Gottfried Ziegler
Gottfried Ziegler (born April 1, 1840 in Biberach an der Riss , † October 15, 1922 in Düsseldorf ) was a German businessman and industrial manager who was chairman of the Gutehoffnungshütte (GHH) board from 1904 to 1909 .
Life
Ziegler was appointed to the board of GHH as commercial director in 1873 in order to cope with the financial difficulties that the company had got into after the crash . Before that, he had already worked for the Berg- und Hütten-Aktien-Verein “New-Scottland” in (Essen-) Horst as well as for the Berliner AG for iron foundry and machine manufacturing. JC Freund & Co. worked in a leading position.
After the retirement of the CEOs Carl Lueg and Hugo Jacobi , Ziegler took over the chairmanship of the GHH in 1904. His successor was Paul Reusch in 1909 .
In addition to his professional activity, Ziegler worked in Oberhausen from 1877 as a city councilor and from 1888 as a city councilor .
Awards
- Secret Commerce Council
- Honorary citizenship of the city of Oberhausen (1893)
literature
- Johannes Bähr, Ralf Banken, Thomas Flemming: The MAN. A German industrial history. CH Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-57762-8 . ( Preview on google books )
- Dietrich Behrends: "In the Steinhauer house, music came from every crack". In: Oberhausen. A yearbook. 1999, ZDB -ID 613402-6 , pp. 39-46.
Individual evidence
- ^ Bähr et al.: The MAN. A German industrial history. CH Beck, Munich 2008, p. 97 and p. 509.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ziegler, Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German businessman, industrial manager and local politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Biberach an der Riss |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1922 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |