Franz Saurer
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October 6, 1806
Franz Saurer | |
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| Born | Franz Saurer October 6, 1806 |
| Died | November 28, 1882 (aged 76) |
| Occupation | Industrialist |
| Known for | Founding and leading Saurer |
| Spouses | Maria Catharina Kunz
(m. 1835; died 1861)Maria Paulina Theresia Frei Stoffel
(m. 1862, died) |
| Children | 6 |
Franz Saurer (October 3, 1806 – November 28, 1882) was a German-born Swiss industrialist who founded the company which ultimately became the Adolph Saurer concern. He was also responsible for the positive economic development of the Arbon region. Through his estate his descendants endowed funds to build the city park of Arbon. He was the patriarch of the Saurer family.
Saurer was born likely around October 3, 1806 in Veringendorf, Grand Duchy of Baden to farming parents Johann Nepomuk and Agatha (née Blum). His family was very poor which led him and a younger brother to move to Switzerland around 1821 aged 15. He initially went to Laufen am Rheinfall where he had a half-sister and was able to complete an apprenticeship as locksmith.[1]
Career
In 1827 he moved to Wülflingen near Winterthur where he was an employee at the mill construction firm Wimmersberger. In 1832, he found further employment at the machinery shop of Michael Weniger in Tablat near St. Gallen. In 1833, Saurer spent one year in Vienna, Austria.
