Richard Bürk

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Richard Bürk (born September 2, 1851 in Schwenningen am Neckar ; † October 26, 1934 there ) was a German inventor , entrepreneur and politician .

Life

Villa Bürk (Monument Protection Prize 1999)

His father was Johannes Bürk , founder of the Württemberg watch factory in Bürk . His mother was Katharina Bürk, b. Hamlet (1822-1885). Richard Bürk was married to Agnes Müller from Mühlhausen and had six children.

After completing his apprenticeship as a watchmaker in Geislingen an der Steige , he worked in Switzerland for a few years, temporarily adopting its citizenship. In 1871 he became deputy director ( Contremaitre ) of a watch factory in French-speaking Switzerland . The former factory building, the residential building ( Villa Bürk ) and the Bürk gymnasium that he had built still exist today.

Württemberg watch factory

Former factory building, now a watch industry museum

After the death of his father in 1872, he took over the technical management of the Württemberg watch factory founded in 1855 , while his brother Hugo Bürk was responsible for the commercial management.

Social work

Bürk gym, today with a large solar system

From 1876 to 1884 he was chairman of the Turngemeinde 1859 Schwenningen eV , which his father co-founded. He co-founded the municipal savings bank and the state college for watchmaking and electrical engineering . From 1910 to 1917 he was President of the Rottweil Chamber of Commerce and Industry . He was also chairman of the Black Forest clock industry association and the Schwenningen trade association .

Political offices

Bürk belonged to the Democratic People's Party (VP). In 1884 he became chairman of the citizens' committee . He was a member of the Schwenningen municipal council from 1885 to 1903 . From 1895 to 1900 he was a member of the Württemberg state parliament ( Oberamt Rottweil ). The focus of his work was on internal administration and finance . In 1900 he ran again. However, Georg Maier from Dietingen ( Center Party ) won the mandate . Against Maier, Bürk lost again in 1906, although he ran as a joint candidate for VP and DP .

Awards

  • 1904 Appointment to the Commerce Council
  • 1926 honorary citizenship of the city of Schwenningen am Neckar
  • Designation of a school in Schwenningen
  • Bürkstrasse in Schwenningen is named after his father and himself.

literature

  • Gudrun Kopf: Time Order: A History of the Time Clock , p. 18, PDF
  • Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , 5th edition, 1897, vol. 10, p. 514 f. and 6th edition, 1905, vol. 11, p. 446 (quoted from Kopf, p. 18) .
  • Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 109 .
  • Werner Schmid: The Württemberg clock factory in Schwenningen and its products , PDF
  • Richard Bürk: The Schwenninger watchmakers until 1929 , Villingen-Schwenningen: Kuhn, 1990

Web links

Commons : Richard Bürk  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.rechnerlexikon.de/artikel/B%FCrk,_Richard
  2. ^ A b c d Frank Raberg: Biographical Handbook of the Württemberg State Parliament Members 1815-1933 - on behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg ; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2001, p. 109
  3. ^ Otto Benzing: Stories from the Neckar Origin , Volume 2, Verlag Kuhn, Schwenningen, 1987, p. 232.
  4. ↑ http://www.kontrolluhren.de/zeit.html
  5. ↑ http://www.tg-schwenningen.de/geschichte.html
  6. ↑ http://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/plink/?f=1-527235
personal data
SURNAME Bürk, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German inventor, entrepreneur and member of the state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwenningen am Neckar
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1934
Place of death Schwenningen am Neckar