Friedrich Honigmann

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Friedrich Honigmann

Friedrich Honigmann (* 2. March 1841 in Düren , † 19th December 1913 in Aachen ) was a German entrepreneur in mining .

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The son of the miner and mine owner Eduard Honigmann (1809–1886) and Maria Boelling (1811–1878) came from a family that had worked in the mining industry since his grandfather, Johann Ehrenfried Honigmann . Honigmann, who studied at the Bergakademie Freiberg and the Bergakademie Clausthal , followed the example of his father with his entrepreneurial and research spirit. With this he undertook test drilling in the area of Heerlen and Simpelveld after his studies and was able to prove that there was a geological connection between the Dutch coal area and the worm area . Further test wells in the years 1884 to 1899 in the area of Hückelhoven , Baal and Ratheim at a shallow depth confirmed these findings.

In 1893 he received together with his brother Carl Honigmann (1842-1903), who was also trained in mining, and the Dutch railway engineer Henri Sarolea the concession to found the Oranje-Nassau-Mijnen near Heerlen, whose first Oranje-Nassau I colliery was in 1899 Coal production could start. His brother Carl received the concession for Oranje-Nassau II near Landgraaf . During the same period, Friedrich was granted a further 29 concessions for planned fields in the greater Hückelhoven area. After the death of his two partners on Oranje-Nassau (Sarolea 1900 and his brother Carl 1903) Friedrich Honigmann decided to devote himself exclusively to his concessions in Hückelhoven. To also have financial reserves, he eventually sold in 1908 its shares of Oranje-Nassau to the French family de Wendel in Lorraine and was then a year later its first well initially on the pit union Hückelhoven abteufen mine mentioned, the second shaft 1911 followed. Honigmann himself could no longer experience the first coal mining in 1914 because he died on December 19, 1913. After Friedrich's death, his only son, the mining engineer Eduard Honigmann (1872–1916), took over most of his father's shares. As early as September 3, 1916, Eduard fell as an officer on the war front ( Battle of the Somme ) and his heirs then sold his shares to the Dutch director of Steenkolen Handelsverening Fenter van Vlissingen , who died a year later in the Nederlandsche Maatschappij, which he founded Ontginning van de Steenkolenvelden (NEMOS) convicted. Since then, the Hückelhoven mine union has been named after the wives of Fenter van Vlissingen and the chairman of the mine board, Pieter de Vooys.

In addition, Friedrich Honigmann, together with his brother Carl, mentioned above, and his second brother, the chemist Moritz Honigmann , inherited shares in the Nordstern mine in Merkstein, which his father had developed in 1873 . It was largely thanks to his initiative and a shaft drilling and expansion method he further developed in the floating and rolling mountains that three new shafts could be sunk on Nordstern between 1900 and 1902 . This mine was transferred to Hahnsche Werke AG in 1914 by the last survivor of the three brothers, Moritz Honigmann , which later became a company of the Mannesmann Group .

Friedrich Honigmann was married to Emilie geb. Ficus (1847–1927) and had three daughters with her in addition to her son Eduard, who died in the First World War . A primary school in Hückelhoven-Schaufenberg Friedrich-Honigmann-Schule was named in his memory . Friedrich Honigmann found his final resting place in Westfriedhof I in Aachen.

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SURNAME Honigmann, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur in mining
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Düren
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1913
Place of death Aachen