Józef Milchert

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Józef Milchert (1874–1930) was a Polish merchant, industrialist and a social activist living in Bydgoszcz.

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Biography Józef was born on 9 January 1874, in the village of Osiek (German: Markwall) located 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Koronowo, in the Bydgoszcz County. His mother was Marianna née Behrendt, his father Jan Milchert, a farmer. He graduated from the elementary school in Osiek. At the age of 15, Józef went to the nearby village of Mrocza to be an apprentice in a shop. After learning merchant's trade, he became in 1892 a merchant's assistant in several cities: Nakło nad Notecią, Bydgoszcz and Grudziądz. He made his military service in the Second (1st Pomeranian) Foot Artillery "von Hindersin" billeted in Swinemünde (Polish: Świnoujście), from 1894 to 1896. This year, Milchert settled permanently in Bydgoszcz, but kept working there and in Inowrocław as a merchant's assistant till 1899. At the turn of the 20th century, he founded a liqueur and vodka factory, which soon was one of the biggest Polish factory in the city. He received awards for his products at the industrial exhibitions of Bydgoszcz (1910) and Toruń (1913). His selling point was established at Neuer Markt 3 (today's 5 New Market Square). Furthermore, Józef was an inventor and author of 25 patents.

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Social activist Milchert combined his professional business with national and social activities. On 8 March 1909, he initiated the establishment of the Towarzystwo Kupców Samodzielnych z Bydgoszczy (English: Society of Independent Merchants in Bydgoszcz). This association was based on the Social and Merchant Circle at the Industrial Society (Koło Towarzysko-Kupieckiego przy Towarzystwie Przemysłowym), established in 1898 in the city. The Towarzystwo Kupców Samodzielnych z Bydgoszczy, led by Milchert, organised the first Polish Industrial Exhibition in Bydgoszcz (Polish: Polska wystawa przemysłowa w Bydgoszczy) from 26 June to 10 July 1910, which gathered more than 120 exhibitors. Meetings of Polish national and social activists were held in his apartment. Józef championed the project to erect a church for Polish Catholics in Bydgoszcz. Investing time and money, the Church of the Holy Trinity was eventually consecrated in 1913. Milchert was called the King of Poland by the German citizen of Bydgoszcz. After WWI, he served as the treasurer of the newly created Supreme People's Council for the city of Bydgoszcz (Polish: Naczelna Rada Ludowa na miasto Bydgoszcz). The council, set up on 16 November 1918, had Jan Biziel for its president and Jan Teska for its secretary; this body dealt with many aspects…Citește mai mult

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Personal life Józef Milchert was married to Teofila née Ziętak. The couple had five children:

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Józef (born 1907); Witold (born 1930). Teofila was very active in associative circles, participating to the Reading Room for Women (Polish: Czytelni dla Kobiet) together with Wincentyna Teskowa or Leokadia Weynerowska. She died in 1936.

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Awards and recognition Józef Milchert was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta on 30 April 1927, for outstanding merits in the national and social fields. By resolution of the Bydgoszcz City Council no. XX/371/11 of 29 December 2011, a street in the Bydgoszcz Industrial and Technological Park (Polish: Bydgoski Park Przemysłowo-Technologiczny Sp. z o.o.) had been named after Józef Milchert.

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Bibliography Błażejewski Stanisław, Kutta Janusz, Romaniuk Marek (1994). Bydgoski Słownik Biograficzny. Tom I (in Polish). Bydgoszcz: Kujawsko-Pomorskie Towarzystwo Kulturalne. pp. 80–81. ISBN 8385327266.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)