Walter Bistrick

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Bistrick in Koenigsberg

Walter Bistrick (* 1869 in Königsberg ; † March 1927 there ) was a German watchmaker and jeweler.

Life

Bistrick completed an apprenticeship as a watchmaker in Berlin and Bonn . In November 1893 he founded a small watch shop in Vorderroßgarten . Within a very short time he had his own house with a large specialist shop for watches, gold and silver goods. At the turn of the century it was one of the six largest specialist watch shops in the German Empire . Bistrick became head master and founder and chairman of the East Prussian watchmakers' association. The range included watches by Ferdinand Adolph Lange from the Glashütte watch company . The Tragheimer Kirche received a new clockwork from Bistrick.

After Walter Bistrick's death, his wife Martha, their two sons and his brother continued the business. They opened a modern branch in Poststrasse ( old town , southwest of Paradeplatz ). At the company's 50th anniversary (1943), Bistrick had 45 employees. The air raids on Königsberg destroyed both shops; In alternative workshops, however, operations continued until the end of the war. Martha Bistrick died of starvation in the battle for Königsberg .

His son Rudolf was killed in defense of the city at the Nordbahnhof , his son Arnold (1910–1989) survived and dared to start over in Hamburg . Later he moved the company headquarters to Stuttgart .

After his son Wolfgang Bistrick became a partner in 1966 , the company was relocated to Baldham in 1967 . Since the death of his father Arnold, Wolfgang Bistrick has run the company alone.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ostpreußenblatt (2003)
  2. ^ A b Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, p. 38
  3. ^ Bistrick jeweler
personal data
SURNAME Bistrick, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German watchmaker and jeweler
DATE OF BIRTH 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Koenigsberg i. Pr.
DATE OF DEATH March 1927
Place of death Koenigsberg i. Pr.