Ferdinand Kaselowsky

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Ferdinand Kaselowsky (1860)

Ferdinand Kaselowsky (born February 23, 1816 in Magdeburg , † February 11, 1877 in Bielefeld ) was a German technician and industrialist in the textile industry.

family

His father Gottlieb Ferdinand Kaselowsky was a regimental shoemaker in Potsdam . One of his brothers, Emil Kaselowsky, later became general director of the Berlin mechanical engineering company . Ferdinand married Marie Coupin (née Campe). The marriage remained childless. One of his nephews was Richard Kaselowsky (1852-1921), industrialist and member of parliament. A great-nephew Richard Kaselowsky was the head of the Oetker Group .

Life

Kaselowsky was able to attend grammar school and the trade school in Potsdam. He then completed an internship in a locksmith's shop before studying at the industrial institute in Berlin from 1836 . Because of his outstanding performance, the Prussian state paid him a subsequent practical training in the modern textile industry in Great Britain , Belgium and Silesia . Kaselowsky was commissioned by the Prussian state in 1841 to set up several textile factories in Silesia, which were part of the Prussian maritime trade . Again and again he traveled abroad to study industrial plants there. He lived in Leeds for a long time and set up large spinning mills there and later in Germany and Austria. He was granted several patents in England for his technical improvements.

In 1854 Kaselowsky returned to Germany. He took over the construction and management of the Ravensberger spinning mill in Bielefeld . As the first technical director of the new company, he built up the company with skilled workers from Silesia and England. Under his leadership, the company with 1,300 employees developed into a large company in 1862. In addition to the spinning mill, a bleaching facility and, in 1862, a mechanical weaving company were established. The construction of a large spinning mill in Wolfenbüttel in 1863 was also based on plans by Kaselowsky. Due to conflicts with the Board of Directors, he withdrew from its leadership in 1871. Some time later he also stepped down from the board of directors of the Ravensberger Spinnerei.

Technical planning and the architecture of the Ravensberger spinning mill are largely due to Kaselowsky

Since then, Kaselowsky lived as a rich reindeer in Bielefeld. In addition to his initial salary of 1,500 thalers a year, he had received a profit share of 8% during his time as head of the Ravensberger spinning mill. He was instrumental in financing the Dürkopp bicycle and sewing machine factory , whose director was his nephew Richard Kaselowsky (1852-1921) and later his great-nephew Richard Kaselowsky (1888-1944) sat on the supervisory board .

Kaselowsky was, among other things, President of the German and Austrian Linen Industry Association. He had been a member of the Prussian House of Representatives for the constituency of Liegnitz District 8 (Lauban - Görlitz) since January 12, 1877 , but died before joining the House of Representatives.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 208 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3); on the election result see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of Elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , p. 393.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Kaselowsky, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German technician and textile industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1877
Place of death Bielefeld