Adolf Märklin

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Adolf Märklin (born July 23, 1850 in Krefeld , † June 8, 1931 in Goslar ) was a German engineer .

Life

Adolf Märklin was born in Krefeld in Prussia in 1850 as the son of the secret medical councilor Friedrich Märklin and his wife Sophie, née. von der Leyen , born. He studied engineering at the Technical University of Berlin . In 1870/71 he took part in the Franco-German War as a volunteer and subsequently finished his studies.

He carried out his first professional activity in Burbach and Königshütte before he switched to the Hörder Bergwerks- und Hütten-Verein , where he worked as a senior engineer for several years. Märklin then went to the Dillinger Hüttenwerke , as their technical director, he optimized the manufacture of armor plates in cooperation with the Krupp company . From 1893 to 1898 he was director of the Peiner Walzwerk .

The A. Borsig company , Berlin , appointed him in 1898 as general director of their mining and smelting operations in Upper Silesia , after Arnold Borsig died early in 1897. Märklin worked for the Borsigwerke until July 1, 1912 and played a key role in the company's “tremendous upswing”. During his directorate, a Siemens-Martin steelworks , a hammer mill, a chain factory for seamlessly rolled ship chains and the third coking plant were built. The production of pig iron and crude steel multiplied during this time, while the number of iron workers grew by two thirds. By building a large residential colony with a hospital in Biskupitz and other welfare institutions, Märklin sought to improve the living conditions of the workers.

In addition to his professional activity, Märklin was head of the Biskupitz-Borsigwerk district , member of the district committee and district deputy, member of the supervisory board of the East German pig iron syndicate , chairman of the invalidity and health insurance company, member of the committee of the Upper Silesian Mining and Hüttenmännischer Verein and member of the board of the Eastern Group Association of German Iron and Steel Industrialists .

From 1906 to 1931 Märklin was a member of the supervisory board of the Ilseder Hütte and the Peiner Walzwerk. In addition, he was part of the supervisory boards of the Donnersmarckhütte and the Bismarckhütte . When the First World War broke out , he volunteered for another year as Rittmeister of the Landwehr . Märklin was honored with the Order of the Red Eagle and the title of Commerce Councilor .

Märklin moved to Niederwalluf in 1912 and to Goslar in 1922. He died there in June 1931 at the age of 80. Märklinstrasse in Peine was named after him.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adolf Märklin † (obituary including photo). In: Steel and Iron. Journal for the German Ironworks , Volume 51, Issue 26, June 25, 1931, p. 816.
  2. ↑ Explanations of street names , website of the city of Peine ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Märklin, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH June 8, 1931
Place of death Goslar