Anton Kliegl

Anton Tiberius Kliegl ( born September 15, 1872 in Kissingen, † May 19, 1927 in New York City, USA ) was a German entrepreneur and inventor in the United States.

Life

Kliegl was one of eight children of Adam Kurmusikers Tiberius Kliegl († 1879) and Therese Ströhlein. His grandfather was Johann Siegl in 1836 came with his orchestra from Bohemia to Bad Kissingen, Bad Kissingen Spa Orchestra where he founded in 1837.

As a trained plumber Kliegl followed in 1893 when 21- year-old his brother Johann ( 1869-1959 ), who had emigrated in 1888 to New York. There they both worked in a factory for electric arc lamps, which they bought up in 1896. They named their own company " Kliegl Brothers Universal Electric Stage Lighting Company ", specializing in stage technology and stage effects, which they designed themselves. The company was one of the first of its kind

On December 27, 1902, he married Leopoldine Helfrich. The marriage remained childless.

In 1911 he invented the now under the name " Kliegl Light" known carbon - arc lamp, which doubles the luminosity at the same energy demand and specially used for stage lighting and when shooting movies. He developed in the silent movie era many new special effects, such as inter alia for the films " Ben Hur " and " Wizard of Oz".

Kliegl gave generous endowments to his home town of Bad Kissingen as the Kliegl children's park, the Anton Kliegl Elementary School, poor feeding, nursery, children's convalescent home and also the interior of the council hall in the Old Town Hall is due to his generosity.

Hauck is on the " Woodlawn Cemetery " ( Bronx, New York) buried.

Honors

• In Bad Kissingen today there is the Kliegl Square with the " Kliegl Fountain " which was built by the Atelier Arnold Eichler on the court completely redesign in 2009.
• There is still the Anton Kliegl Elementary School (since 2010: Anton Kliegl Middle School ) in Bad Kissingen
• The city awarded him an honorary citizen in 1922