Carlos Wiederhold
Carlos Wiederhold Piwonka (July 9, 1867 , Osorno , Chile - July 29, 1935 , Santiago , Chile ) was a German-Chilean entrepreneur known for establishing the shop La Alemana in 1895, which the city of Bariloche in Argentina grew out of. Wiederhold came from the wealthiest family of city of Osorno whose ancestors had arrived in the Chilean government programme of German colonization of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue.[1] As Weiderhold was named consul of the German Empire in Chile he left Bariloche for Puerto Montt in the 1900s.[1] In Puerto Montt Wiederhold continued to run the business while in Bariloche Weiderhold's business partner Federico Hube, also a German-Chilean from Osorno, was left in charge of local affairs.[1]
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- ^ a b c Muñoz Sougarret, Jorge (2014). "Relaciones de dependencia entre trabajadores y empresas chilenas situadas en el extranjero. San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina (1895-1920)" [Dependence Relationships between Workers and Chilean Companies located abroad. San Car-los de Bariloche, Argentina (1895-1920)]. Trashumante: Revista Americana de Historia Social (in Spanish). 3: 74–95. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
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- 1867 births
- 20th-century German diplomats
- Chilean businesspeople
- Chilean emigrants to Argentina
- Chilean people of German descent
- People from Osorno, Chile