Újlaki brick and lime burning ltd
The Újlak Brick and Lime Kiln Joint Stock Company was established in 1869, after the purchase of the Kunwald lime and brick factory in Óbuda. The first developments took place in the 1880s, followed by the expansion of the company in the 1890s. After the construction difficulties at the turn of the century, the company continued to expand its interests, but after the First World War it was considerably weakened. In 1928, it gave up its independence and was merged into the Nagybátonyi szénbánya Részvénytársaság.
The raw material for bricks as a finished building product is clay, mined from the surface of the earth. The raw material, first kneaded with water and then pressed, was produced by firing, during which the raw bricks lost their moisture and became solid.
Brick production took off in the second to third decade after the German Reunification, as a result of the second industrial revolution. Favourable economic conditions led to a significant building boom in the Hungarian capital and the capital and in larger cities. As the industrial revolution unfolded, brickworks were built to meet the growing social demand.
The Újlak Brick and Lime Kiln Joint Stock Company was founded in 1869. After its establishment, it purchased the lime and brickworks and the land belonging to it, which was established in 1853 on the outskirts of Óbuda, owned by Jakab Kunwald and András Holtzspach, and later located in District III (88 Bécsi Street). A large part of the latter was a quarry. At that time the plant consisted of only a few kilns.
In 1883, the first modern lime kiln was built in Hungary thanks to the company. In 1886, one kiln was built for this purpose, and two more in 1890. Expansion continued in the early 1890s: in 1891 the joint-stock company bought the Murschel family's property in Budapest's 3rd district (Bécsi út 134.After demolishing the old, obsolete brickworks, it set up a mechanised factory for the production of bricks, roof tiles and other clay products.
The construction crisis that began in the second half of the 1890s also left its mark on the company's operations, with a slow recovery taking place in the 1900s and 1910s.
In 1905, the company bought the roof tile factory in Péterhegy from the Lenarduzzi Bell and Horváth company, and in 1907 the Lehorsberger company's brick factory in Péterhegy, and the limestone quarry of Ede Ney and his partner company with the industrial branch built in Dunapartig. In 1912, it set up an asbestos-cement shale factory under the name of 'Budapest Sand and Gravel Transport Company'.
By 1920, the company had an extensive network of production plants. It had a brickworks in the 3rd district of Budapest and in Péterhegy, a roof tile factory in the 3rd district, on the dune of Péterhegy and in Péterhegy, a lime kiln and a flower pot factory in the 3rd district, a mortar and concrete factory in the 5th district of Budapest, an asbestos cement factory in Csillaghegy, and quarries in Mátyáshegy and Csillaghegy.
In the 1920s, it became an interest of the Anglo-Hungarian bank. Since 1921, the intensive exploitation of the Nagybátony coal fields had been going on. The Újlak Brick- and Lime-Burning Joint Stock Company, which had been cooperating with the Nagybátony Coal Mine Joint Stock Company and then, due to the difficulties of the years following the First World War, became involved in the work of the increasingly emerging production company, gave up its independence in 1928 and was merged into the Nagybátony Coal Mine Joint Stock Company. As the latter also merged with the United Construction and Shipping Joint Stock Company in the same year, the merger of the three companies resulted in the Nagybátony-Újlaki United Industrial Works Joint Stock Company.
Production continued at the Bécsi út factory, which only had to be shut down during the Second World War. During the war, some of the Jews of Budapest were rounded up in the drying sheds of the brick factory in Péterhegy and sent on foot to the Austrian concentration camps in November and December 1944.
After the war, production was restarted, and as a nationalised plant, it operated under the supervision of the Buda Brick and Tile Industry Company until 31 December 1973.
Sources:
Walter Endrei: Brick kiln in Óbuda. Budapest, 1988. 26(1), 42.
Hungarian Financial Compass 1917-1928.
Great Hungarian Compass 1877-1916.
Press material 1869-1928.
Date of foundation: 1869
Date of cessation: 1928
Founders are not set
Securities issued:
| Újlaki brick and lime burning ltd |
Decisive leaders:
1877-1892 | Ignác Pfeiffer |
1893-1904 | József Müller |
1905-1928 | desires Alfréd Wellisch |
Main activity: manufacture of roof tiles, bricks, lime and mortar, stone and dunakavics
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Author: Róbert Szabó
Date of foundation: 1869
Founders are not set
Decisive leaders:
1877-1892 | Ignác Pfeiffer |
1893-1904 | József Müller |
1905-1928 | desires Alfréd Wellisch |
Main activity: manufacture of roof tiles, bricks, lime and mortar, stone and dunakavics
Main products are not set
Seats are not configured
Locations are not set
Main milestones are not set
Author: Róbert Szabó
Újlaki brick and lime burning ltd
The Újlak Brick and Lime Kiln Joint Stock Company was established in 1869, after the purchase of the Kunwald lime and brick factory in Óbuda. The first developments took place in the 1880s, followed by the expansion of the company in the 1890s. After the construction difficulties at the turn of the century, the company continued to expand its interests, but after the First World War it was considerably weakened. In 1928, it gave up its independence and was merged into the Nagybátonyi szénbánya Részvénytársaság.
The raw material for bricks as a finished building product is clay, mined from the surface of the earth. The raw material, first kneaded with water and then pressed, was produced by firing, during which the raw bricks lost their moisture and became solid.
Brick production took off in the second to third decade after the German Reunification, as a result of the second industrial revolution. Favourable economic conditions led to a significant building boom in the Hungarian capital and the capital and in larger cities. As the industrial revolution unfolded, brickworks were built to meet the growing social demand.
The Újlak Brick and Lime Kiln Joint Stock Company was founded in 1869. After its establishment, it purchased the lime and brickworks and the land belonging to it, which was established in 1853 on the outskirts of Óbuda, owned by Jakab Kunwald and András Holtzspach, and later located in District III (88 Bécsi Street). A large part of the latter was a quarry. At that time the plant consisted of only a few kilns.
In 1883, the first modern lime kiln was built in Hungary thanks to the company. In 1886, one kiln was built for this purpose, and two more in 1890. Expansion continued in the early 1890s: in 1891 the joint-stock company bought the Murschel family's property in Budapest's 3rd district (Bécsi út 134.After demolishing the old, obsolete brickworks, it set up a mechanised factory for the production of bricks, roof tiles and other clay products.
The construction crisis that began in the second half of the 1890s also left its mark on the company's operations, with a slow recovery taking place in the 1900s and 1910s.
In 1905, the company bought the roof tile factory in Péterhegy from the Lenarduzzi Bell and Horváth company, and in 1907 the Lehorsberger company's brick factory in Péterhegy, and the limestone quarry of Ede Ney and his partner company with the industrial branch built in Dunapartig. In 1912, it set up an asbestos-cement shale factory under the name of 'Budapest Sand and Gravel Transport Company'.
By 1920, the company had an extensive network of production plants. It had a brickworks in the 3rd district of Budapest and in Péterhegy, a roof tile factory in the 3rd district, on the dune of Péterhegy and in Péterhegy, a lime kiln and a flower pot factory in the 3rd district, a mortar and concrete factory in the 5th district of Budapest, an asbestos cement factory in Csillaghegy, and quarries in Mátyáshegy and Csillaghegy.
In the 1920s, it became an interest of the Anglo-Hungarian bank. Since 1921, the intensive exploitation of the Nagybátony coal fields had been going on. The Újlak Brick- and Lime-Burning Joint Stock Company, which had been cooperating with the Nagybátony Coal Mine Joint Stock Company and then, due to the difficulties of the years following the First World War, became involved in the work of the increasingly emerging production company, gave up its independence in 1928 and was merged into the Nagybátony Coal Mine Joint Stock Company. As the latter also merged with the United Construction and Shipping Joint Stock Company in the same year, the merger of the three companies resulted in the Nagybátony-Újlaki United Industrial Works Joint Stock Company.
Production continued at the Bécsi út factory, which only had to be shut down during the Second World War. During the war, some of the Jews of Budapest were rounded up in the drying sheds of the brick factory in Péterhegy and sent on foot to the Austrian concentration camps in November and December 1944.
After the war, production was restarted, and as a nationalised plant, it operated under the supervision of the Buda Brick and Tile Industry Company until 31 December 1973.
Sources:
Walter Endrei: Brick kiln in Óbuda. Budapest, 1988. 26(1), 42.
Hungarian Financial Compass 1917-1928.
Great Hungarian Compass 1877-1916.
Press material 1869-1928.