De Dietrich
De Dietrich is an industrial dynasty in northern Alsace.
1684 acquired Johann (Jean) Dietrich founded by the Adam Hunter Iron Hammer in Jaegerthal at Reichshoffen at Haguenau. In 1719 he was knighted for baron of the Holy Roman Empire.
In 1761, Jean Dietrich, the grandson of the founder, for his military merits of King Louis XV. raised to the peerage. Now bought Jean de Dietrich from the Gutsherrschaft Reichshoffen and the associated water rights Francis of Lorraine and began to build an iron industry in Alsace.
Between 1767 and took over in 1771 and he founded the Forge ( La melting ) in Reichshoffen and iron hammers on Rauschendwasser with Reich 's hope Niederbronn -les- Bains, Zinsweiler, Rothau Mutterhausen and Mertzwiller.
Even Johann Wolfgang von Goethe mentioned in the notes from his Strasbourg period of study, the forging of Niederbronn, headed by Frédéric de Dietrich. There, the young Goethe was interested in mineralogy, chemistry and alchemy (possibly subsequent reprocessing in the " Witch's Kitchen " his fist).
As of 1848, the family de Dietrich became involved in railway construction, known as De Dietrich Ferroviaire. Later, cast iron stoves in Niederbronn- les- Bains were produced.
1896 acquired Eugène de Dietrich a license from Amédée Bollée fils for the production of automobiles. Began in 1897 in the two works De Dietrich Niederbronn and De Dietrich in Luneville production.
In 1996, De Dietrich OERTLI, a manufacturer of burners.
In 1999, De Dietrich Interdomo GmbH, Emsdetten for the development and production of condensing boilers and steel.
2000, the De -Dietrich Group was acquired with the consent of the management by the Société Industrielle du Hanau ( SIH ).
2004 merged the group De Dietrich Thermique with the Dutch boiler manufacturer Remeha.
Under the name De Dietrich also home appliances are produced.
Family members
- Eugène de Dietrich (1844-1918), industrialist and member of the German Reichstag
- Suzanne de Dietrich (1891-1981), Protestant theologian
Swell
- Fabien Sabates: Bugatti. ( Translator's ad English by Christina publican ). Vienna [ inter alia ]: Lechner, 1993, ISBN 3-85049-033-5.