Leuzendorf & Waengler weaving mill

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The weaving mill Leuzendorf & Waengler was a Bohemian textile company founded in 1871. It emerged from the Adolf weaving mill in Langenau near Hohenelbe .

history

The company was founded by Severin Waengler (III) and his business partner and brother-in-law Friedrich von Leuzendorf.

Representation of the finishing plant Harta on a picture postcard

After a brief period of prosperity, the financial crisis of 1873 hit the company hard and it wasn't until 1875 that profits could be made again. In 1876 the company was expanded and Zirm-Bleiche was acquired, which was expanded to become the “Bleiche und Appreturanstalt Harta”. In 1877 the company founder Severin Waengler (III) died and the company was continued by his wife Adolfine (née v. Leuzendorf). In 1881 the eldest son Ludwig Waengler took over the management of the company after having been declared of age. The years 1879 to 1914 were the company's heyday and 500 people were employed in Langenau and Harta. In 1891 Wladimir Waengler, Ludwig's younger brother, succeeded him in the company management. Wladimir Waengler had acquired the necessary professional background at the trade school in Reichenberg and in various textile companies in Manchester .

The loss of a large part of the fortune through Austrian war bonds in World War I and the loss of a large part of the sales areas in the former territories of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy hit the family and the company hard. After a last boom in 1938/39, the company was shut down in the course of World War II in favor of another company. The planned continuation of the business by Ferdinand and Hermann Waengler after the end of World War II did not take place.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolph I Lehmann: General address book and business manual for the Imperial and Royal Capital and Residence City of Vienna and its surroundings . Ed .: Förster. Vienna 1874, p. 82 .
  2. ↑ Alf Mainert: Chronicle of Wängler family . Karben 2005, p. 204 .
  3. ^ Karl-Heiz Weigel: 50 years of the Munich Agreement: Sudeten Germans remembers the invasion of German soldiers . Ed .: Mittelbayerische Zeitung. Regensburg September 29, 1988.