August Stein (entrepreneur)
August Wilhelm Stein (born January 21, 1842 in Düsseldorf ; † December 19, 1903 there ) was a German merchant , wine merchant and mining entrepreneur . He was one of the founders of the Auguste Victoria colliery in Marl-Hüls .
Life
At the age of 22, after the death of his father Walter Stein, August Stein took over the sparkling wine and wine wholesaling company Gebrüder Stein on today's Steinstrasse in Düsseldorf. Stein continued to expand the company, bought many wineries in Geisenheim in the Rheingau and finally achieved great international fame with his business. The company had wine shops in Düsseldorf, Berlin , Bordeaux and London, among others . August Stein built large wine cellars at the Düsseldorf company headquarters and expanded them continuously. For a long time, he headed the Rheinische Bergbau und Hüttenwesen Aktiengesellschaft in Duisburg-Hochfeld , a steelworks in the ThyssenKrupp group that still exists today . August Stein was the founder of the Auguste Victoria Colliery Union in Marl-Hüls, named after the last German Empress Auguste Victoria .
His business and entrepreneurial successes led to the award of the honorary title of Kommerzienrat .
family
August Stein was married to the industrialist daughter Pauline Stein, née Westhoff. August Stein's son was the mining assessor Paul Stein , who built the Auguste Victoria Colliery Union into an important company with over 6,000 workers.
Others
The Stein brothers company relocated from Lintorf to Steinstrasse in Düsseldorf in 1820 . The street was named on September 26, 1893 after Johann Wilhelm Stein (1793–1864), the co-founder of the Stein Brothers company and long-time member of the Düsseldorf city council. It runs from Königsallee out of town to Oststraße. Steinstrasse in Marl in the Brassert district is named after August Wilhelm Stein.
Individual evidence
- ↑ August Thyssen, Hugo Stinnes, Manfred Rasch, Vera Schmidt, Gerald D. Feldman: August Thyssen and Hugo Stinnes. An exchange of letters from 1898–1922. CH Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3406496377 , p. 717.
- ^ Hermann Kleinfeld: Düsseldorf's streets and their names . Grupello, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-928234-36-6 , p. 305.
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| SURNAME | Stein, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stein, August Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German businessman and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 19, 1903 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |