Curt von Salmuth

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Curt Arthur Alfred Bernhard Ferdinand Georg Freiherr von Salmuth (born May 1, 1895 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe , † August 29, 1981 in Heidelberg ) was a German industrialist .

family

Curt von Salmuth's father was the Berlin police chief Arthur von Salmuth , a descendant of the second superintendent of Leipzig, Heinrich Salmuth (1522–1576). He was the son-in-law of the first superintendent after the Reformation, Johann Pfeffinger (1494–1573).

Von Salmuth's mother Else was a daughter of the professor for ventilation and heating systems Hermann Rietschel (1847-1914). His father was the sculptor Ernst Rietschel (1804–1861).

Curt Freiherr von Salmuth married on July 12, 1924 in Saarbrücken Alwine, b. Röchling, a descendant of the industrialists Carl Röchling (only child of Eduard and Chiara Röchling) and Georg Otto Conte Giulini di Giulino (Giulini's only grandchild). The company of the industrial family had been a major steel and armaments company since the 19th century.

The four children, including son Wigand (1931-2006), came from his marriage to Alwine .

Life

Curt, born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe , spent his youth in Liegnitz , Lower Silesia , where he graduated from the humanistic grammar school. From 1914 to 1918 he was a soldier in the 1st Company of the Queen Elisabeth Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 3 in Charlottenburg. He studied law and economics at the University of Berlin; at the same time he was captain of the police force.

Hermann Röchling employed him in 1922 at the "Röchling'schen Eisen- und Stahlwerke GmbH" ( Völklinger Hütte ) in Völklingen . He was the managing director of the branches of “Gebr. Röchling KG ”in Hamburg , Leipzig and Vienna . In 1927 he took on tasks at the Röchling Group's headquarters in Saarbrücken and later in Mannheim . In 1933 he moved to Heidelberg . Georg Giulini appointed him on October 1, 1932, as managing partner of the chemical works Gebr. Giulini GmbH in Ludwigshafen am Rhein (until 1965) and the Aluminum-Werke Wutöschingen (AWW) (until 1972). After the end of the Second World War he succeeded in rebuilding the completely dismantled aluminum works in Wutöschingen (AWW).

He was a board member of the Association of the Chemical Industry . He held several supervisory board mandates within and outside the Röchling Group, such as at Osram and Rheinmetall .

Curt von Salmuth was born as a Protestant and converted to the Roman Catholic Church on September 16, 1948 . In 1956 he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher by Cardinal Grand Master Nicola Cardinal Canali and invested on April 29, 1956 by Lorenz Jaeger , Grand Prior of the German Lieutenancy . He was appointed Grand Cross Knight in 1969 by Cardinal Eugène Tisserant and was President of the Southwest German Order Province from 1962 to 1970.

time of the nationalsocialism

Curt von Salmuth was a member of the Berlin Club and friends with Ferdinand von Bredow , Major General of the Reichswehr and close colleague and confidante of Kurt von Schleicher . Bredow was murdered by the National Socialists in the course of the Röhm Putsch .

He was a member of the Stahlhelm , a union of former soldiers from the First World War. In 1934 he joined the Sturmabteilung (SA) . In 1941 he became a member of the NSDAP . In 1942 he was made honorary storm leader of the SA .

honors and awards

Fonts

  • The aluminum industry in the world. Bauxite deposits, bauxite pits, alumina plants, aluminum smelters, semi-finished products plants, foundries. , Agenor-Verlag Frankfurt am Main 1957
  • The aluminum industry of the world , Agenor-Verlag Frankfurt am Main 1959 (2nd edition)
  • Manual of the aluminum economy , Agenor-Verlag Frankfurt am Main 1963
  • The aluminum industry of the world , Aluminum-Verlag 1969

literature

  • Richard Henstenberg, Curt Freiherr von Salmuth, Egon Ruf, Helmut Reuther (eds.): People of our time: personalities of public life, business and politics; Curt Freiherr von Salmuth , Transcontact-Verlag 1973

swell

  • Handbook of German Stock Companies , Volume 48, Part 4 , 1943
  • Karl Strute, Theodor Doelken: Who's Who in Germany, Volumes 1-2 , 1976, p. 284
  • Gerhard Seibold: The Salmuth: Development History of a Family , Degener 1996
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Nels, Volume 20; Volume 118 , Starke 1999, p. 294
  • Gerhard Seibold: Röchling: Continuity in Change , J. Thorbecke 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Seibold: Die Salmuth: Development of a family , Degener 1996, p. 165 f.
  2. ↑ "Innovation from Tradition" , Aluminum-Werke Wutöschingen, viewed on December 30, 2013
  3. ↑ Irene Strenge: Ferdinand von Bredow: Notes from February 20, 1933 to December 31, 1933. Daily records from January 1, 1934 to June 28 , 1934 , Duncker & Humblot 2009, p. 59
  4. ^ Gerhard Seibold: Die Salmuth: Development of a family , Degener 1996, p. 166
  5. ^ Gerhard Seibold: Die Salmuth: Development of a family , Degener 1969, p. 204
  6. ^ The Palatinate on the Rhine, volumes 42-43 , 1969, p. 99
personal data
SURNAME Salmuth, Curt von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salmuth, Curt Arthur Alfred Bernhard Ferdinand Georg Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1981
Place of death Heidelberg