Adolf Klinkenberg

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Adolf Klinkenberg (born June 14, 1881 in Herdecke ; † May 9, 1957 ) was a German ironworker and manager of the German steel industry.

Life

Adolf Klinkenberg studied metallurgy at RWTH Aachen . In 1899 he became a member of the Academic Association of Chemists, Miners and Metalworkers , which later became Corps Montania. After completing his studies, he joined the Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-AG . He became a board member of GBAG and board member of the German-Luxemburgish mining and smelting company . In 1927, with the formation of Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG, he was appointed to the board of this company. In 1933 he was appointed CEO of Dortmund-Hörder Hüttenunion AG. In autumn 1945 he was arrested by the Allies and interned for more than a year.

Klinkenberg was a member of the committee of the Association of German Employers' Associations and a member of the board of the Metallurgy and Rolling Mill Trade Association . He was a member of the supervisory boards of Friedrich Thomé AG in Werdohl, Stahlwerke Brüninghaus AG , Deutsche Edelstahlwerke AG , Heinrich August Schulte AG and Rheinisch-Westfälische Kalkwerke AG .

The Hamburger Abendblatt paid tribute to him on May 11, 1957 in a short obituary with the sentence: "The name Klinkenberg is closely connected with the German iron and steel industry and especially with the United Steelworks AG."

Klinkenberg was a collector of book art, literary illustration and typography from the 16th to 20th centuries. On June 3, 1939, he donated the mayor's chain of office to his hometown Herdecke.

Awards

  • Dr.-Ing. E. h.

Patents

  • Adolf Klinkenberg: Structural steel. / Acier de construction. Vereinigte Stahlwerke Aktiengesellschaft November 4, 1930: CA 305526 (Canada)
  • Adolf Klinkenberg: Steel production. / Production d'acier. United Stahlwerke Aktiengesellschaft November 10, 1931: CA 317087 (Canada)
  • Adolf Klinkenberg: Steel of great tensile strength. / Acier a grande force de traction. United Stahlwerke Aktiengesellschaft November 17, 1931: CA 317317 (Canada)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Franz Ludwig Neher: The Corps Montania zu Aachen, 1872-1957 , 1957, p. 121
  2. ^ Franz Ludwig Neher: The Corps Montania zu Aachen, 1872-1957 , 1957, pp. 103-104
  3. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt, No. 109, May 11, 1957, p. 23 ( digitized version  ( 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. )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.abendblatt.de  
  4. ^ Venator KG Buch- und Kunstantiquariat, I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection: Collection Dr. Adolf Klinkenberg
  5. ↑ The founder of the chain was Adolf Klinkenberg on www.lokalkompass.de
personal data
SURNAME Klinkenberg, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ironworker and manager of the German steel industry
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Herdecke
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1957