August Riedinger
August Riedinger ( born October 9, 1845 in Augsburg, † January 15, 1919 ) was a German entrepreneur.
Life
August Riedinger, was born in 1845 as son of Ludwig August Riedinger, a company engaged in Augsburg entrepreneurs. He studied at the Zurich Polytechnic, and then became a partner in his father's machine and bronze ware factory one, which he headed from 1883. After the conversion of the company into a corporation Riedinger 1887 Chairman of the LA Riedinger machines and bronze goods Fabrik AG. Already in 1883 he had founded the United Gas AG in Augsburg, to the 1896 already included seventeen gas stations, for example. Bolzano, Lugano and Marburg In addition, he was on the board of the Society for gas industry. In Innsbruck 1889 he participated in the construction and operation of the Localbahn Innsbruck Hall in Tirol.
With August von Parseval and Hans Bartsch Sigsfeld Riedinger worked since 1888 in the development of steerable airships. In 1897 he founded the Augsburg balloon factory, which produced about 4,000 kite balloons for the military until the end of the First World War. 1901 Riedinger was a founding member of the free balloon club Augsburg. In 1906 the first Parseval airship was built at its factory, the so-called experimental airship. Later Riedinger also produced covers for Schütte- Lanz airships. 1931 Auguste Piccard rose from the launch site, the balloon factory on a made here to the first balloon ride stratosphere.
Founded in 1910 in Augsburg Riedinger a factory for the production of blue gas, a gas power produced from petroleum by the method of Hermann blue. Blue gas was used as LPG for heating and welding, but also served the Zeppelin LZ 127 as fuel.
In 1908, Riedinger was appointed Royal Bavarian Commerce and 1912 he was committee member of the Association of the German Museum. He was also known as a promoter of technological progress and as a patron of the arts.
August Riedinger was married twice. His first wife Anna (1848-1882) was the daughter of Max von Pettenkofer. After her untimely death in 1883 he married Bertha Brandenberger, the daughter of the technical director of the Augsburg cotton mill at the local stream. With two wives Riedinger had a son and a daughter each.