Simon Redtenbacher

Simon Josef Georg Redtenbacher (born October 20, 1844 in Kirchdorf an der Krems , † September 16, 1885 ibid) was an Austrian scythe dealer and as such ran the largest scythe trading company in what was then Austria . His business later extended to America and Central Asia .

Live and act

Simon Redtenbacher was born on October 20, 1844 as the son of Franz Xaver Redtenbacher and Theresia Lampl in the affluent market of Kirchdorf an der Krems in the then Austrian Empire . Redtenbacher also achieved prosperity in the market, which became more and more important from the second half of the 16th century due to its scythes forges . The brother of the later entomologist Josef Redtenbacher and nephew of the chemist Josef Redtenbacher and the zoologist Ludwig Redtenbacher inherited after the death of his mother Therese Redtenbacher (née Lampl; 1823-1883) the company Simon Redtenbacher blessed widow & sons , which in its origins already in Was created in 1651. One of his ancestors, who was also called Simon Redtenbacher and died in 1754, is said to have founded one of the trading houses that were also very successful in this area, after having previously worked as a scythe-smith. His widow, the daughter of an innkeeper from Wels , née Mödlhammer, then took over the business and helped it grow.

The Simon Redtenbacher described in this article acquired the scythe factory "Am Niederwörth", also called "Am Moos", located in Scharnstein , years before his mother's death in 1875 . He subsequently expanded it into a large company, with trade relations extending to America and Inner Asia . The company Simon Redtenbacher seelige Witwe & Söhne , which was taken over after the death of his mother, had already had the sole export right for the scythe works of the Kirchdorf-Micheldorfer Guild , also known as the Kirchdorf-Micheldorfer scythe union, for forty years . On November 24, 1880, he married Maria Theresia Josefa Blumauer (1863–1899), daughter of Friedrich Ferdinand Blumauer and his great cousin Karoline Redtenbacher, with whom he subsequently had two children (Simon Wilhelm (1883–1936) and Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor (1885 -1907)) had. In 1885, the then 40-year-old, already suffering from health problems, transferred the company to his brother-in-law Friedrich Blumauer († 1921). Under his leadership, the company quickly experienced a further boom. Redtenbacher died on September 16, 1885 in his birthplace and home town of Kirchdorf. Just a few years after Simon Redtenbacher's death, various new buildings and structures were built.

Today the Redtenbacherstraße in Scharnstein and the Simon-Redtenbacher-Platz in Kirchdorf an der Krems are reminiscent of a Simon Redtenbacher, although it is uncertain whether these were named in honor of his ancestor or in his honor.

literature

• R. Just:  Redtenbacher, Simon. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 15.
• Andreas Resch: The alpine scythe industry around 1900 . Böhlau Verlag , Vienna 1995.
• The sound of the hammer roars mightily . Trauner Verlag , Linz 1991.
• Josef Zeitlinger: Scythes, scythe smiths and their technology . In: Yearbook of the Association for Cultural Studies and Homeland Care in the Upper Danube Gau . tape 91 , 1944, pp. 56 .
• Large-scale industry in Austria . tape 6 , p. 228 f .
• S. Meixner: 0. tape 6 , p. 45 f., 313 and 625 .
• Anton Redtenbacher: Family table of the Styrian and Upper Austrian Redtenbachers . 1900.
• The scythe industry in Upper Austria . In: The Austrian Industry . tape 1 , 1925.
• Communications from Redtenbacher . Vienna.

Web links

• Descendants list of REDTENBACHER Peter on desbrosses.at

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Scythe Museum: History, Facts and Figures , accessed on December 12, 2017
2. ^ The Black Counts , accessed December 12, 2017