Wilhelm Hartmann (textile entrepreneur)
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Friedrich Wilhelm Edmund Hartmann (born January 11, 1808 in Hanover , † September 29, 1872 in Dresden ) was a German textile entrepreneur and co-founder of the worsted spinning mill in Leipzig .
Life
Wilhelm Hartmann was the oldest of four children of Johann Carl August Hartmann, the brother of Ferdinand Hartmann , and his wife Marie Rosine Louise nee. Hoffmann.
He completed his apprenticeship from 1822 to 1827 in the wool shop of his uncle Ferdinand Hartmann in Leipzig, with whom he worked until his death. On May 1, 1829, he joined his uncle's wool shop as a co-owner. In 1830, Ferdinand and Wilhelm Hartmann founded the worsted spinning mill in Pfaffendorf (later worsted spinning mill in Leipzig) on the site of the previous wool shop . In 1836 the company was transformed into the first stock corporation in the city of Leipzig, of which Hartmann's uncle became the “executive director”. Wilhelm Hartmann was his deputy. With the death of his uncle on October 23, 1842, Wilhelm Hartmann was promoted to Executive Director of the stock corporation.
At the age of 26, Hartmann married Liddy Winkler, the daughter of a factory owner from Rochlitz in Saxony.
Hartmann was on friendly terms with King George V of Hanover, who had to abdicate on June 28, 1866. The sympathy for the fate of the king had such a dramatic effect on Hartmann's health that he had to retire shortly afterwards as executive director of the worsted yarn spinning mill. He retired to Dresden, where he died at the age of 64.
Honors
- November 4, 1840: Duke of Anhalt General House Order of Albrecht the Bear with Knight's Cross
- January 18, 1850: Prussian Red Eagle Order IV class
- January 6, 1852: Knight's Cross of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order
- February 23, 1852: Guelph Order IV class from Hanover
- August 30, 1852: Knight's Cross of the Albrecht Order of Saxony
- May 27, 1856: Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Royal Ernst August Order of Hanover
literature
- Hans Richard Wolf: 100 years of worsted yarn spinning in Leipzig as a stock corporation 1836–1936. Worsted yarn spinning mill in Leipzig, Leipzig 1936, pp. 66, 107-109
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hartmann, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hartmann, Friedrich Wilhelm Edmund (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German textile entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1872 |
| Place of death | Dresden |