Carl Ludwig Heusler

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Carl Ludwig Heusler (also Karl Ludwig Heusler ) (born October 9, 1790 in Dillenburg , † March 28, 1851 in Siegen ) was a German entrepreneur and mining official .

Life

Carl Ludwig Heusler was the son of Johann Jakob Heusler (1727–1799), court chamber councilor and conductor of the princely mining and smelting commission and his wife Philippine Caroline Ernestine , née. Leuthaus (1759-1833). His ancestors originally came from Basel.

He attended the local school and from 1800 the pedagogy in Dillenburg , then he studied from 1807 to 1808 at the High School in Herborn . 1808/1809 he studied at the University of Marburg law and Mountain Science at the Royal Saxon Freiberg . In addition to the lectures, namely those of Abraham Gottlob Werner , the founder of scientific mineralogy and geognosy , he dealt with the mining, processing and metallurgy of the Saxon Ore Mountains .

During this time he escaped from being conscripted into the Napoleonic army . His brother Ernst Adolf Heusler reported for him, who died during his mission.

He stayed in Holzappel for a long time and visited the lead and silver mines there. Here he received instructions from the court and mountain ridge Ludwig Schneider (1778-1848), under whose direction the most important mines were.

On November 12, 1811, he joined the Nassau Mining and Huts Commission in Dillenburg as Bergeleve .

In 1814 he was entrusted by the state government commission with the management of the secretariat of the college of the mining and smelting commission in Dillenburg and in the following year, 1815, sent to the principality of Siegen for six months to administer the jury .

In 1815 he was appointed mining commissioner; in the same year it was also taken over by the Prussian government . Until 1816 he worked for the government in Ehrenbreitstein , which at that time co-administered the mining industry. After the founding of the royal mining authority Bonn he was transferred to that authority and appointed the first Oberbergamt secretary and in 1817 to (1816) Oberbergamt Assessor transported. On February 8, 1822, by royal cabinet order, the appointment to Oberbergrat took place .

In 1827 he became head of the run down copper works Isabellenhütte near Dillenburg, whose partner his grandfather Theodor Heusler (1696–1757) had become in 1731, and which his mother, Caroline Heusler, had bought with two silent partners at his instigation. The company CL Heusler was founded . For the further development of the company it was of decisive importance that in 1841 nickel-containing ores were discovered in the iron and copper mine Help God owned by Ludwig Haas from Dillenburg in the Weyerhecke near Nanzenbach , about 6 km from the Isabellenhütte. Since 1823 Dr. Ernst August Geitner in Aue had succeeded in producing so-called nickel silver from copper, nickel and zinc, nickel aroused increasing economic interest. Carl Ludwig Heusler had come into contact with the extraction of nickel products as an intern at the local blue paint factory in Aue and recognized the economic opportunities it offered. From Ludwig Haas he acquired half of the ownership of the mine Help God and agreed with him to take over half of the copper and manganese ores that were extracted. With this, Carl Ludwig Heusler secured the most important source of supply for nickel ore , as the Grube Hilfe Gottes proved to be the only nickel ore mine in Nassau with sustainable productivity.

With the production of nickel food (an intermediate product in metal extraction) the Isabellenhütte experienced an upswing. The number of workers who had never exceeded 4 in the copper factory now rose to around 20. The business grew to such an extent that in 1844 Heinrich Jung had to be employed as a smelter. In 1845 Carl Ludwig Heusler paid off his siblings and operated the smelter under the CL Heusler company on his own account. His efforts were directed above all to the development of a process for obtaining the purest possible nickel metal; here it finally achieved a degree of purity of 96–98%.

At the beginning of 1828 the mountain ridge and mining authority director Johann Christian Leberecht Schmidt made a trip to Mexico , where he died there in 1830. Carl Ludwig Heusler was provisionally commissioned at the start of the trip to take over the management business in Siegen as well as deputy school management of the Bergschule Siegen during Schmidt's absence ; In 1830 he was appointed headmaster. As headmaster, he proposed a fundamental reform of the ailing school operations. So far, both theoretical and practical knowledge should be conveyed, for this purpose the practice was taught in the Häuslingstiefe training pit in Siegen. After a reorganization of the teaching, the theoretical training was given from Friday to Saturday, and the first four days of the week the students drove work shifts in the Müsen mountain area . This led to frequent colds because of the long journey, so that the students stayed away from school. In 1830, Carl Ludwig Heusler separated theoretical and practical training, so that the mountain school students worked in instructive pits in remote areas during the summer months and attended the Siegen mountain school every weekday from October to Easter. This led to a short-term flowering of the mountain school, but the number of students never rose above 18 per semester. With the death of Carl Ludwig Heusler, school operations also came to a standstill in the semester 1851/1852.

The provisional management of the management business in the Siegen Mining Authority, where he remained a member of the Royal Mining Authority in Bonn, lasted until the beginning of 1833, when he was appointed Director of the Royal Mining Authority in Siegen, which he held until his death.

In 1833 he became the director of the Siegerland trade association and made a special contribution to the transport and economic development of the Siegerland as well as to the education system. His main focus was on the promotion of copper ore mining and he tried to influence it by acquiring mine shares. Among other things, he took part in the surrounding pits Bar Scale and God's Grace at Haiger and in 1849 in the Aurora Hut.

On October 11, 1847, he was awarded the title of Secret Mountain Council.

Carl Ludwig Heusler was married to Katharina Henriette Elisabeth Heeser (* April 8, 1789; † December 29, 1865) since 1816 and had three sons and six daughters; two of his sons later devoted themselves to their father's subject. The names of his children are known:

After his death, Carl Ludwig Heusler was buried in Dillenburg.

Awards

Carl Ludwig Heusler received the Red Eagle Order 4th, 3rd and 2nd class with the ribbon.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich Stroux: Excerpt from the Heus (s) ler family. (PDF; 27 kB) Leohnhard Heussler oo Salome Fininger 1657 ff. In: stroux.org. Ulrich Stroux, March 28, 2015, accessed January 5, 2019 .
  2. ^ Obituary in Intelligence = sheet for the districts of Siegen, Wittgenstein and Altenkirchen , XXVIII. Year, No. 26, Siegen, Tuesday, April 1, 1851.
  3. ^ Hessisches Wirtschaftsarchiv - Isabellenhütte Heusler KG. Retrieved January 5, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Extensive archive material about the former Bergschule Siegen - Inside Siegen - online portal for Siegen-Wittgenstein and the surrounding area. Retrieved January 5, 2019 .
  5. ^ Hessisches Wirtschaftsarchiv - JD Wehrenbold & Sohn. Retrieved January 6, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Heusler, Carl Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heusler, Karl Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and mountain official
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH Dillenburg
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1851
Place of death Wins