Ottomar von Mayenburg


Ottomar von Mayenburg was a German pharmacist. He invented for German market the toothpaste Clorodont.

Life

Mayenburg studied botany and pharmaceuticals at Leipzig University. After finishing his university studies he worked as pharmacist in Dresden. In 1907, he invented in Dresden a toothpaste, which he named Clorodont. He filled his new toothpaste in tubes and sold it to customers. With his new product he became a competitor to toothpaste Kalodont by Carl Sarg and Pebco by Beiersdorf. He was very successful and he found his own company Leowerke to sell Clorodont. In the 1920s at the company Leowerke worked over 1,000 workers.
Von Mayenburg lived with his family in the 1920s at castle Eckberg near Dresden.

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