Emil Herminghaus

Emil Herminghaus (born January 17, 1837 in Wülfrath ; † September 30, 1921 in Düsseldorf ) was a German entrepreneur.

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Share over RM 200 in Emil Herminghaus AG on March 10, 1927

Herminghaus grew up in Wülfrath and founded a foundry and a lock factory in Velbert in 1871 , which manufactured furniture and door locks as well as fittings. He later bought another factory in Riga , Latvia ; a wholesale business was also opened in Berlin . In 1900 Herminghaus retired from the management of his company and moved to Düsseldorf. He bought a house on Schillerplatz in the Zooviertel . Even in retirement he remained closely connected to the city of Velbert. In 1912 he donated a sum of 30,000 marks to the city, which began to create a park on the site acquired a few years earlier. This park was named after Emil Herminghaus and still exists today under the name Herminghauspark . The street next to the park also bears his name.

Herminghaus had a son of the same name, Emil Herminghaus junior.

While the Herminghaus' factory in Riga was lost during the First World War , the lock factory was closed in 1939. The foundry was last sold to Gottfried Reuter KG in Velbert in 1963/64. The wholesale business still exists today, but is no longer family-owned. The Europaplatz and the Forum Niederberg are located on the premises of the Velbert company . The Villa Herminghaus still exists in Velbert and is owned by the city.

literature

• Friedhelm Kopshoff: 100 years of Herminghauspark. Gem in Velbert's green belt, Scala Verlag, 2011.