Albert Haasemann

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Albert Friedrich Theodor Haasemann (born August 21, 1850 in Hildesheim ; † June 21, 1934 in Bremen ) was a German engineer and entrepreneur who founded the jute spinning and weaving mill in Bremen .

biography

Family, education and work

Haasemann was the son of the entrepreneur (jute spinning mill since 1866) Friedrich Haasemann (1819–1886). He graduated from the Hanover Polytechnic and became a civil engineer. He then deepened his training in English and Scottish textile and machine factories and at the German jute spinning and weaving mill in Meissen , which he helped build.

In 1875 he became the technical manager of the jute spinning and weaving mill in Hemelingen in Prussia . Soon he was director of the company and a member of the company's board of directors.

Jute spinning and weaving mill in Bremen

In 1888 Bremen had to join the German customs area. The processing of raw jute in the immediate vicinity of the new Bremen port area, the discharge point for jute imports in the customs-free area, made sense. Haasemann and the banker Bernhard Loose , with the support of businessman Christoph Hellwig Papendieck and consul Johann Smidt, founded the jute spinning and weaving mill in Bremen between Nordstrasse and the port area in Walle in 1888 . Haasemann became sole director of the company and Gustav Lahusen became the first chairman of the supervisory board of the new stock corporation with an initial capital of 1.5 million marks. According to his plans, the factory could be completed for the opening of the port. The plant later had to be expanded several times and workers from southeastern Europe had to be recruited. At his instigation, the plant initiated social aid measures, in part with the help of the civil welfare associations. The construction of apartments, the establishment of a home for babies and children (1907), company medical care with two doctors and care for the elderly took place in the immediate vicinity of the factory. In addition, a company health insurance fund was created. Around 2 million marks for workers 'welfare institutions were recorded in the balance sheet in 1913, of which 825,000 marks were for workers' apartments.

The company developed into one of the most important companies in this branch. In 1896, 2000 employees were employed, in 1913 there were 2150. Even after the First World War, he achieved a new boom in the company with 1680 employees in 1928. In 1932 he took over the jute spinning mill in Delmenhorst and the Barther jute spinning mill in Western Pomerania. In 1931 he resigned from the board and became chairman of the supervisory board. He was succeeded as director by Carl Julius Brabant, nephew of the company co-founder.

Further memberships and offices

Haasemann was a co-founder and board member of the Association of German Jute Industrialists. He was also a co-founder and later an honorary member of the architects and engineers association.

Honors

  • The employers' association of the German textile industry made him an honorary member.
  • In 1931, Albert-Haasemann-Strasse in Bremen- Walle was named after him.
  • Awarded the Dr.-Ing. E. h. from the TH Hannover.

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personal data
SURNAME Haasemann, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haasemann, Albert Friedrich Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 1934
Place of death Bremen