Wilhelm Butz (entrepreneur, 1836)
Wilhelm Butz (born June 23, 1836 in Augsburg ; † November 19, 1903 ibid) was from 1861 partner and commercial director of the "Eusebius Schiffmacher & Comp." Factory founded by Eusebius Schiffmacher in 1855 , which moved to Göggingen in 1863 and moved to the "twisting mill." - and sewing thread factory Göggingen AG ”(ZNFG for short) before it merged with the Ackermann twisting mill to form Ackermann-Göggingen AG.
Life
Wilhelm Butz was born as the son of the yarn wholesaler Wilhelm Butz sen. (* July 11, 1810 in Weißenburg ; † October 19, 1880 in Augsburg) and Luise Butz, b. Hobach (born October 11, 1812 in Oettingen , † February 22, 1887 in Augsburg) was born in Augsburg. After his mother's death, on May 28, 1887, in honor of his parents, he established the Wilhelm-Butz'sche Family Foundation (25,000 marks) for needy family members and, secondarily, for charitable purposes. His professional and social work was continued by his son Wilhelm Butz (jr.) .
Wilhelm Butz was buried in the Protestant cemetery in Augsburg . The grave has since been abandoned.
Honors
The Butzstraße in Göggingen is named after Wilhelm Butz .
literature
- Anton Werner: The local foundations for the purposes of teaching and charity in the city of Augsburg , Rieger 1899, p. 141, p. 145 f., P. 195
- Hilde Rose: A Century of Gögginger Sewing Thread , Darmstadt 1955, pp. 21–33
- Wolfgang Zorn: Trade and Industrial History of Bavarian Swabia 1648–1870 , Augsburg 1961, p. 169; Göggingen, 1969, p. 194 ff.
- Der Gögginger 1965, issue 3, p. 3 f., 1966, issue 2, p. 18 f.
- Bavarian-Swabian Economy 26 (1971), p. 415
Web links
- Article "Entrepreneur family Butz" in the Augsburg city dictionary
- Company history of Eusebius Schiffmacher & Co.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Butz, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manufacturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1903 |
| Place of death | augsburg |