Gym equipment factory Adolf Buczilowsky

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The gym equipment factory Adolf Buczilowsky was an important German manufacturer of gymnastics equipment. The company was founded in Berlin in 1871 by the joiner Adolf Buczilowsky and was initially located at Köthener Straße 17. Buczilowsky had previously been with the Royal Fire Brigade in Berlin and had received suggestions for scientifically sound gymnastics training from the gymnastics teacher Hermann Kluge. His company now supplied gymnastics clubs all over Germany according to the “System Kluge”. In addition to many club gyms, she also equipped numerous school gyms with equipment. One example is the equipment of the gymnasium of the Royal High School in Bonn, which was completed in 1891 .

In addition, in collaboration with the surgeon Florian Beely , Buczilowsky manufactured devices for physiotherapy, a scoliosis bar and a rowing machine for scoliosis therapy. In 1895 the company traded under the name of the Factory for Orthopedic and Gymnastics Apparatus . 1897 in the Berlin address book is: Buczilowsky, purveyor to the court of His Royal Highness the Prince Friedrich Leopold, factory for gymnastics equipment, orthopedic, swimming and rescue equipment . In 1903 the company advertises under the name Factory for gymnastics, swimming, rescue and fire fighting equipment . In 1907, the company owner finally achieved the status of purveyor to the court to His Majesty the Emperor and King . Later on, the company was simply called Factory for Gymnastics Equipment . The company's headquarters were at Blumenthalstrasse 13 in Berlin from 1904 until it was last mentioned in 1953.

As early as 1874, Buczilowsky had exhibited the demonstration model of a gym at the meeting of the gymnastics teachers' association of the Mark Brandenburg in Potsdam.

At the general German exhibition in the field of hygiene and rescue services in 1883, he exhibited the model of a gymnasium and a gymnasium.

The company was also active internationally and in 1885 was named in the USA as one of the four most reliable foreign manufacturers of gymnastic apparatus worldwide. Buczilowsky showed a model of the gym of the 3rd elementary school in Steglitz as part of the German teaching exhibition at the World Exhibition in St. Louis in 1904 .

In 1936 the company supplied the “Hellas” brand sports equipment to the Olympic Games in Berlin .

The factory owner Adolf Buczilowsky was appointed in 1917 to replace the late Dr. Herzberg elected city councilor of Berlin.

Patents

  • 1921 discus disc (DE332470C)
  • 1932 Arrangement for the attachment of ladder-like gymnastics equipment in swimming pools (DE564582C)
  • 1935 jumping mat with sheet layers clad in a coat (DE622438C)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ New year books for gymnastics . Volume 19, Schönfeld, 1873, p. 115
  2. ^ Annual report of the Royal High School in Bonn. School year 1891/92 . Bonn, Carl Georgi University Book Printing Company, 1892, p. 4
  3. ^ F. Beely: Demonstration: Scoliosis bars . In: Negotiations of the German Society for Surgery . 18th Congress, Berlin, 1889, pp. 156–160, here p. 160
  4. ↑ F. Beely: A rowing machine for Scoliotic . In: Journal of Orthopedic Surgery . Volume II, 1893, pp. 428-440, here: p. 440.
  5. ↑ J. Wurm: Orthopedic children's desk with adjustable, inclined seat . In: Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift , 21 (39), 1895, pp. 647-648
  6. ↑ Address book for Berlin and its suburbs. Edition 1897, p. 158
  7. ^ Ludwig Hohmann: School practice. A Guide to Teaching and a Reference Book for School Inspectors , F. Hirt, Breslau, 1903, p. 88. OCLC 1071878931
  8. ↑ Advertisement for architecture, handicrafts and construction industry . No. 1, 1907, p. 5
  9. ^ Report on the third meeting of the gymnastics teachers' association of the Mark Brandenburg , 1874, p. 12
  10. ^ Official catalog for the General German Exhibition in the Field of Hygiene and Rescue Services, 1882. P. 44, No. 263
  11. ^ Edward Mussey Hartwell: Physical Training in American Colleges and Universities . In: Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education , Vol. 5-1885, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1886, p. 92.
  12. ^ International exposition St. Louis 1904. Official catalog. Exhibition of the German empire. Georg Stilke, Berlin, 1904, p. 387, no.941
  13. ↑ Berlin address book. Edition 1936 . P. 23
  14. ^ Administrative report of the Berlin magistrate for the financial year 1916. From the general administration. 1917, p. 1