Fritz Kintzlé
Fritz Kintzlé (born January 19, 1852 in Harlingen, Luxembourg ; † March 19, 1908 Aachen - Rothe Erde ) was a Luxembourg ironworker and manager of the German steel industry.
Life
Fritz Kintzlé attended the Athenaeum in Luxembourg. In 1873 he began studying iron and steel engineering at the Aachen Polytechnic and became a member of the specialist association for chemists and metallurgical workers , later the Corps Montania. After completing his studies, he began his professional career at the Fabrique de fer in Ougrée in Belgium. 1879 moved to the Aachener Hütten-Aktienverein in Rothe Erde. In 1899 he was promoted to the position of Operations Director. In 1900 he was appointed to the company's board of directors. After the Aachener Hütten-Aktienverein was merged with the Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-AG in 1907 , Kintzlé took over the management of the Aachen plant as its general director from Adolph Kirdorf .
After Rothe Erde introduced the Thomas process as the third location after Hörde near Dortmund and Meiderich near Duisburg , it was Kintzlé's particular merit to design the process operationally, to develop chemical and physical test methods and to improve the quality of the steel that the Thomas process was The emergence of the Linz-Donawitz process was one of the most important steelmaking processes alongside the Siemens-Martin process . Kintzlé contributed to the creation of various steel standards. He was a member of the board of the Association of German Ironworkers for 13 years. He was committed to improving the study and examination regulations for metallurgy. His social commitment in the form of generous foundations was aimed at the workforce and the promotion of young technical and academic talent.
Awards
In 1902 Fritz Kintzlé was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Luxembourg Order of the Oak Crown .
literature
- Günter Bauhoff: Kintzlé, Fritz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-428-00192-3 , p. 631 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Ludwig Neher: The Corps Montania zu Aachen, 1872-1957 , 1957, p. 114
- ↑ Memorial of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, No. 51, Thursday, July 24, 1902 ( digitized ; PDF; 399 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kintzlé, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Luxembourgish ironworker and manager of the German steel industry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harlingen, Luxembourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1908 |
| Place of death | Aachen - Rothe Erde |