Robert Ruscheweyh
Robert Ruscheweyh (born February 26, 1822 in Langenöls , † October 20, 1899 in Görlitz ) was a German furniture manufacturer.
Company history
Ruscheweyh had completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter and came back to Langenöls, today's Olszyna, in 1848, where he set up a workshop. The town's first large furniture factory developed from the small business, which initially produced picture frames and soon also furniture. In 1870 Ruscheweyh had a factory built, which was later referred to as the "old factory", and set up a steam engine . The patent for his extending table, which he applied for in 1879, became the basis for international business relationships: when they were extended, up to 50 people could sit at the tables.
When Ruscheweyh withdrew from the business at the end of the 1880s, new factory buildings and a factory owner's villa had long been built. The company was now called Schlesische Holzindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, previously Ruscheweyh & Schmidt . The members of the Ruscheweyh family still had the majority of the shares and were thus able to manage the company's fortunes: Schmidt was Ruscheweyh's brother-in-law, and two of his nephews and his son Robert Ruscheweyh junior (* 1870) worked in the company at times. Robert Ruscheweyh junior died shortly before the start of the First World War , and from that point on the family members had only limited influence on the management.
After a collapse in business during the First World War, the company, which from 1919 was called Ruscheweyh Aktiengesellschaft, Langenöls (RAG), grew again. A number of around 800 employees is documented for the period after the First World War; The factory had its own company health insurance fund , a fire brigade and a vehicle fleet. The workers and employees had the opportunity to move into company apartments . However, this phase of prosperity did not last long. After numerous layoffs and short-time work in the 1920s, bankruptcy followed in 1933, which cost 500 workers their jobs. The successor company, Ruscheweyh Tisch- und Möbelfabrik, Akt. Ges., Based in Langenöls , became the new employer, employing up to 350 workers and generating a turnover of 1.5 million Reichsmarks in 1939. During the Second World War , the factory was still working; Among other things, wooden components were made for the V1 . The consequences of the Second World War meant the end of the company's history.
Furniture
In addition to the industrially manufactured home furnishings and above all the well-known extending tables, Ruscheweyh also delivered special pieces of furniture. For the visit of the German emperor, for example, the Swiss Federal Council ordered a round extending table with a diameter of seven meters. The Gerhart-Hauptmann -Haus in Agnetendorf was furnished by Ruscheweyh, as was the Tzschocha Castle and the Heufuderbaude .
Awards
Ruscheweyh's furniture has received numerous awards.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.olszyna.pl/?a=1218
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ruscheweyh, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German furniture manufacturer, inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Long oil |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1899 |
| Place of death | Goerlitz |