Aloys Heuvers

Aloys Heuvers (* 15. December 1888 in Dreierwalde , now part of Hörstel ; † 1. June 1967 in Recke - Steinbeck ) was a German mechanical engineering - engineering . The long-standing operations director of the steel foundries of the Bochumer Verein was one of the most famous foundry specialists in Germany.

Life

Aloys Heuvers was born in 1888 at the Heuvershof in Dreierwalde. His parents were the farmer Gerhard Hermann Heuvers (1861-1924) and his wife Josephina Agnes Maria née Borchert (1858-1942). One of his six siblings was the later missionary and university professor, Father Hermann Heuvers SJ (Dreierwalde 1890-Tokyo 1977). Together with him he also attended the Dionysianum high school in Rheine , where he already received special additional lessons in technical drawing. Initially, however, he wanted to join the Jesuits , which is why he also took part in retreats in exates . His initial enthusiasm for religious life cooled down again, however, and so after graduating from high school in 1907, he first studied Catholic theology in Münster . But after two semesters, Aloys Heuvers broke off this course and switched to the Royal Technical University of Hanover . He completed his studies there as a graduate engineer specializing in mechanical engineering.

Olympic bell

On April 1, 1913, he took up his position as an operations assistant in the steel foundry of the Bochumer Verein, where he worked for more than four decades, most recently as operations director of the steel foundry companies. During this time he made a decisive contribution to steel mold and, above all, bell casting .

Heuvers was soon one of the best-known foundry specialists in the German Empire . The Heuvers circle method (1929), developed by him on a scientific basis, revolutionized the production of large, flawless cast steel pieces worldwide. The bell foundry in particular received new impulses under Aloys Heuvers. Under his leadership, a total of around 5000 bells were cast at the Bochum Association . Of these, the Olympic Bell (1936) for the 1936 Summer Olympics , the Century Bell ( 1948) for the Paulskirche in Frankfurt and the four Peace Bells (1952) for the World Peace Church in Hiroshima , which he presented to the Japanese on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany, are particularly well-known Place delivered.

In addition, 56 bells for Bochum churches as well as the carillon in the courtyard of the Bochum town hall , which the Bochum Association donated to the city in 1951, were also created. This carillon consists of 28 cast steel bells with a total weight of 2300 kilograms. And for Heuver's hometown Dreierwalde, the Bochum Association created four new cast steel bells for the St. Anna Church there in 1947/48 , with Aloys Heuvers donating the largest of these bells himself.

Heuvers made his specialist knowledge available in guest lectures at various universities and in specialist committees at home and abroad.

In 1918 he married Ida Maria Werning (1886–1961) from Dutum . From 1935 until his death he lived at Vödestrasse 48 in Bochum.

Foundry director i. R. Aloys Heuvers died unexpectedly on June 1st, 1967 at the age of 78 during a stay at the Steinbeck sulfur bath in Recke-Steinbeck. He found his final resting place in the family crypt at the Bochum-Grumme cemetery.

Honors

Aloys Heuver's achievements have already received several awards during his lifetime. The Association of German Foundry Specialists (VDG) made him an honorary member in 1957. Pope Pius XII honored him for his services to the Roman Catholic Church and the cast steel bell with the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of St. Gregory . In addition, the Federal President awarded him the Federal Cross of Merit .

In honor Heuvers' called the city of Bochum in the late 1970s, the Vödestraße in the district of Wattenscheid in Heuversstraße order. The reason given at the time was that Heuvers had kept the world-famous tradition of Bochum alive as the city of cast steel and cast steel bells.

literature

• NN: Two brothers made history. Dipl.-Ing. Aloys Heuvers created the peace bell for Hiroshima 33 years ago . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from September 11, 1985

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} N.N .: Honor for a Dreierwald. There will soon be Aloys-Heuvers-Strasse in Bochum . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from May 28, 1977
2. ↑ ^{a b} family report in the Herbert Juling family database ; Retrieved June 5, 2012
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} N.N .: Two brothers made history. Dipl.-Ing. Aloys Heuvers created the peace bell for Hiroshima 33 years ago . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from September 11, 1985
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Dreierwald professor writes from Tokyo. Dr. Hermann Heuvers still feels connected to his old homeland today . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from April 19, 1969
5. ^ Abiturientia 1907 of the high school Dionysianum in the web presence of the Verein Alter Dionysianer eV Rheine 1927; Retrieved June 5, 2012
6. ↑ See also the article Heuverssche Kreismethode  ( 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. in the foundry lexicon  
7. ↑ ^{a b} N.N .: Director Heuvers from Dreierwalde in Bochum buried with honor . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from June 12, 1967
8. ↑ Michael Weeke: Peace bells from Bochum for Japan also advertisement for Bochum association . waz.de. March 22, 2011. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
9. ↑ NN: The bells of St. Anna Dreierwalde - within a few years, bells were melted down and bought again . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from December 3, 1984
10. ^ NN: Director Heuvers † . In: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from June 3, 1967
11. ↑ The family's obituary in the Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung from June 5, 1967
12. ^ List of honorary members of the VDG ; Retrieved June 5, 2012