Robert Knöfel

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Gottlieb Robert Knöfel (born February 5, 1834 in Wilsdruff near Dresden ; † June 14, 1884 in Vienna ) was a German shoemaker , founder of the Dresden Workers' Education Association (1860) and city councilor in Dresden (1862–1866).

Life

Knöfel learned the shoemaker's trade from his father, went on a hike and then worked for five years in Weimar , where he also took lessons in drawing, geometry and anatomy. After taking the master craftsman's examination in Dresden in 1860, he founded a workers' education association in which he taught young professionals the subjects of drawing , geometry , anatomy and bookkeeping . Knöfel gave lectures all over Germany , took part in the “Congress of Austro-Hungarian Master Shoemakers” in 1873 and settled in Vienna. He co-founded the “Wiener Schuhmacherzeitung”, in 1875 the “Neue Wiener Schuhmacherzeitung” and opened a private “Wiener Schuhmacher-Lehranstalt” in 1876, for which he received official approval in 1879. Knöfel developed the so-called "Winckel system" for the production of patterns and influenced the development of the shoemaking trade throughout Europe with textbooks and specialist books, including " Textbook of Footwear Art " (1872) .

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SURNAME Knöfel, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knöfel, Gottlieb Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Schumacher, founder of the workers' education association
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilsdruff near Dresden
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1884
Place of death Vienna