Ernst Honigmann (miner)

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Ernst Gotthilf Honigmann (born October 15, 1789 in Großörner , † October 21, 1848 in Berlin ) was a German mountain jury , head of the Stinnes collieries in Essen and major during the wars of liberation .

Life

Ernst Honigmann was the son of the farmer, innkeeper and mill owner Johann Ehrenfried Honigmann (1749-1809) and his wife Maria Magdalena, née Damroth (1749-1807). His oldest brother was the Markscheider and Mining Authority Director Johann Ehrenfried Honigmann . Ernst Honigmann married Maria Magdalena, née Franken from Werden , with whom he had two children. His daughter Ernestina was born in 1821 and died in 1862. His son was the mechanical engineer Ernst Honigmann (born July 14, 1824 in Essen, † September 9, 1902 in Lucerne ), who ran the iron foundry and machine factory Ernst Honigmann und Cie. With his brother Karl . founded - the later Essener Union.

Ernst Honigmann trained as a miner in Wetter an der Ruhr and then worked there as such. From 1814/15, Honigmann took part in the wars of liberation in Belgium, in which French supremacy under Napoleon Bonaparte was to be ended. He first reached the rank of captain and eventually that of major .

After the end of the war, Honigmann became a mountain jury at the Essen-Werdenschen Bergamt. When he turned to Mathias Stinnes ' business, he worked closely with him to expand his mine holdings. He began in 1839 with the conjectures of the Ernst and Mathias collieries. Subsequently, he was in charge of the construction and expansion of the later civil engineering mines Friedrich Ernestine , Graf Beust , and the Victoria Mathias colliery in Essen and sunk the mine to what would later become the United Helene & Amalie colliery . In 1842 he also negotiated the takeover of the Carolus Magnus colliery in Essen- Bergeborbeck, which was already in operation . With his technical knowledge he was able to develop the coal seams lying under the water-rich marl . In June 1848 he played a key role in founding the Mining Trade Association in Essen, from which the Association for Mining Interests arose ten years later .

In 1848, Honigmann was called to Berlin to take part in the deliberations on the reform of mining legislation. There he died of heart failure. His son Ernst Honigmann followed his father in advising the interests of the Stinneszechen.

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  1. ↑ GEDBAS, Association for Computergenealogy: Ernst Gotthilf Honigmann ; accessed on June 8, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Honigmann, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Honigmann, Ernst Gotthilf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mountain sworn major
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Großörner
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1848
Place of death Berlin