a textile printing shop in Lörrach in 1752 had to be abandoned soon after production started due to a lack of capital. Nonetheless, his foundation in Loerrach was the nucleus of KBC Manufaktur Koechlin, Baumgartner & Cie. GmbH , which later became the largest fabric printing company in Europe. In 1753 he was able to take over the management of an indienne printing company with Samuel and Etienne Brutel de la Rivière at Schafisheim Castle in the Aargau district of Lenzburg . After a dispute with the owners, he was able to start his own business again in Aarau in 1755 . The company was later relocated to Othmarsingen near Lenzburg , where its manufacture slowly developed into an industrial company. Aarau was naturalized on February 23, 1779.

His son, Christoph Philipp, gave his parents the Binzenhof estate in Aarau in 1776, where Oberkampf died at the age of 66.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baptism date
  2. ↑ Entry in the local family register Vaihingen / Enz
  3. ↑ Entry on gw.geneanet.org; Retrieved December 5, 2017
  4. ↑ see entry on gw.geneanet.org; Retrieved December 5, 2017
  5. ↑ see Robert Forrer: The art of stuff printing from the Middle Ages to the Empire period , Strasbourg 1898, p. 94 in the Internet Archive
  6. ↑ see Alfred Labouchère: Oberkampf. Hachette, Paris 1884, Eduard Schmidt-Weissenfels, p. 5 in the Internet Archive
  7. ↑ see Robert Neisen: Das Dreiland: emergence of a cross-border industrial region. In: Markus Möhring, Marion Ziegler-Jung, Robert Neisen (editor): Rich heritage - industrial culture in the three countries. Lörracher Heft No. 23, Lörrach 2016, ISBN 978-3-922107-13-2 , p. 35
  8. ↑ see Anne Wanner: Calico prints of Switzerland in the 18th century, their predecessors, oriental and European techniques, fabric printing manufactories, the further development , Basel, 1968; P. 81 scan-book
  9. ↑ see Alfred Labouchère: Oberkampf. Hachette, Paris 1884, Eduard Schmidt-Weissenfels, p. 51 in the Internet Archive
  10. ↑ see Alfred Labouchère: Oberkampf. Hachette, Paris 1884, Eduard Schmidt-Weissenfels, p. 58 in the Internet Archive
personal data
SURNAME Oberkampf, Jakob Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Swiss pioneering entrepreneur in textile dyeing and fabric printing
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1714
PLACE OF BIRTH Vaihingen / Enz
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 1781
Place of death Aarau