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Encyclopedia > Anton Ullrich

Johannes Anton Ullrich (1826 - 1895) was a German industrialist, inventor, and co-founder of the "Gebrüder Ullrich" in the Rheinland-Pfalz. Rhineland-Palatinate (German Rheinland-Pfalz) is one of 16 Bundesländer of Germany. ...

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Life

Franz Ullrich was born on the 30 August 1826 in the small town of Maikammer, Germany. He was the youngest son of an international merchant, Leonhard Ullrich, and his wife Regina Damm. Anton Ullrich worked in his father's store, before founding the "Gebrüder Ullrich" with his younger brother Franz Ullrich. In 1851 Anton Ullrich invented the folding ruler, and in 1887 obtained the patent for the springed hinge of the folding ruler. The "Gebrüder Ullrich" company expanded quickly and later built another factory site in the neighbouring town of Kirrweiler. Maikammer is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Franz Ullrich (1830 - 1891) was a German industrialist, and co-founder of the Ullrich-Gebrüder in the Rheinland-Pfalz. ... A variety of rulers A 2 metre carpenters rule Retractable flexible rule A ruler or rule is an instrument used in geometry, technical drawing and engineering/building to measure distances and/or to rule straight lines. ...


Factory Sights

Annweiler am Trifels, or Annweiler is town in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Bellheim is a town in the district of Germersheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Maikammer is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ... Schifferstadt is a town and a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ...

External Links

  • "Gebrüder Ullrich" Memorial Maikammer memorial to the "Gebrüder Ullrich" (In German)
  • Stabila Brief history of the Stabila Company
  • History of Stabila (In German)

References

Publications
  • Berthold, Franz (1990). Die Ullrich'schen Werke - Ein Beitrag zur Industriegeschichte der Pfalz. Annweiler, Germany. 
  • Biundo, Georg and Hess, Hans (1968). Annweiler - Geschichte einer alten Reichsstadt. Studio Hruschka, Mannheim, Germany. 
  • Damm, Johannes and Treptow, Hans (1986). Ortschronik Maikammer-Alsterweiler. Heinrich Schreck KG, Maikammer, Germany. 
  • Kölsch, Hans-Joachim and Pfundstein, Sonja (2004). Annweiler - Zeitsprünge. Oaklands Book Services Ltd, England. 

 

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