Anton Ludwig Ulrich

Anton Ludwig Ulrich (* 9. May 1751 in Brilon , † 8. October 1834 in Bredelar ) was a German entrepreneur of the mining industry in pre- and early industrial period.

Life

Ulrich came from a trade and entrepreneurial family that had its economic focus in the 18th and 19th centuries in the upper Sauerland, but was also economically active in other parts of Westphalia. His father was Ludwig Joseph Ulrich († 1786), a landlord in Hoppecke , iron works operator and mayor. In 1774 Ulrich founded a hammer and smelting works near an ironworks in Altenbeken that had previously been operated by his father . A blast furnace was added in 1777. After the death of his father, he also took over his estates and businesses in Brilon. This also included shares in the mines of the Brilon Eisenberg . In 1802 he acquired the second ironworks in Altenbeken. The factories specialized in the manufacture of ovens.

He also acquired the smelters and ore mines in the Hoppecke valley and around Giershagen, as well as shares in mines across the border in Waldeck. Due to economic difficulties, only the huts in Bredelar and Hoppecke remained. From 1825 Ulrich planned to build a new hut, but he only received the license on condition that the two previous huts be shut down. Together with his son Theodor, he had a blast furnace built in the former monastery church of Bredelar Monastery , and the Theodorshütte opened in 1828.

During the time of the Kingdom of Westphalia , Ulrich was mayor (Maire) of Altenbeken from 1808 to 1813. He was also a council member for the Höxter district and a member of the imperial estates of the Kingdom of Westphalia between 1808 and 1813 .

In 1823 he sold the iron works in Altenbeken and in 1827 moved to Bredelar to live with his son's family.

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Jochen Lengemann: Parliaments in Hesse 1808–1813 . Biographical manual of the imperial estates of the Kingdom of Westphalia and the city assembly of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt. Ed .: Hessischer Landtag (= prehistory and history of parliamentarism in Hessen . Volume 7 ). 1st edition. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-458-16185-6 , pp. 201 .

Web links

Short biography in the project Departure into Modernity - The Example of Westphalia

Individual evidence

^ Hans-Hubert Walter: The structural change of the Northeast Sauerland mining and metal industry in the 19th century . In: Geographical Commission for Westphalia (Hrsg.): Income from geographical and regional research in Westphalia (= Westphalian geographic studies ). tape 42 , 1986, ISSN 0943-1721 , DNB 870356356 , p. 269–289 (commemorative publication 50 years of the Geographical Commission for Westphalia).
↑ Dirk Strohmann: From the monastery to the industrial enterprise . Structural changes from 1804 until today. In: Förderverein Kloster Bredelar e. V. (Ed.): Bredelar Monastery / Theodorshütte . From the baroque monastery to the ironworks. Past and future. Marsberg February 2005, p. 14–25 ( cistopedia.org [PDF; 3.1 MB ; accessed on March 29, 2013]).

personal data
SURNAME	Ulrich, Anton Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German entrepreneur in the coal and steel industry in pre- and early industrial times
DATE OF BIRTH	May 9, 1751
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brilon
DATE OF DEATH	October 8, 1834
Place of death	Bredelar

[Walter-1] Hans-Hubert Walter: The structural change of the Northeast Sauerland mining and metal industry in the 19th century . In: Geographical Commission for Westphalia (Hrsg.): Income from geographical and regional research in Westphalia (= Westphalian geographic studies ). tape 42 , 1986, ISSN 0943-1721 , DNB 870356356 , p. 269–289 (commemorative publication 50 years of the Geographical Commission for Westphalia).

[Strohmann-2] Dirk Strohmann: From the monastery to the industrial enterprise . Structural changes from 1804 until today. In: Förderverein Kloster Bredelar e. V. (Ed.): Bredelar Monastery / Theodorshütte . From the baroque monastery to the ironworks. Past and future. Marsberg February 2005, p. 14–25 ( cistopedia.org [PDF; 3.1 MB ; accessed on March 29, 2013]).