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Genealogy
Origins & roots
in Neuchâtel county
Other
researched Junod origins
Junod in Lignières before 1535
Neuchâtel
or Bishopric ? In 1636
Allied families in Bevaix
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families around the world
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ascendants
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Weights & Measures in 1834
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Brüne
ancestors - From Bontkirchen (Sauerland),
moved to Glashütte i. Sachsen
and then to Köln
History
(Village
of Bontkirchen
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Jobst
Brüne and his wife Eizabeth
Füllegrab, mentioned in Bontkirchen around
1660/1670, are
my oldest traced Brüne ancestors to-date. |
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(Church
Johnsbach
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Johann
Christoph Brüne, born in the nearby
village of Messinghausen is
the son of Johannes Christophorus and of
Elisabetha Schmid, from Bontkirchen.
Great-grandson
of Jobst Brüne, Johann Christoph settles
in Johnsbach near Glashütte
i. Sachsen around 1815-1820. |
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(Markt
4 in 2006
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to enlarge) |
His
son Ernst Anton owned a grocery store in
Glashütte
i. Sachsen. He was also Treasurer of the "Spar-
und Vorschußvereine G.m.b.H." (founded
in 1860) in Glashütte until 1899. He
lived (and had his store) in the House located
at Markt No 4. |
Below
a summary of the careers of my grand father Fritz and his father
Conrad Brüne.
If
you have more information or even pictures... please write to
me !
Conrad
Brüne
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Conrad
Benno Brüne
Born 19 Oct 1853 in Glashütte i. Sachsen
Died 22 Jul 1931 Langebrück i. Sachsen.
Conrad
married
Eugenia Selma Lydia née Haude on 22 Mar 1890 in Dresden.
Born 14 Oct 1863 Christburg
Died May 1945, Langebrück i. Sachsen.
Pictured
with his father Ernst Anton Clemens Brüne
and 3 of his 5 children: (left to right : Fritz,
Helmut and Herbert). Picture
probably taken around 1901-1902.
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Director
of the Radeberger Exportbier Brauerei
Conrad
wanted to become beer brewer. His father did not have any money to
pay for his studies, Conrad's eldest brother, Emil, advanced the money.
Conrad
left Glashütte in 1886, to join a small brewery in Radeberg (founded
in 1866), first called "Brauerei zum Felsenkelle", then as
of 1885 renamed into "Radeberger ExportbierBrauerei". He
started there as Master brewer.
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After
Conrad joined the brewery, it produced a Pilsner type of beer
called "Böhmisch".
Success
was immediate and contributed to a rapid and important growth.
The brewery, renamed again as "Radeberger
Pilsner" was exporting throughout the world
and in particular to the USA.
Conrad
was promoted Director of the brewery in late February 1897 and
admitted to the board of directors before September 1898. After
the merge with the Deutsche Bierbrauerei AG.
In
May 1903 he became member of the board of the new entity until
his retirement in 1923 where he was then elected to its supervisory
board until his death in 1931. |
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The
brewery success was such that King Friedrich August von Sachsen
asked to visit the brewery.
On
the 21st of August 1907, a large tent was raised behind the brewery.
Conrad's daughter Erna read a Poem for his Majesty and Conrad
lead the King through the factory visit.
Conrad
became a "Königlichen Kommerzienrat" in 1911.
He
also developed the "Dreihorden-Malzdarre" as it is called and
took out a patent on it from German Patent Office. In 1911, the "Darre
System Patent Brüne" as it was called officially, was installed
in the tower of the brewery. |
Newspaper
articles published at the time the King of Saxony visited - August
21st, 1907
(Source : Radeberger Exportbier Brauerei - Archives)
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on the pictures to enlarge) |
...Am
Eingange der reichdekorierten Brauerei, die nach der Dresdener
Straße
zu von einem aus großen Lager-und Transportfässern
errichteten Triumpfbogen flankiert wurde, begrüß ten Sr.
Majestät die Mitglieder des Vorstandes und des Aufsichtsrates
der Brauerei und zwar von ersterem die Herren Direktoren Brüne
und Matthias von letzterem die Herren Kommerzienrat Georg Arnold
Consul und Kommerzienrat Reichel und Regierungsrat a.D. Ehszescineki.
Nachdem
Sr. Majestät in ein für Hofe der Brauerei errichtetes geschmack
volles Zelt geleitet worden war, sprach das liebreizende Töchterchen
des Herrn Direktors Brüne, Fräulein Erna Brüne einen
poetischen "Willkommensgruß", von Herrn Professor
Oertel verfaßt, welcher folgenden Wortlaut hatte:
Willkommen
Herr in uns'er Heimatsflur!
Du kennst sie ja, Du hast sie oft durchzogen,
Du weißt, sie zeigt bescheid'ne Reize nur; nicht Merresflut, nur Korn und
Wipfel wogen; nicht stolz umrahmt Dich Hochtgebirgsnatur, nur Hügel wölben
sich in sanftem Bogen.
Heut'eile nicht, heut hemm Deine Schritte und rast'ein Weilchen froh in unsrer
Mitte
Willkommen
Herr, in uns rer Heimatstadt! Am Heiderande schien sie weltverloren,
kein Dom, kein Prunkbau fand hier seine Statt. Arm lag sie vor der reichen
Hauptstadt Toren. Doch blieb sie's nicht. Denn der Gewerbefleiß hat,
Sie sich zu seinem Lieblingssitz erkoren, Wo Arbeit und Erfolg sich glücklich
einen; Ein Bild von Deinem Sachsenland im Kleinen.
Willkommen,
Herr, der Werkgenossenschaft! Hier, wo sich hundert fleiss`ge Hände
regen, wo tausendhändig die Maschine schaffl, der gelben Gerstenfelder
Aehrensegen, veredelt durch des Hopfens würz'ge Kraft, in flüssig
Gold geschäftig
umzuprägen. Dem Du geruhtest - uns zu hohen Ehren An Deinem Tisch
ein Plätzchen
zu gewähren. Auch unser Herz gewannst Du, wie es Dir, Allüberall,
wo Du nur warst, gelungen, "Wir lieben Dich" so ist es eben
hier, aus treuer Männer Munde Dir erklungen, "Wir lieben Dich" so
sei' s gesagt von mir, mit diesem Strauss auch für die Schar der
Jungen: So mögen
denn die Jungen wie die Alten, Dich und Dein Haus für immer lieb
behalten.
Nachdem
der König der Sprecherin einige liebenswürdige
Worte der Anerkennung gesagt und einen Strauß prachtvoller Rosen
aus ihrer Hand entgegengenommen hatte, hielt Herr Kommerzienrat Arnhold
eine Ansprache.
...Am
Eingang desselben begrüßte und empfing
den Monarchen die Geschäftsleitung,
der technische Direktor Herr Brüne, der kaufmännische Leiter
Herr Matthias und der Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats, Herr Kommerzienrat
Arnhold aus Dresden.
Der letztere richtete an den Hohen Gast einige Begrüßungsworte
und teilte mit, daß die Geschäftsleitung eine Stiftung
von 10.000,-- M zum Wohle ihres Personals errichtet habe.
Am
Pavillon überreichte
das Töchterchen
des Herrn Direktor Brüne Sr. Majestät einen Blumenstrauß unter
Aussagen eines sinnigen Poems... Die Direktion der Radeberger Exportbierbrauerei
bildet z.Zt. Herr Direktor C. Brüne und Herr Direktor E. Matthias
und steht ersterer schon seit über 23 Jahren an leitender
Stelle des Unternehmens...
Conrad
retires and dies accidentally
("Langebrück
House"
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Conrad
Brüne retired on November 1, 1923 in Langebrück where
he had purchased a comfortable property and lived until a stupid
but fatal accident - missed a train steps - took him away July
22, 1931. |
January
2006 - A building of Radeberger Pilsner bears the name of Conrad
Brüne
(Source
: "Ein Firmenporträt" - the Radeberger
Pilsner Brewery).
("Conrad
Brüne Haus"
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The
company currently employs around 250 people
on its site of Radeberg.
At the beginning of 2006, it inaugurates for its personnel
a new "social" building named "Conrad Brüne
Haus", honouring one of its historical leaders that
significantly marked the history of Radeberger Pilsner.
Conrad
Brüne, Master-brewer
and later Director of the "Radeberger
Exportbierbrauerei" brewery from 1886 to 1923, is regarded
as one of the craftsmen that gave its worldwide reputation. |
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Fritz Brüne
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Fritz
Heinrich Brüne
Born 18 Oct 1893 in Radeberg i. Sachsen
Died 31 Jan 1974 in Königtsein i. Taunus
Fritz
married Carmen Johanna Martha née Stulz on 2 Dec 1919
in Radeberg i. Sachsen.
Born 29 Jan 1901 in Radeberg i. Sachsen
Died 6 Jul 1983 in Heidelberg |
Conrad
Brüne
(1853 - 1931), Kommerzienrat and Director of the Radeberger Exportbier
Brauerei buys* his sons Hellmuth (1890 - 1975) and Fritz (my grandfather,
1893 - 1974) the Glas factory Gebr.
Eibenstein Glashüttenwerke Gmbh in Bischofswerda,
known as "Brüneglass
Bischofswerda" for telegrams and G.E.B as logo.
The
manufacturing program focuses on glass for electrical lamps.
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Herbert Friedrich, friend of Hellmuth Brüne, was also a
large shareholder when it came to buying the Eibenstein factory. This
family was a wealthy socks manufacturer in Chemnitz.
(Click
to enlarge pictures of the Eibenstein - then Brüne Glashütte)
Here
a few more photos of this factory, then
and until probably the 1980's. In June 2006 all was just
ruins and desolation.
See
here another article (in german) about this
company.
In
1942, the young brother of Fritz and Hellmuth becomes Director of the
Factory, which then counts around 151 workers - a number that will
continuously fall until the stop of the production on April 30, 1945.
Among
their suppliers, the chemical factory "Gebr.
Cüppers" of Dresden, founded by the brothers
Fritz and Wilhelm Cüppers in the late 1890s. The
son of Fritz, Fritz Jr., became a friend of Fritz Brüne,
and forced to
leave Radeberg at the end of the 2nd world war (39-45),
ended up staying for his retirement years with his wife
Thea in the apartment available in the house
of Fritz
Brüne in Königstein i . Taunus.
As
for the company, later lead by the descendants of Fritz
Cüppers
(Hellmuth, Steffen and Nicolaus) as the Cüppers
Chemie GmbH in Radeberg, specialized
in enamel, eventually went bankrupt in the 2000s.
In 2011, the
site hosts a company specialized in recycling.
Herbert
Brüne and his "right arm" Bachmann worked
on restarting the production between June 25, 1945 until
December of that year, with the help of
10 employees. On October 30, 1945, the Soviet military
administraion (SMAD), seized the company's capital.
Production
restarts in January 1946 with over 150 workers. On June 30, 1946, the
business was expropriated and placed under the Supervision of the Land
of Sachsen.
Fritz
left for Bavaria to shelter his family from the Russians, leaving his
brother Hellmuth (or Herbert?) to manage their businesses.
Hellmuth
(or Herbert?) was able to retain management of the business until 1948
when the local authorities decided to appoint Bruno Bachmann as Director
of the"VEB
Gebr Eibenstein Bischofswerda".
Fritz,
56 and Hellmuth, 59, started from scratch and built a
new factory "Brüne
Glas" in Porz bei Köln, soon joined by their
younger brother Herbert, 47 on a leased land.
(Click
to enlarge pictures of the Brüne-Glas logo and view of the factory
in Porz)
Fritz
and his brothers retired in the late sixties, leaving the next generation
to co-manage the factory. Fritz moved with his wife to Köngistein
i. Taunus spending a few well deserved relaxing years, before his death
in 1974.
As
to the factory, the land lease coming to an end as well as other economical
and competition related issues forced its closure in 1971. In the good
years it counted up to 400 employees. The land has since be reclaimed
and the factory replaced by appartment buildings.
Here
the cover page of one of their catalogs:
Genealogy
tree of the first 7 known Brüne generations
Sources
- The
descendants Ernst Anton Brüne, family archives and "Ahnenpass"
- Marco
Schröder (Dresden) - GGG Nephew of Johanna
Christiane Schröder,
second wife of Ernst Anton Brüne. Marco published
in January 2008 the excellent 101 pages "Die geschichte
unserer Familie"
- Archives
from the "Radeberger
Exportbierbrauerei" company thanks to the kindness
of M. L. Hiller, Verkaufsdirektor.
- "Biblioteksjournal"
der Christian Weisse - Bibliothek Zittau (Dipl Ing D. Mauerhoff)
- Dr
F. J. Lahme
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