Background
Scheibler was born in Montjoie (today Monschau) in the Prussian Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg into a family of textile fabricants.
Scheibler was born in Montjoie (today Monschau) in the Prussian Province of Jülich-Cleves-Berg into a family of textile fabricants.
He attended school in Monschau and Krefeld and received a practical education at his uncle"s Worsted factory at Verviers (Belgium).
In 1839, he worked for Société anonyme John Cockerill, a well known producer of machinery construction at that time. After Schlösser"s death he became its commercial director Scheibler married Anna née Werner, a niece of Schlösser, on 16 September 1854.
In October 1854, Schwartz sold his share to Scheibler for 10,000 Ruble, making him the sole-owner of the factory.
In 1855, Scheibler founded a spinning mill with 34 frames and a steam engine of 40 horsepower. In 1857, Scheibler employed 180 labourers and earned a turnover of 305.100 Ruble in 1860.
Scheibler made large profits after cotton prices in Europe increased because of the American Civil War and sold his stock at triple the price, he became known as the "King of the Cotton and Linen Empires of Łódź". In 1870, 1,911 employees worked in his factory, which was the third largest (93 percent) cotton producer of Poland.
Scheibler"s factory continued to prosper and he bought several smaller mills in the districts of Źarki and Księży Młyn.
In 1880, he transformed his enterprise into a stock corporation with a share capital of 9 million Ruble. Andrzej Wajda"s movie The Promised Land was filmed inside Scheibler"s Palace, which is today the location of the Cinematographic Museum of the National Film School in Łódź.