Adalbert Colsman (entrepreneur, 1839)
Adalbert Colsman (born November 17, 1839 - September 13, 1917 ) was a German entrepreneur and philanthropist.
Career
Adalbert Colsman was the fourth of seven sons of the silk manufacturer Johann Wilhelm Colsman the Elder . J. (1800–1856) and his wife Emilie geb. Bleckmann (1808-1885). In 1870 he was accepted as one of the four managing partners in the silk weaving mill Gebr. Colsman in Langenberg in the Rhineland , the weaving mill Gebrüder Colsman ( Essen - Kupferdreh ) that still exists today . With his eldest brother Wilhelm and his cousins Eduard and Andreas, he belonged to the fourth generation of the family company, which in 1886, with the construction of the mechanical weaving mill in Kupferdreh, turned away from the hand-weaving business operated by home workers. The industrial company with employed workers replaced the previous publishing system .
In addition, Adalbert Colsman was a member of the mining board of the Gebra union, chairman of the supervisory board of Königsborn AG and a member of the committee for the Rhenish-Westphalian branches of Deutsche Bank. In 1887 he co-founded the stock company Wasserwerk for the northern Westphalian coal district, today Gelsenwasser AG. He was a member of the general synod of the Prussian regional church (appointed by the king) and treasurer of the Rhenish provincial committee of the Inner Mission .
With his wife Sophie Colsman geb. Feldhoff (1847–1927) made numerous philanthropic foundations, including the community center in Langenberg and the cemetery chapel on the new Protestant cemetery in Langenberg. The couple had no children of their own. The daughter of the Finnish Africa missionary Botolf Bernhard Björklund was taken in and raised in the house. After the death of his mother, Adalbert Colsman took over and remodeled his parents' house " Die Au ". His grave is in the Protestant cemetery in Langenberg.
Honors
- Order of the Red Eagle
- 1903 Councilor of Commerce
- March 5, 1913 Secret Commerce Council
- 1917 honorary citizen of the city of Langenberg
literature
- Carola Groppe: The spirit of entrepreneurship - an educational and social story. The Colsman family of silk manufacturers 1649–1840. Böhlau, Cologne, Weimar and Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-412-11004-3 , pp. 16, 544, 545, also: Habilitation thesis, University of Bochum, 2002/03
- Kaudelka-Hanisch, Karin: Prussian commercial councils in the province of Westphalia and in the administrative district of Düsseldorf (1810-1918). Dortmund 1993, ISBN 9783870232238
- Evers, Georg: 150 years of the Colsman Brothers Essen 1952,
Web links
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- ↑ Annual Report 2011. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. gelsenwasser.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colsman, Adalbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1839 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1917 |