Thalhammer & Welzl
Thalhammer & Welzl was a major Viennese metal button manufacturer and imperial and royal court metal button manufacturer . The factory was at Rennweg 60, the defeat in the city of Vienna at Klostergasse 1.
history
The factory was founded in 1801 by Martin Thalhammer under the company name Martin Thalhammer .
In 1842 Ferdinand Welzl, a son-in-law of Thalhammer, joined the company. From this time on, the sole proprietorship was closed and the factory was continued under the then existing collective company Thalhammer & Welzl . In 1850 Martin Thalhammer left the company and Ferdinand Welzl was the sole owner of the company from then until his death in 1893. After Ferdinand Welzl, his son Gustav Welzl became the owner of the company.
Were prepared and silver-gold metal buttons for the military and civilians. Customers not only included the upper class, but also the imperial court. Martin Thalhammer in 1832, Ferdinand Welzl in 1871 and finally his son Gustav Welzl in 1893 were awarded the title "kk Hof-Metall-Knopffabrikant". In addition, the factory was also kk privileged .
Furthermore, two workers, named Caspar Selig and Josef Eisele, were awarded the silver cross of merit by the emperor after fifty years of service .
The company took part in exhibitions where its products were awarded prizes. At the World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873 , the company was awarded the Medal of Merit. At the anniversary exhibition in 1888, Emperor Franz Joseph I visited the company's exhibition stand and honored the exhibitor with a speech.
Individual evidence
- ^ Thalhammer & Welzl, in: Die Gross-Industrie Oesterreichs. Ceremony for the glorious fiftieth anniversary of the reign of His Majesty the Emperor Franz Josef I, offered by the Austrian industrialists in 1898. Volume 2. Weiss, Vienna 1898, p. 388.
Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 33.6 " N , 16 ° 23 ′ 34.4" E