August von Schoenaich-Carolath

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August Bernhard Heinrich Prince von Schoenaich-Carolath (born August 20, 1822 in Saabor , Lower Silesia , † October 16, 1899 in Potsdam ) was a Prussian mining engineer, most recently mining captain and director of the Dortmund Upper Mining Office . He comes from the noble family Schoenaich-Carolath .

Origin and family

Prince August von Schoenaich-Carolath was the third son of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Carl von Schoenaich-Carolath, Royal Prussian major and district administrator of the Grünberg district in Silesia (1790-1859) and the Caroline Princess Reuss-Schleiz-Köstritz (1820-1878), born. Prince August Schoenaich-Carolath married Princess Emma zu Salm-Horstmar on July 29, 1857 in Coesfeld (born December 13, 1823 in Coesfeld; † May 19, 1898 in Potsdam ) daughter of Prince Friedrich zu Salm-Horstmar, Wildgrave and Rhine Count, and the Countess Elisabeth zu Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim .

The couple had a son, Prince Ferdinand Friedrich Otto Heinrich Karl Eduard Martin, who was born in Tarnowitz on April 16, 1858 and died in Oeynhausen on June 22, 1941 , of Kgl. Prussian Privy Councilor and Captain of the Landwehr a. D. was.

Working life

August Schoenaich-Carolath obtained his school-leaving certificate at the Cöllnisches Gymnasium in Berlin on September 23, 1841 , was accepted as a mining enthusiast on March 6, 1842 and then drove to pits in the Waldenburger Revier , at the same time attended the Waldenburger Bergschule and became after the so-called trial year appointed mining inspector on November 10, 1843 .

He obtained his academic training in Berlin, where he fulfilled his military duties in the Guard Pioneer Department , and at the Bergakademie in Freiberg / Saxony . On October 26, 1850 he passed his legal traineeship exam, on December 14, 1850 he was appointed as a mountain trainee and employed at the mining office in Tarnowitz and for a short time at the upper mining office in Dortmund. On February 4, 1853 took place its appointment to Bergmeister in the Mining Authority Tarnowitz and the transfer of the second coal - Bergmeisterei - mining area in Zabrze , which he had previously managed long representative a year. On December 24, 1856 he passed the Bergassessoren exam and was appointed Bergassessor . By the “Highest Cabinet Order” of March 16, 1857, he was given the position of director of the Tarnowitz mining office. In 1860 he was appointed Oberbergrat and entrusted with the management of the mining office in Halle an der Saale . The year 1863 saw him in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Public Works in Berlin, where he worked as a so-called unskilled worker. On June 14, 1863, he was appointed miner captain and director of the Dortmund mining authority . He held these positions until June 30, 1888, i.e. twenty-four years. By rheumatic sufferings he was then forced to board to go. He lived in Potsdam until his death.

Services

The longstanding work of August Schoenaich-Carolath at the head of the Dortmund Oberbergamt was of great importance for mining in the Ruhr area . August Schoenaich was directly involved in the great upswing that the mining industry experienced there between 1864 and 1888 through tireless zeal for work, personal stimulation and benevolent support.

August Schoenaich-Carolath was a member of the German Geological Society and founder of the German Miners' Days and the Association of Technical Mining Officials in the Dortmund District Mining Authority.

Awards

  • Royal Prussian Red Eagle Order IV Class, 1859
  • Royal Prussian Red Eagle Order III. Class with the Bow, 1866
  • War memorial 1870/1871 for non-combatants, 1871
  • Royal Prussian Crown Order III. Class with the Johanniterkreuz on a white ribbon, 1872
  • Royal Prussian Landwehr Service Award, 1st class, 1873
  • Royal Prussian Red Eagle Order II.Class with oak leaves, 1877
  • Royal Prussian Crown Order II.Class with swords on rings, 1883
  • Royal Prussian Crown Order II. Class with the star

swell

  • Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility (GHdA), Princely Houses, Volume XII, 1984, Complete Series Volume 85, p. 497 u. 505.
  • Serlo, Walter: The Prussian Mining Assessors . Glückauf Verlag, Essen 1938, p. 16, No. 12.
  • Serlo, Walter: Men of Mining , Verl. F. Social policy (...), Berlin, 1937, pp. 131/132.
  • Journal for mining, metallurgy and saltworks , Volume XLVII, Issue 5, 1900, "Supplement"
  • Glückauf No. 44, October 28, 1899, p. 904.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Membership directory of the German Geological Society 1878. ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Schoenaich-Carolath, August von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schoenaich-Carolath, August Bernhard Heinrich Prince of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian miner, mining captain and director of the Dortmund Oberbergamt
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Saabor , Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1899
Place of death Potsdam