Carl Resch senior, Brasov, Kronstadt

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Carl (Carolus) Resch senior, son of Laurentius Resch, goldsmith, trained by his stepfather, Thomas Kasten between 1831 and 1835. On February 7, 1841, he presented his works, a silver jug, a gold brooch, and a pair of earrings. He was a guildmaster from 1854 onwards for years. His son, Carolus Resch junior was his apprentice between 1858 and 1862. Carl Resch died in 1905.
In 1850, the town had 21,782 inhabitants: 8,874 (40.7%) Germans, 8,727 (40%) Romanians, 2,939 (13.4%) Hungarians.