Friedrich Kegel

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Friedrich Wilhelm Kegel (* 1874 in Hettstedt ; † August 8, 1948 in Landschlacht ) was a German mining engineer, collector and member of parliament. The mineral kegelite , first described in 1975, is named after him.

Life

From 1894 Kegel studied at the Prussian Mining Academy Clausthal , after which he was an operations assistant in Cerro-Grande in the Atacama desert in Chile from around 1900 . Then he worked in gold mining in Mindanao / Philippines.

In November 1901 he reached the German gold mine in Tangkogä (also Tanghokai), in what is now North Korea. In November 1903 he left Korea to take up a new job in the province of Shantung , in the vicinity of the colony of the German Empire, Kiautschou . From 1904 he worked in a mine in Jehol , Petschilli Province / China.

From late 1907 to 1911 he worked as a senior engineer in the German gold mine in Seoncheon in what is now North Korea. From 1911 he went on an expedition to the gold districts of Tang-Jong-Redeb on Borneo .

In 1914, Kegel undertook on behalf of Professor Dr. Friedrich Rinne , TH Hannover , an expedition to South West Africa for the preparation of a mining report. After his return and during the First World War , Kegel was director of the Bor copper ore mine in Serbia. In 1922 he led an expedition to the gold districts of Canaa and Antioquia in Colombia.

Between 1922 and 1932 Friederich Wilhelm Kegel was a partner and board member of the Otavi Mining and Railway Company (OMEG) in Tsumeb . According to the London Agreement , in 1923 he was given South African or British citizenship in addition to his German.

In 1932 he and his wife moved to Switzerland, where he lived until his death. His brother WC Kegel (1879–1946) also became a geologist.

Collector

Kegel was an avid collector of minerals. After Kegel's death, his widow sold the large collection to the National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, DC for US $ 3,800.The collection of 820 pieces weighing more than 1.5 tons is still owned by the Museum.

politics

In the elections for the South West African Legislative Assembly in 1926 , Kegel won the election for the German Confederation for South West Africa in the South West African Legislative Assembly in the constituency of Grootfontein with 278 out of 366 votes . In the elections to the South West African Legislative Assembly in 1929 he was able to defend his mandate. After his relocation to Switzerland, a by-election was held in the Grootfontein constituency on September 28, 1932, as Kegel had left with the move. The German Fritz decided the by-election for himself.

literature

  • Hans Lueert: German mining abroad in the past, present and future, 1971, p. 99-100
  • New Yearbook for Mineralogy, 1976, p. 110, online

Web links

  • Tsumeb photo by Friedrich Wilhelm Kegel

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Prussian Mining Academy in Clausthal. 1775/1925. Festschrift for the 150th anniversary. 1925, p. 485.
  2. ↑ Michael Dirauf: Gold Rush in Korea. The German gold mine in Korea from 1897 to 1903. Iudicium-Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-86205-422-0 . P. 181.
  3. ^ Gertrud Claussen-Wunsch: Doctor in East Asia. Krämer Verlagsgesellschaft, Büsingen / Hochrhein 1976. p. 185.
  4. ↑ Hans-Alexander Kneider: Globetrotter, Adventure, Gold Digger. On the German trail in ancient Korea. Iudicium-Verlag, Munich 2010. ISBN 978-3-86205-138-0 . P. 311.
  5. ^ Fritz Wertheimer : From German parties and party leaders abroad. 1927, p. 235 ff.
  6. ↑ Martin Eberhardt: Between National Socialism and Apartheid, 2005, ISBN 978-3-8258-0225-7 , pp. 222-223
personal data
SURNAME Kegel, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kegel, Friedrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mineralogist, collector and politician in South West Africa
DATE OF BIRTH 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Hettstedt
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1948
Place of death Land battle