Hans Max Philipp von Beust

Hans Max Philipp Freiherr von Beust (born May 25, 1820 in Moderwitz , † April 2, 1889 in fire ) was mine director and landowner. At the time of the mining boom in the 1850s, he was operations and factory director in Ramsbeck .

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From 1841 Beust studied mining at the Bergakademie Freiberg , where he became a member of the Corps Montania and Franco-Montania . As a senior in his second corps, he was a second in a fatal pistol duel . Therefore, he was expelled and deported.

Ramsbeck department in 1854–55

A commemorative publication from the Bergakademie zu Freiberg In memory of the celebration of Werner’s centenary birthday on September 25, 1850, v. Beust, Frhr., Phil. Max. From Weimar: “Hüttenbeamter zu Barzelona”.

Hans Max Philipp Freiherr von Beust was director of the Rheinisch-Westfälischer Bergwerkverein in Ramsbeck, founded in 1852 . On July 1, 1853, he was taken over as operations and factory director by the Aktien-Gesellschaft für Bergbau, Lead- und Zinkfabrikation zu Stolberg and in Westphalia for a period of 15 years. Andreas Köchlin was the president of the new stock corporation and Henry Marquis de Sassenay was the general director.

The company set itself the goal of developing the Ramsbeck mining area into the leading mining region in Europe and thus dominating the metal market in Europe. The aim was to achieve an annual production of 15,000 tons of lead and 22,000 tons of zinc. The investments made were enormous. An even remotely useful cost calculation was missing. The ore quantities that could be extracted were not sufficient to utilize the planned processing and smelting facilities, some of which are under construction. Multiple and timely warnings from Beust's operations director were ignored. Soon the share capital was used up. The corporation collapsed on March 29, 1855. Köchlin and de Sassenay were forced to resign. On June 11, 1855, Baron von Beust was dismissed at his own request and granted compensation.

From 1864 to 1884 he is named as the owner of Brand Castle near Redwitz ( Marktredwitz ). In 1890 Johanna von Voss, née Freiin von Beust, sold Brand Castle to Albert Evan Edwin Reinhold Freiherr von Seckendorff . The Festschrift for the centenary of the Königl. Saxon. Bergakademie zu Freiberg, on July 30, 1866 , Frhr. v. Beust, Phil. Max. From Weimar: "was a mine director, now Rentier zu Altenburg."

On March 29, 1873 Hans Max Philipp von Beust unsuspected the mines Naumann Naumann I and II ( Stiftland Waldsassen ). After his death, his widow, Rosalie Freifrau von Beust, sold these mines to the Königin Marienhütte AG in Cainsdorf .

He was married to Emilie Auguste Rosalie von Kotsch. Children:

1. Katharina Mercedes Cölestine Therese Marie Emilie Freiin v. Beust, born June 18, 1849
2. Marie Rosalie Margarethe Freiin v. Beust, born September 30, 1853 in Ramsbeck / Westf.
3. Marie Emilie Antonie Johanna Freiin v. Beust, born December 24, 1854 in Ramsbeck / Westf.
4. Frederike Thekla Melanie Marie Frein v. Beust, born December 5, 1864 in Altenburg

Brand Castle near Marktredwitz

Works

• The Actien-Gesellschaft for mining, lead and zinc production in Stolberg and in Westphalen the Ramsbeck department in 1854-55 . Soest 1855.

literature

• Schönian, Hans: The mining company in Ramsbeck in Westphalen in 1854 . Nordhausen 1855.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chronology of the gentlemen on fire
2. ↑ Seitz, Reinhard H. u. Wolf, Helmut: On ore mining in the Waldsassen Stiftland in Acta Albertina Ratisbonensia Volume 31, 1971.
3. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baron houses for the year 1868 . Justus Perthes publishing house, Gotha 1867.
4. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the barons houses 1916 . Justus Perthes publishing house, Gotha 1916.

Web links

• Mining history Ramsbeck. Retrieved April 7, 2019 .