Philipp Jakob Wieland
The industrialist Philipp Jakob Wieland (* 1793 in Ulm ; † January 18, 1873 there ) was a bell founder and founder of Wieland-Werke AG in Ulm.
His father, Jacob Wieland, was the owner of the Golden Ochsen brewery .
After his childhood in Ulm, Wieland completed an apprenticeship as a bell founder in his uncle Thomas Frauenlob's art and bell foundry from 1807 to 1813 . He then did three years of military service. After retiring from the military, he went as a traveling companion on the roll and came up among others to Amsterdam , Berlin , Dresden , Hamburg , Salzburg , Trieste , Venice and Vienna .
With extensive knowledge he returned to Ulm and in 1820 took over the 250-year-old art and bell foundry in Ulmer Rosengasse from his uncle Thomas Frauenlob and offered all kinds of cast brass articles with his shop.
With his inventive spirit he developed many innovations and obtained various patents , for example in 1822 for a handheld fire syringe .
In 1830 Wieland married Franziska von Stockmayer. From this marriage came Louis Philipp Jacob (1831–1855), who however died at the age of 24.
In 1832, Wieland expanded his company into a former sawmill in Ulm's fishing district, where he used water power to manufacture brass sheets and wires. The successful company soon needed additional production space, so Wieland switched to other locations outside the Ulm fortress wall, which was still in place at the time.
Wieland's social attitude is shown in one of his quotes:
“ A work like ours is like a life that obliges you for all who create in it. "
Wieland lived up to this attitude by being the first entrepreneur in Germany to set up a voluntary factory health insurance fund, the nucleus of today's Wieland BKK . In addition, Wieland had workers' houses built near the Vöhringer factory, which were made available to working class families at low rental prices.
His sons Philipp (* 1863) and Max Robert (* 1867) emerged from his second marriage to Mathilde . After Wieland's death in 1873, his widow continued to run the business until his then adult sons were able to take over the company in 1892 and expand it further.
Today the Wieland Group is a global metal industry company.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wieland, Philipp Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ulm |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1873 |
| Place of death | Ulm |