Wilhelm Seel (mining engineer)

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Wilhelm Seel (born August 15, 1816 in Siegen , † August 15, 1875 in Ramsbeck ; full name: Wilhelm Franz Seel ) was a German mining engineer and mining manager , he worked as a mining and smelting works director in Ramsbeck.

Live and act

Wilhelm Franz Seel was born on August 15, 1816 as the son of the Justice Council Friedrich Wilhelm Seel and his wife Charlotte. Rhodius was born in Siegen. After passing the mountain referendar exam, Seel initially worked as a mountain jury and from 1855 as a mountain master in Siegen . In 1856 he switched to the services of the Actien-Gesellschaft für Bergbau, lead and zinc production in Stolberg and in Westphalia , for which he was director of the so-called Ramsbeck department until 1875 . Seel reorganized the completely collapsed Ramsbeck operation. As early as 1859 the department made a profit of tens of thousands of talers.

In addition to his work as a mine director, Seel examined mining damage in Iserlohn. Volunteer work, he was chairman of the Chamber of Commerce to Arnsberg . In 1865, Seel was awarded the Prussian Crown Order, 4th class .

family

Wilhelm Seel married Charlotte Clementine Dorothea Dressler on November 11, 1845 (born September 6, 1820 in Siegen; † March 31, 1892 there). The following children were born from the marriage:

  1. Wilhelm Jan Eberhard Seel (born October 25, 1846 in Siegen),
  2. Emilie Wilhelmine Katharine Seel (born December 12, 1851 in Siegen),
  3. Karl Adolf Albert Seel (born April 15, 1860 in Ramsbeck) and
  4. Friedrich Heinrich Seel (born August 10, 1862 in Ramsbeck).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ database Mormon christening BatchNo M947282
  2. ↑ Jan Ludwig: lead, zinc and pebbles. Ore mining in the Sauerland 1740–1907. Bochum 2010, page 262f. and 314.
  3. ^ Karl-Peter Ellerbrock, Tanja Bessler-Worbs: Economy and society in south-eastern Westphalia. The IHK zu Arnsberg and its economic area in the 19th and 20th centuries. Dortmund 2001, page 197 ff.
  4. ^ Johann Friedrich von Cotta: Allgemeine Zeitung Munich , supplement to Allgemeine Zeitung No. 307, Friday, November 3, 1865, page 4982
  5. ↑ database Mormon christening BatchNo C957921 and C947292
  6. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.genealogie-si.de
personal data
SURNAME Seel, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seel, Wilhelm Franz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mining engineer and mining manager
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Wins
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1875
Place of death Ramsbeck