Hans Stockhausen (industrialist)

Hans Stockhausen (born May 28, 1879 in Krefeld ; † November 13, 1951 there ) was a German industrialist and chemist. As head of the Krefeld chemical company "Chemische Fabrik Stockhausen & Cie.", He was responsible for the development and successful market launch of novel chemical auxiliaries, including the textile auxiliary "Monopolseife", the wetting agent "Praestabit" and the skin protection agent "Praecutan".

Life and work

Hans Stockhausen was born on May 28, 1879 as one of four sons of the textile merchant, industrialist and chemist Julius Stockhausen in the traditional textile city of Krefeld. His father was a textile merchant, chemist and co-owner of the "Krefeld soap factory Stockhausen & Traiser". Julius Stockhausen invented the textile auxiliaries "Monopoly Soap" and "Monopoly Brilliant Oil" for cleaning raw materials and dyeing fabrics in the textile industry.

Hans Stockhausen broke off studying chemistry at the University of Freiburg in order to work in his father's company. He continued the development of the two products, which had previously only been tested in the laboratory, so “that large-scale production became possible and the possible applications were expanded. He also succeeded in enforcing them in practice. The monopoly soap was of particular interest to the silk industry, the center of which - then and now - Krefeld was and is. "

In 1907, Hans Stockhausen initiated a cooperation agreement with the Bayer chemicals group in Leverkusen . Bayer was entrusted with the export of the entire product range and in return had to forego domestic competition. In 1907 a new plant was built on the Bäkerpfad in Krefeld, as the old plant at the main train station could no longer be expanded. In 1912 Julius Stockhausen founded the "Chemical Factory Stockhausen & Cie." With his sons as general partners .

After his father's death in 1920, Hans Stockhausen took over the management of the company in which he had previously played a leading role. Under him, other important chemical auxiliaries were developed, including the first wetting agent "Praestabit" which is resistant to acids and alkalis in 1927 and the skin protection agent "Praecutan" in 1934.

family

Hans Stockhausen's brothers were Ferdinand, Adolf and Julius II Stockhausen, who joined him in 1912 as general partners in his father's “Chemical Factory Stockhausen & Cie.”. The marriage of his younger brother Julius II resulted in a son and a daughter. The daughter Charlotte Zander (1930–2014) became known as a gallery owner, art collector and museum owner. She had “inherited” her passion for collecting from her father and other relatives. In 1996 she opened her collection of naive art, unique in the world (over 4,500 works), to the public in a baroque palace in Bönnigheim . Since her death in 2014, the museum has been run by her daughter, gallery owner Susanne Zander.

Hans Stockhausen was also a collector. He collected Delftware , baroque prints, pewter and Gothic carved chests. His brother Ferdinand, who lived in Berlin and was married to the concert pianist Ella Jonas-Stockhausen, seems to have been a manic collector. He had spread his extensive collection of antiques over 4–5 houses. He signed a contract with the head of the Nazi air force, Hermann Göring , who was a notorious art collector and robber and would have liked to usurp Ferdinand Stockhausen's collection, that his collection should go to Göring after the couple's death. This saved his Jewish wife from the concentration camp, she died in 1967.

literature

Evonik: The history of Stockhausen GmbH
Albert Gieseler: Crefeld soap factory Stockhausen & Traiser , steam engines and locomotives .

Individual evidence

↑ Evonik: Monopoly Soap. The first textile auxiliary .
^ Evonik: Hans Stockhausen, industrialist and chemist. The textile dyer .
↑ Evonik: Praecutan. Washing despite the washing ban .
↑ Charlotte Zander. In: Quirine Verlinde: De schizofrenie van het verzamelen: Europese verzamelaars van Outsiderkunst in de 2e helft van de 20e eeuw. Diss. 2e licentie kunstwetenschappen. Gent 2007, PDF , pages 67-69.

personal data
SURNAME	Stockhausen, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German industrialist and chemist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 28, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH	Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH	November 13, 1951
Place of death	Krefeld

[1] Evonik: Monopoly Soap. The first textile auxiliary .

[2] Evonik: Hans Stockhausen, industrialist and chemist. The textile dyer .

[3] Evonik: Praecutan. Washing despite the washing ban .

[4] Charlotte Zander. In: Quirine Verlinde: De schizofrenie van het verzamelen: Europese verzamelaars van Outsiderkunst in de 2e helft van de 20e eeuw. Diss. 2e licentie kunstwetenschappen. Gent 2007, PDF , pages 67-69.