Wilhelm Heinrich Schroeder
Wilhelm Heinrich Schroeder (born September 3, 1827 in Krefeld ; † December 16, 1906 there ) was a German textile manufacturer .
Life
Wilhelm Heinrich Schroeder was the son of the tanner Johann Schroeder and married to Karoline van den Kerkhoff. He founded the silk factory Wm. Schroeder & Co., one of the most modern textile factories in Moers in the 1860s , and expanded it to become the most important in Germany. At the heyday of production in 1889, around 750 workers were employed there, who could operate up to 570 looms in piecework. Wilhelm Schroeder represented an outstanding dominance in the textile sector with his factories spread all over the Reich. He successfully sold his products as far as the USA. Wilhelm Schroeder also introduced employee benefits early on (e.g. an in-house savings bank ).
Honors
On May 5, 1923, the city of Moers renamed Wilhelmstrasse Wilhelm-Schroeder-Strasse in his honor.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Hostermann: Moers streets. History and interpretation of the 700th anniversary of the city . 5th edition. Moers 2008 ( online [PDF; accessed October 9, 2015]).
- ↑ Margret Wensky (ed.): Moers - the history of the city from the early days to the present . tape 2 . Cologne u. a. 2000, p. 156 .
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| SURNAME | Schroeder, Wilhelm Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German textile manufacturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krefeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1906 |
| Place of death | Krefeld |