Alfred Mannesmann
Alfred Mannesmann (born July 17, 1859 in Remscheid , † March 5, 1944 in Barsinghausen ) was a German engineer and industrialist.
Life
Mannesmann studied at the Institut national des sciences appliquées de Strasbourg and in 1882 became a member of the Corps Rhenania Strasbourg . In 1890 he was a co-founder of Mannesmann Röhrenwalzwerk AG and other subsidiaries. From 1893 he worked as a plant director at the Komotau plant . From 1895 to 1899 he worked with his brother Reinhard Mannesmann in the USA and moved to Morocco in 1906, where he represented family interests within the Morocco Mining Syndicate (later: Mannesmann Industrie u. Handels AG), which had existed since 1912 . In 1918 he joined the automotive company Mannesmann-MULAG , headquartered in Aachen , as the successor to his brother Max Mannesmann, who had died in 1915 , which had specialized in the development and production of trucks and buses. In addition, one year later he took part in the founding of the Mannesmann Automobilwerk , based in Remscheid, which manufactured high-end passenger cars and racing cars. After MULAG was taken over by Büssing AG in 1928 and Mannesmann Automobil-Werk KG went bankrupt in 1929, Alfred and his brother Carl Mannesmann concentrated on the Remscheid site and founded the Brüder Mannesmann GmbH there on July 14, 1931 for the production of forged products and cast pipe clamps . In addition, Alfred Mannesmann was a member of the Gerling Group's supervisory board .
He was married to Margaretha Elisabeth geb. von Mosengeil (1881–1961), daughter of Karl von Mosengeil . The daughter Hildegard emerged from the marriage. Alfred Mannesmann died at the age of 84.
literature
- Mannesmann, Alfred. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , p. 1189.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 100/89.
- ↑ Mannesmann
- ↑ Alfred Mannesmann in the online version of the edition files of the Reich Chancellery. Weimar Republic
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mannesmann, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Remscheid |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1944 |
| Place of death | Barsinghausen |