Anton Hoch (factory director)

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Anton Hoch, director of the cement factory in Ehingen, around 1890/1900
In the picture on the right the Stuttgart cement factory and on the left Eduard Schwenk's cement factory in Allmendingen

Anton Hoch (born February 16, 1842 in Reinstetten ; † June 2, 1919 in Ehingen (Danube) ) was site manager, technical manager of the cement factory of the Stuttgart real estate and construction business in Blaubeuren, later director of the factories of the same company in Allmendingen and Ehingen.

Life

Hoch was the son of a master saddler in Reinstetten. He did an apprenticeship as a bricklayer and stone cutter and attended the advanced training school. In the 1860s, Hoch moved to Munich and worked there as a site manager.

In March 1872, Hoch joined the Stuttgart real estate and construction business as a "construction manager" , which was building a novel cement factory in Blaubeuren . After the construction was completed, Hoch became its technical director. However, technical development led away from Roman cement and towards Portland cement, which had a much higher strength. So the company decided to convert the Blaubeurer factory into a Portland cement factory in 1875 .

In 1883 the company built the larger Portland cement factory in Allmendingen. Hoch moved with his family to Allmendingen in 1885 and became director of the factory.

1890-1891, at the urging of the city of Ehingen, the cement factory was built in Ehingen. The Stuttgart construction company founded the subsidiary “Oberschwäbische Zementwerke” for this purpose. Anton Hoch becomes their technical director; he describes himself as the "director of the cement factory in Ehingen". In 1914, after the outbreak of the First World War, the Ehingen cement factory was shut down and finally blown up in 1927.

Hoch's family also moved to Ehingen and Ehingen became permanent residence. In Ehingen he was involved in local political bodies: for many years he was chairman of the citizens' committee, a body that existed alongside the city council. Hoch was involved in the establishment of the power station, the introduction of the telephone and endeavored to promote rail and car traffic. He also worked as a committee and board member of the local trade association.

In late 1913, Hoch retired. Before that, the city of Ehingen presented him with an honorary citizenship certificate on June 4, 1912, and the municipality of Allmendingen joined in with the award of honorary citizenship on the occasion of Hoch's retirement.

family

Hoch married Margaretha born on October 22, 1866 in Erolzheim . Fink (* Reinstetten November 20, 1841, † Allmendingen February 19, 1886). A total of 16 children were born in the marriage, including Leo (* April 4, 1863 in Reinstetten), whose daughter Maria (* Allmendingen January 22, 1889) married the future racing driver Otto Merz on October 19, 1918 . Hoch married a second time in Allmendingen on December 27, 1886, Luise geb. Rühle (* Dätzingen June 1, 1848, † Ehingen August 8, 1932); in this marriage three more children were born.

Awards

  • Honorary citizen of the city of Ehingen on June 4, 1912.
  • Honorary citizen of the community of Allmendingen on November 21, 1913.

Buildings

  • Hoch was involved in the construction of the three cement plants of the "Stuttgart real estate and construction business" in Blaubeuren (1872), Allmendingen (1883) and Ehingen (1890–91) in a leading position.

Fonts

  • A. Hoch, director of the cement factory in Ehingen (1896), The Upper Swabian cement industry and its development over the past 23 years. In: Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (ed.), Commemorative publication for the 37th general meeting of the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure Stuttgart 1906: Forty years of existence of the association . Stuttgart. Printed by A. Bonz 'Erben, pp. 59–65.

literature

  • Albrecht, Helmuth et al .; State Museum for Technology and Work (Ed.) (1991), Lime and cement in Württemberg: Industrial history on the southern edge of the Swabian Alb . Ubstadt-Weiher: Publishing house regional culture. (Technology + Work, Vol. 4).
  • Angele, Hans (1998), House Chronicle Reinstetten 1470–1970: 500 years of houses, farms and people in Reinstetten, Goppertshofen, Eichen, Wennedach and Freyberg . Ochsenhausen-Reinstetten: Self-published by Hans Angele, p. 96 (Leo Hoch, Sattler, Reinstetten), 174 (1845 Lorenz Hoch, Sattler from Ochsenhausen, Reinstetten), p. 360 (1842 Joseph Anton Hoch von Hergatsweiler, Wennedach).
  • Eberl, Immo, with the collaboration of Irmgard Simon and Franz Rothenbacher (2012), The families and civil status cases in the parishes of the town of Schelklingen (1602–1621, 1692–1875) and Ursprunging monastery (1657–1832) . 2. verb. and exp. Mannheim: Selbstverlag, No. 735, p. 207.
  • HeidelbergCement AG (eds.) And Dietmar Cramer (2013), The History of HeidelbergCement: The Path of the South German Company to an International Group . Heidelberg: ServiceDesign advertising agency GmbH. (Der Heidelberger Portländer: Contributions to company history and corporate culture, issue 8). [1]
  • Wolf-Dieter Hepach (editor); E. Schwenk Baustoffe KG (ed.) (1998), Schwenk 1847 - 1997: Five generations - one work. 150 years of Schwenk . Ulm: E. Schwenk Baustoffe KG. Print: C. Maurer, Geislingen, pp. 26–29 (Stuttgart cement factory in Allmendingen and Schwenk); P. 26 (view of the Stuttgart cement factory in Allmendingen approx. 1890/1900).
  • Hirschfeld, Paul (1889), Württemberg's large-scale industry and wholesale trade . Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 116–120 ("The Stuttgart real estate and construction business in Stuttgart.").
  • Imhof, Eugen (Ed.) (1950), Blaubeurer Heimatbuch . Blaubeuren: Kulturgemeinde Blaubeuren, pp. 219–232 (“Die Industrie”).
  • Königliches Statistisches Landesamt (Ed.) (1893), description of the Oberamt Ehingen . Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, part 2, p. 57f. (Allmendingen), Part 2, pp. 18f. (Ehingen).
  • Kollmer, Gert (1986), The Industrial Development of a Wuerttemberg District City Using the Example of Blaubeuren. In: Hansmartin Decker-Hauff and Immo Eberl (eds.), Blaubeuren: the development of a settlement in southwest Germany . On behalf of the city of Blaubeuren ed. von ... Sigmaringen: Thorbecke, pp. 627-664, ISBN 3-7995-4082-2 . (Cement 642f .; 644: Stuttgart cement works Blaubeuren, founded 1872. 1893 combined with the cement works of the Leube brothers and in 1903 with the Portland cement works Gebrüder Spohn AG).
  • Museumsgesellschaft Ehingen eV (1983), memories of Alt-Ehingen . With contributions from Dr. August Breucha,… Ehingen: Museumsgesellschaft eV (Steinbruch-Seilbahn, pp. 20–13; photos of the cement works in the attached picture).
  • Ohngemach, Ludwig (undated), short biography Anton Hoch . Ehingen a. D .: City Archives.
  • Scheible, Gerhard (1961), The Development of Commonwealth as an Industrial Community. In: Allmendingen municipality (ed.) (1961): Allmendingen: A home book for the millennium celebration . Ulm (Donau): Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, pp. 161–177.
  • Schrodi, Rudolf (1982), Lovable Alt-Ehingen . Ehingen: Museum Society. ("When the cement works were shut down and the chimneys were blown up", pp. 15–17; photos of the cement quarry and cement works in the attachment).
  • Weber, Franz Michael (1955, 1980), Ehingen: History of an Upper Swabian Danube City . Edited by the city of Ehingen (Danube). 2nd, unaltered edition 1980. Printed by: Ehingen, Max Fischer, pp. 117-118.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This biography is based on Ohngemach (undated) including further additions.
  2. ↑ On the family in Reinstetten cf. Angele 1998: 96, 174 and 360
  3. ↑ On the history of Hirschfeld 1889: 116–120.
  4. ↑ For the cement industry in the region, see the most comprehensive work to date by Albrecht and the State Museum for Technology and Work 1991: passim.
  5. ↑ Imhof 1950: 224f .; a view of the Stuttgart cement factory in Blaubeuren approx. 1875 in HeidelbergCement AG (ed.) and Dietmar Cramer 2013: 74; on Blaubeuren cf. also Kollmer 1986: 644.
  6. ↑ Royal State Statistical Office 1893: 57f .; Scheible 1961: 167-169; a view of the Stuttgart cement factory in Allmendingen approx. 1890/1900 can be found in Hepach and E. Schwenk Baustoffe KG 1998: 26.
  7. ↑ See Hoch 1896.
  8. ↑ Royal State Statistical Office 1893: 18f .; Weber 1955/1980: 117; Images of the work also in HeidelbergCement AG (Ed.) And Dietmar Cramer 2013: 76; Museumsgesellschaft Ehingen eV 1983: picture appendix; Schrodi, Rudolf 1982: Figure appendix.
  9. ↑ For the family, see Eberl et al. 2012: No. 735, p. 207; Communication from the Ehingen City Archives.
personal data
SURNAME Up, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German factory director
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Reinstetten
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1919
Place of death Ehingen (Danube)