Theyer & Hardtmuth
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| legal form | Open trading company |
| founding | 1733 |
| resolution | June 2006 |
| Seat | Vienna |
| management | Huber & Lerner (from 1933) |
| Branch | Retail of office supplies |
| Website | www.theyer-hardtmuth.at ( Memento from March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) |
Theyer & Hardtmuth (also spelled Thayer & Hardtmuth earlier in the English-speaking world ) was a traditional stationery store at Kärntner Strasse 9 in Vienna's 1st district, Inner City .
history
In 1733 Jakob Michael Theyer opened a paper and stationery shop at Kärntner Strasse 9, at the corner of Weihburggasse. Since the goods came mainly from Nuremberg , which was an important trading town at the time, the shop was called Zur Stadt Nürnberg. The business stayed at the same address for the next 270 years and was passed on from generation to generation.
In 1864 Theodor Theyer began to work with Hardtmuth , the most famous pencil producer in the monarchy at the time, from Bohemia. At this point at the latest, the company was called Theyer & Hardtmuth. This connection between stationery supplies and pencil manufacturers later resulted in the quality pencils Koh-i-Noor and Cullinan, named after diamonds . At the same time, Theyer founded a factory for the finest stationery in the 5th district of Margareten . Under the Margaret Mill brand name , these products have won several prizes at some world exhibitions and have been sold throughout Europe through our own offices in Budapest and Prague.
Another important line of business developed from 1860 onwards, the printing and embossing business. In addition to the high nobility, customers were also the Kaiserhof: Theyer & Hardtmuth, for example, made the die cutter for Empress Elisabeth's stationery . However, the company was never an official supplier to the Imperial and Royal Court . However, Theodor Theyer was honored over time as an Imperial Councilor and Imperial and Royal Kommerzialrat and was for a time a councilor .
In 1896, envelopes that were bronzed on the inside or with bronze ornaments on the outside were reported, which were supposed to protect the contents of the letter from X-rays .
In 1898, Franz Huber and Peter Lerner met as salespeople at Theyer & Hardtmuth. After a few years they decided to go into business for themselves, and in 1901 they founded the Huber & Lerner company on Kohlmarkt.
The First World War and the collapse of the monarchy brought difficult times for the company as the traditional sales market collapsed. In addition, family difficulties brought within the progeny of Theyer the company further into the predicament , in 1931 it was taken over by Huber & Lerner. In addition to the two businesses, the company ran its own printing and embossing shop.
The house at Kärntner Strasse 9 was badly hit by bomb attacks on March 12, 1945 during World War II . The shop was looted.
In the years of reconstruction the house was completely rebuilt in 1958, the interior of the shop was adapted several times in the following years. In 1994 a Montblanc boutique was integrated, later special departments for Filofax and Porsche Design . On September 23, 1975, the company was awarded the state award .
Due to the expected increase in rent upon handover to the next generation, the owner Huber & Lerner was forced to sell the shop at the end of June 2006 after 273 years. The business was taken over by the Swarovski company, which expanded its existing branch across from it.
Products
In addition to exclusive stationery, Theyer & Hardtmuth stocked fine printed matter, leather goods, accessories, paper, office supplies , a large selection of calendars, painting accessories, greeting cards, wrapping paper and many gift items. Writing implements in the range were from Montblanc , Cartier , Dupont , Pelikan , Faber-Castell , Porsche , Waterman , Lamy , Parker , Cross and others.
Theyer & Hardtmuth designed and printed on paper in steel engraving, thermal relief printing and offset printing for private and business purposes, such as business cards, wedding invitations, birth announcements, invitations for every occasion and others.
There were also calendars, tickets, gifts, art, games, office supplies, stationery, albums, books and Swarovski crystal trinkets.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kaiserlich-Königliche Geographische Gesellschaft: Mitteilungen der Kaiserlich-Königliche Geographische Gesellschaft , Volume 55, R. Lechner, 1912, p. Xliii
- ^ William Jay Youmans (ed.): Appletons' Popular Science Monthly. Vol. L (50) November 1896 to April 1897. D. Appleton and Company, New York 1897, p. 144 (online versions from Google Books and The Popular science monthly Archive.org )
- ↑ Theyer & Hardtmuth locks. ORF , March 2, 2006, accessed on April 30, 2009 : "We leave with a bleeding heart", CEO and co-owner Peter Lerner is quoted in the latest issue of the magazine "Format". "
- ↑ Swarovski empire grew again. ORF , December 7, 2006, accessed on May 1, 2009 .
swell
- Theyer & Hardtmuth - Company history. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007 ; Retrieved April 30, 2009 .
- Constantin von Wurzbach (1856-1891), Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, Volume 44, pp. 214ff. Retrieved July 23, 2015 .
Web links
- Between the Fiaker and the Ferris wheel. In: No. 2. Kult am Pult, April 2002, accessed on April 30, 2009 (Kult-Tour Wien: On a writing instrument stroll through the Walzerstadt): “From here it goes through Kärntner Straße, where you can find Theyer & Hardtmuth, an already ancient Viennese company, meets. "
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 25.9 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 18.4 ″ E