Felix Heinrich Schoeller

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Felix Heinrich Schoeller

Felix Heinrich Schoeller (born October 8, 1821 in Düren ; † February 25, 1893 there ) was a German paper manufacturer and founding member of the Dürener Eisenbahn AG.

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The son of the Düren paper manufacturer Heinrich August Schoeller (1788–1863) and Catharina Anna Lynen (1799–1872) also completed training as a paper manufacturer in their father's business on Schoellershammer . After gaining sufficient practical experience, he strived for independence from the local company and therefore acquired the roller mill near Birkesdorf in 1856 , which had previously been operated by the Hoesch family. He applied to be converted into a paper mill and received the corresponding license to produce fine paper with effect from October 30, 1857. Ten years later, Schoeller expanded his company to include a straw pulp mill.

Due to the steadily increasing demand, Schoeller soon looked around for new locations. In 1871 he took over the WA Markurth paper mill in Neu Kaliss in Mecklenburg with his long-time colleague Theodor Bausch . They now registered it as Felix Schoeller & Bausch , which also became the first factory in Mecklenburg to produce paper by machine. Schoeller withdrew from the company as early as 1879, and Theodor Bausch and his sons became sole shareholders. Felix Schoeller's son Felix Hermann Maria Schoeller (1855–1907) stayed in Neu Kaliss and served the company as technical director for several years. After the Second World War, Felix Schoeller & Bausch was dismantled by the Soviet occupying forces as part of reparations payments .

In 1880, Felix Heinrich and two other sons, Guido (1850–1898) and Heinrich (1851–1924), founded the Felix Schoeller & Sons paper factory in Offingen on the Danube and just one year later, together with Georg Schultz, the Schultz & Co cellulose factory in Gernsbach . While the factory in Offingen only existed shortly after the turn of the century, the factory in Gernsbach was renamed the Schoeller & Hoesch GmbH silk and cigarette paper factory in 1905 after production changes and with the assistance of the Hoesch family , and in 1998 by the American manufacturer Glatfelter GmbH & Co KG taken over.

In the meantime, Felix Heinrich Schoeller handed over his straw pulp factory to his son Felix Hermann Maria after he had returned to Düren from Neu Kaliss due to disagreements with the Bausch family. It was then renamed the Hermann Maria Schoeller & Co. pulp mill and merged with the Felix Heinrich Schoeller paper mill to form an open trading company (OHG) in 1886.

Felix Heinrich Schoeller, meanwhile appointed to the Royal Council of Commerce , achieved an honorary diploma with his company at the 1873 World Exhibition in Vienna and a First Prize for his products at the 1880 World Exhibition in Melbourne / Australia : writing and drawing paper and cardboard . After his death in 1893, the sons Heinrich and Guido from Offingen took over the management, whereas the son Felix Hermann Maria left the company and started his new company Felix Schoeller jr. self-employed for the production of photo paper at Burg Gretesch in Osnabrück . Felix Heinrich Schoeller's headquarters in Düren was in the Reflex paper Felix Heinrich Schoeller GmbH renamed, but still remained until 1965 in family property and then flowed as M-real Zanders Reflex in the company M-real Zanders GmbH in Bergisch Gladbach one. In 2012 the company was sold to Hahnemühle FineArt GmbH and has been trading under the name of Reflex ever since .

In addition to his entrepreneurial commitment, Felix Heinrich Schoeller and other entrepreneurs recognized the importance of the tram for the development of the industry. Under his leadership, an eight-person founding committee was formed in 1888 to build and operate a steam tram for freight traffic from Düren to Birkesdorf as well as a rail connection for passenger transport via Eisenbahnstraße, Wirtelstraße, Markt-, Obertor- to Nideggener Straße and as a horse-drawn tram from Nideggener Straße to Birkesdorf. On December 2, 1881, he was finally granted the license for the Dürener Eisenbahn AG by the Aachen district president Otto von Hoffmann , initially for 25 years, subject to profitability.

In the following years, Felix Heinrich Schoeller was elected chairman of the newly established supervisory board, to which members of the Schoeller family continued to belong over the next few decades . He held this office until the end of his life, followed by his son Heinrich. Felix Heinrich Schoeller found his final resting place in the Evangelical Cemetery in Düren .

family

Tomb of Felix Heinrich Schoeller by Joseph Uphues

Felix Heinrich Schoeller was married to Maria Apollonia Sibylla Schüll (1824–1895), with whom he each had six sons and daughters. In addition to his already mentioned sons, his daughter Anna (1839–1911), who was the secret councilor and head of the carpet office and later anchor carpet factory, Philipp (Nikolaus Ludwig) Schoeller (1833–1904), son of the company founder, also appeared Leopold Schoeller had married. Thanks to a significant financial and property donation by the couple, a facility for the blind and senior citizens was built in Düren in 1899, which was then given the name Anna Schoeller-Haus .

Felix Heinrich Schoeller found his final resting place in the Protestant cemetery in Düren.

Literature and Sources

  • Hugo Schoeller, August Victor Schoeller: History of the Schoeller Family , 2 volumes. R. Eisenschmid, Berlin 1894. New edition by Stedman and Wallmoden, 1994, ISBN 3-9803288-2-1 .
  • Burkhard Nadolny : Felix Heinrich Schoeller and the art of paper making in Düren. A life picture from the early days . Woldemar Klein, Baden-Baden 1957
  • Hugo Albert Schoeller: My paper you are a wonderful thing RVS 1710-1960 . Self-published, 1960.
  • Josef Geuenich: History of the paper industry in the Düren-Jülich economic area . Hamel, Düren 1959.
  • North Düren - Contributions to the history of the district - , published by the St. Joachim-Schützenbruderschaft Düren-Nord eV in 2009. Complete production by Schloemer and Partner, Düren

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schoeller & Bausch with Albert Gieseler
  2. ↑ Felix Schoeller & Sons with Albert Gieseler
  3. ^ History of Glatfelter
personal data
SURNAME Schoeller, Felix Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German paper manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Düren
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1893
Place of death Düren