Heinrich Avenarius-Herborn

Heinrich Avenarius-Herborn (born September 2, 1873 as Heinrich Herborn in Berlin , † September 6, 1955 in Gau-Algesheim ) was a German chemist and entrepreneur .

Family and education

Heinrich Herborn was born on September 2, 1873 in Berlin. His parents were Ruperta (nee Mäckler, 1834–1922) and Joseph Herborn (1815–1875). After the death of her father, Ruperta Herborn moved with her four children to Wiesbaden, where Heinrich Herborn passed his Abitur in 1892 . He then studied technology , chemistry , physics , mineralogy and philosophy at the Technical Academy in Stuttgart and at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . There he received his doctorate in chemistry under Emil Fischer in 1896 with a thesis on synthetic experiments with rhamnose .

First years of employment and starting a family

After a stay of several months in London, Heinrich Herborn started working as a chemist in the company Gebr. Avenarius of his uncle Richard Avenarius in Gau-Algesheim.

In 1901 Heinrich Herborn married his wife Claire (née Forell, 1874–1950) in Cologne Cathedral , with whom he was married until her death. The couple initially lived in Gau-Algesheim and had three children: Mathilde (1902), Heinz (1904) and Margret (1911). In 1911 Herborn became a partner in his uncle's company. In 1914 Richard Avenarius adopted his nephew, who has since been known as Heinrich Avenarius-Herborn. After the death of Richard Avenarius in 1917, he became sole owner of the Avenarius brothers and (together with Paul Lechler ) a partner in R. Avenarius & Co in Stuttgart .

Entrepreneur

During the First World War , the von Gau-Algesheim family moved to Mainz , where Heinrich Avenarius-Herborn was reactivated as captain of the Landwehr . After the war, the family lived in Darmstadt from summer 1923 until the end of 1924 . Like other industrialists, Avenarius-Herborn was expelled from the areas on the left bank of the Rhine by the French occupying forces during the Allied occupation of the Rhineland . In 1923 his nephew Richard Avenarius (1894–1975) joined the Avenarius brothers as a partner , but the factory in Gau-Algesheim was almost idle during the expulsion. From the end of 1924, Avenarius-Herborn lived with his family again in Gau-Algesheim. From 1926 to 1930 he was chairman of the Association of German Plant Protection Factories .

After the Second World War , the city of Gau-Algesheim recognized him in 1955 by making him an honorary citizen . In the same year Heinrich Avenarius-Herborn died on September 6, 1955 shortly after his 82nd birthday in Gau-Algesheim and was buried there. In 1961, Dr.-Avenarius-Herborn-Strasse was named after him.

literature

• Arnold Avenarius-Herborn: Heinrich Avenarius-Herborn (1873–1955). Chemist and factory owner , in: Gau-Algesheim (ed.): Historisches Lesebuch , 1999, pp. 184–187

Web links

• Heinrich Avenarius-Herborn on the website of the Carl-Brilmayer-Gesellschaft
• Heinrich Avenarius-Herborn in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database