Daniel Morian

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Johann Daniel Morian (born July 9, 1811 in Hamborn near Duisburg; † August 12, 1887 there ) was a German entrepreneur from Duisburg - Neumühl .

Life

Along with August Thyssen , Wilhelm Theodor Grillo and Franz Haniel, Daniel Morian was one of the most important, albeit lesser-known, people in the industrialization of Duisburg and the "coal fever" that began in the mid-19th century.

Morian was also involved in the construction of the first railway through the Ruhr area, the main line of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company . From 1844 to 1847 he and Heinrich Dickmann cut down the Carlsbusch in Alstaden (today Oberhausen-Alstaden). The Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft needed the wood for the route construction.

In the years 1850 to 1853 he tried to mine the Oberhausen colliery with business partners, including Heinrich Dickmann . Also at the establishment of the mine Roland Morian took part in Oberhausen-Dümpten with Heinrich Dickmann. In 1856 he co-founded the company Arenbergsche AG for mining and smelting operations , which operated the Prosper I, Prosper II, Prosper III and Arenberg mines in Bottrop . Morian has served on the company's board of directors from its inception.

Morian founded the Neu-Duisburg colliery in Duisburg- Neudorf around 1858 . But it wasn't until 1865 that Morian came across usable coal during one of the many test wells. The Hamborn union was co-founded by him in 1867. Due to the establishment of the empire, it was renamed the German Emperors' Union in 1871 . The first coal was mined in 1874. From 1871 to 1883 Morian was the head of the mine.

In 1873 the bridge building company and metal foundry Morian & Wilms was established opposite the Neumühler Bahnhof (today: Am Inzerfeld and Duisburger Straße). Finally, in 1864, Morian also acquired the new mill on the Emscher (in Hamborn ), which was probably built in 1353 . The mill, after which the Neumühl district of Duisburg is named, was later also called Moriansmühle .

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SURNAME Morian, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morian, Johann Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German coal and steel entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1811
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamborn near Duisburg
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1887
Place of death Hamborn near Duisburg