Eugen Vögler

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Eugen Vögler (born February 1, 1884 in Dellwig ; † January 21, 1956 in Essen ) was a German manager and long-time CEO of Hochtief AG .

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Eugen Vögler was one of eight children of his parents. His father Karl Friedrich Vögler (1844–1930) had worked his way up from a simple miner to a steiger ; In 1901 he became the manager of the Hugo colliery . The seven years older brother Albert Vögler was given the opportunity to study; his career also became critical to Eugen's professional life.

Eugen Vögler studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Charlottenburg , completed the subsequent practical training with the 2nd state examination and was appointed government master builder ( assessor in the public building administration). During his studies he became a member of the Academic Association Motiv .

In 1913, Eugen Vögler joined Hochtief Aktiengesellschaft for civil engineering. Gebr. Helfmann and in a few years advanced to head of the Essen branch. From this position in 1921 he largely negotiated an interest group agreement with the Stinnes Group , in which Albert Vögler played a leading role. As a result of this contract, the Hochtief headquarters were relocated from Frankfurt am Main to Essen in 1922 , where it is still located today. Eugen rose to the board. When the Stinnes Group fell into crisis with the death of Hugo Stinnes in 1924, the United Steelworks founded by Albert Vögler , the largest European steel producer, assumed a comparable position at Hochtief.

As CEO from 1927, Eugen Vögler laid the foundations for Hochtief's development into an internationally competitive company. He created a new organizational structure with largely independent profit centers , shifted the focus of the business to steel frame construction , expanded abroad and founded - for the first time in industry - training workshops for vocational training.

The new corporate structure showed its efficiency when Hochtief received the order in 1929 to build a substantial part of the Albert Canal . Although the volume of the order corresponded to twice the previous annual turnover of the entire company, it was even able to be completed ahead of schedule.

Vögler was politically German-national and kept his distance from the NSDAP for a relatively long time even after the seizure of power . With the direct connection of business enterprises but he took central positions outside of Hochtief AG, as "leader" of the industry group building industry and head of Division IV of the Reich Group Industry . In continuation of his earlier work for professional training, he promoted the only remaining youth association , the Hitler Youth , and received the high rank of Bannführer on an honorary basis. In 1943 he became president of the Essen Gau Chamber of Commerce .

Hochtief AG took part in armaments projects and - like all companies - had employed a considerable number of forced laborers since the beginning of the war . In April 1945 Eugen Vögler effectively gave up his office and went into hiding in order to successfully evade arrest by the occupying powers.

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  1. ↑ Manfred Rasch : About Albert Vögler and his relationship to politics. In: Bulletin of the Institute for Social Movements. Researches and Research Reports. Vol. 27, 2003, p. 127 [128], doi : 10.13154 / mts.28.2003.127-156
  2. ↑ The Black Ring. Membership directory. Darmstadt 1930, p. 34.
  3. ↑ Manfred Pohl, Birgit Siekmann: Hochtief und seine Geschichte, Piper Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-492-04270-8 , p. 92.
  4. ↑ cf. the company's history , last accessed on June 10, 2019
  5. ↑ Johannes Bähr, Christoph Kopper: Industry, Politics, Society: The BDI and its predecessors 1919–1990, p. 134
personal data
SURNAME Vögler, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Dellwig
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1956
Place of death eat