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Jakob Kienzle was born on [[April 12|12th April]], [[1859/en|1859]] in Schwenningen. | Jakob Kienzle was born on [[April 12|12th April]], [[1859/en|1859]] in Schwenningen. | ||
| − | + | He was the founder of a major German clock producing factory in the town of Schwenningen, Württemberg. | |
Kienzle became a foster-son of Friedrich MAUTHE after his father's early death and started to work in the MAUTHE clock factory at the age of fourteen. | Kienzle became a foster-son of Friedrich MAUTHE after his father's early death and started to work in the MAUTHE clock factory at the age of fourteen. | ||
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Kienzle, Jakob
Jakob Kienzle was born on 12th April, 1859 in Schwenningen.
He was the founder of a major German clock producing factory in the town of Schwenningen, Württemberg.
Kienzle became a foster-son of Friedrich MAUTHE after his father's early death and started to work in the MAUTHE clock factory at the age of fourteen. After an apprenticeship in a colonial goods business in Triberg, KIENZLE worked with Johannes SCHLENKER, a well known master clockmaker, married his daughter in 1883 and took over the clock making facility together with his brother-in-law, Karl-Johannes SCHLENKER.