Wilhelm Stünkel

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Wilhelm Julius Anton Stünkel (* before 1819; † August 31, 1856 ) was a German factory manager.

Life

Stünkel had already been employed as a factor clerk at the Fürstenberg porcelain factory since 1819 . From 1825 to 1856 he was the successor of Georg Leschen , first as inspector, and since 1837 as director. By traveling to the large German or French porcelain factories, he expanded the knowledge he lacked in order to implement a series of improvements in his own factory after his return in order to make it more efficient and profitable again.

A significant achievement of his work was that he was the first manager to manage without a subsidy from the state treasury and even to make a profit of 55,000 thalers . This did not succeed in the long term; the earnings situation became negative again in the last year of his management due to the great competition. The innovations included a reduction in operating costs, for example through the abolition of the Princely Colored Painting in 1828 or through more appropriate facilities in the manufacturing process such as better use of the previous capsules or the use of oak wood as fuel. In 1844 he made sure that medical utensils were labeled “S.gesch.” In order to identify them as such and to prevent the otherwise due porcelain tax on export.

Since 1839 his health deteriorated and until 1848 he had to take spa stays in Bad Ems and other health resorts approved by Duke Wilhelm . In 1853 and 1855 he visited factories in France and sought reliable suppliers of porcelain clay there. From 1855 about 10% kaolin from Limoges was added to the Fürstenberg clay mass .

In 1856 he was allowed to stay in Salzbrunn again . Stünkel wanted to take advantage of the trip to visit the Upper Silesian porcelain factories in Waldenburg and Altwasser. On the way back from there he died of pneumonia. After his death, Johann Carl Prössel and the materials manager von Rauschenplath ran the manufactory.

Until his death, Stünkel had tried to perfect the porcelain mass through experiments, as it was still heavily contaminated. For his services, the factory director Stünkel was awarded the First Class Cross of Merit of the Duke of Brunswick Order of Henry the Lion .

literature

  • Wilhelm Stünkel and the history of the manufacture up to the year 1860. In: Beatrix Freifrau von Wolff Metternich, Manfred Meinz with the assistance of Thomas Krueger: Die Porzellanmanufaktur Fürstenberg. A cultural history in the mirror of Fürstenberg porcelain. Volume II. (= Braunschweigisches Kunsthandwerk [BKH]. Volume 1.II.) Published by the Richard Borek Foundation and the NORD / LB Foundation - Public . Prestel, Munich, Berlin, London, New York 2004, ISBN 3-7913-2921-9 , pp. 367-393.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolff Metternich / Meinz, p. 372.
  2. ↑ a b c Christian Scherer : The Fürstenberg porcelain. Verlag Georg Reimer, Berlin 1909, p. 216 f. ( archive.org ).
  3. ^ Georg Kanzow: Basic features of the Braunschweigischen industry. A contribution to the economics of Lower Saxony (= publications of the Economic Society for the study of Lower Saxony. Series A, Issue 6). Self-published, Hanover 1928.
  4. ↑ Wolff Metternich / Meinz, p. 377.
  5. ↑ Landesarchiv Wolfenbüttel: WirtA BS NWA 22 Retrieved on October 8, 2017.
  6. ^ Braunschweig address book for the year 1845 . Hofbuchdruckerei Johann Heinrich Meyer, Braunschweig 1845, p. 12 ( books.google.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Stünkel, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stünkel, Wilhelm Julius Anton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manufacturing manager
DATE OF BIRTH before 1819
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1856