Andreas Vüllers

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Andreas Vüllers (born March 18, 1831 in Paderborn ; † February 4, 1931 there ) was a German mining and smelting director.

He attended grammar school in Dortmund and after graduating worked in the Bonn Mining Authority. In 1853 he was an upper climber in Eschweiler , from 1858 he worked at the Faufach ironworks in the Spessart . In 1867, Count Karl Franz von Ballestrem brought him to Ruda , Upper Silesia, as general director of the mining and steel works . He remained in this position until 1885. From 1874 to 1885 Vüllers was also head of office in Ruda and a member of the district council. He has done a lot for the welfare of the workers and the population. From 1887 he is retired, which he spent in Paderborn. There he became a member of the city council and the Paderborn district council. In 1910 he was made an honorary citizen of the city of Paderborn. In addition to works on mining, he also published publications on history and archeology.

Publications

  • The ironstone deposits of the Jura of the southern Teutoburg Forest and the mining conditions there. In: Der Berggeist, 4th year (1859); Pages 533-534, 549-550, 558, 566-567
  • Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner, the discoverer of morphine, a son of the Paderborn region. Pp. 223-225. WZ = Westfälische Zeitschrift , Volume 57 (1899)
  • The water conditions around and in Paderborn. Pp. 225-226. WZ Volume 57 (1899)
  • The Scharne in Paderborn. Pp. 227-228. WZ Volume 58 (1900)
  • About stonemason's marks and house brands. Pp. 228-233. WZ Volume 58 (1900)
  • About the development of the salt pans Salzkotten, Westernkotten and Salzuflen, which were related to the former principality of Paderborn. Pp. 167-195. WZ, Volume 59 (1901)
  • The so-called prehistoric »Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages« with consideration of Westphalian sites. Pp. 176-215. WZ, Volume 60 (1902)
  • About the alchemists in Germany, especially the alchemical activity in Westphalia. Pp. 161-178. WZ, Volume 61 (1903)
  • About some interpretations of the older Edda songs and their relationship to Northern Germany, especially to Westphalia. WZ, Volume 63 (1905)

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personal data
SURNAME Vüllers, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mining and smelting director
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Paderborn
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 1931
Place of death Paderborn