Arnold Jung

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Arnold Jung (born January 8, 1859 in Jungenthal near Kirchen (Sieg) ; † January 8, 1911 there ) was a German entrepreneur, founder and sole owner of the Arnold Jung locomotive factory .

Origin and career

Arnold Jung was the son of Gustav Jung, a well-known and respected owner of a cotton mill in churches. Already in his youth he saw the decline of the local textile industry. After attending the secondary school in Siegen, he completed a commercial training course in Mainz. This was followed by military service with the 2nd Guard Dragon Regiment in Berlin-Moabit. This was followed by studying mining and metallurgy at the Aachen Polytechnic . In 1881 he became a member of the professional association of chemists and metallurgists , the later Corps Montania. In 1883 he finished his studies.

Family contacts with the Westphalian member of the state parliament Friedrich Harkort and the former president of the Rheinische Eisenbahngesellschaft Gustav von Mevissen until nationalization aroused Arnold Jung's interest in railways and locomotive construction.

Act

On February 13, 1885, the now 26-year-old privateer founded the Jung & Staimer Open Trading Company together with Christian Staimer in Kirchen (Sieg). He was able to use the site and the partly empty buildings of the old cotton mill. Arnold Jung took over the commercial management. Christian Staimer was the designer and locomotive specialist. In autumn 1884 he was still working for the Christian Hagans machine factory in Erfurt. Without him, Arnold Jung would not have been able to build locomotives. The company began with the construction of tank locomotives for factory and field railways . That remained a focus for a long time. Locomotives were exported abroad as early as 1886.

Unfortunately, Christian Staimer died on April 7, 1888, three years after the company was founded. This was a hard blow to the company. Arnold Jung repaid the shares of her deceased husband to the widow Ludovika Staimer. He dissolved the open trading company Jung and Staimer and re-founded the company as Arnold Jung Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik . He was able to win Paul Pillnay as a locomotive specialist and technical manager. He also worked for Hagans in Erfurt, but switched for a short time to the Maschinenbau-Gesellschaft Heilbronn . Paul Pillnay ensured the continued success of the locomotive manufacturer, which was able to expand its range to include locomotives for the Prussian State Railways . In 1891 the 100th, 1897 the 300th and 1907 the 1000th locomotive is built.

As a qualified mining specialist, Arnold Jung also invested in collieries and mining operations. He was a co-owner of ore mines such as the Bollnbach iron and copper mines in Herdorf. He was also a board member of the Storch and Schöneberg union as well as a founding member and chairman of the supervisory board of AG Bremerhütte in Geisweid .

Arnold Jung founded the Jung company health insurance fund on January 1, 1894, and took over its chairmanship. He also suggested the establishment of an advanced training school in churches in 1896. Further education schools were the predecessors of today's vocational schools.

On his 50th birthday in 1909, Arnold Jung was awarded the title of Royal Prussian Commerzienrat . He accepted the title, but forbade everyone, acquaintances, employees and workers to address him with this title.

marriage and family

On October 11, 1888, Arnold Jung and Marie Rauner, the daughter of a shipowner from Bremen, married. The two daughters Agnes and Marie-Louise emerged from the marriage. The son Gustav died shortly after birth.

death

Arnold Jung died of pneumonia on January 8, 1911. He was buried in the Catholic parish cemetery in churches.

Awards

  • Appointment to the Commerce Council
  • Name giver for Arnold-Jung-Straße in Kirchen

literature

  • Stefan Lauscher, Gerhard Moll : Young locomotives. History and locomotives of the Arn. Jung locomotive factory in Jungenthal 1885-1987 , 2012

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stefan Lauscher, Gerhard Moll: Young locomotives, history and locomotives of the Arn. Jung Lokomotivfabrik in Jungenthal , 1885-1987 , short biography Arnold Jung p. 8
  2. ^ A b c Franz Ludwig Neher: The Corps Montania zu Aachen, 1872-1957 , 1957, p. 117
personal data
SURNAME Jung, Arnold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German locomotive manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Churches (victory)
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1911
Place of death Jungenthal near Kirchen (Sieg)