Heinrich Wessel (entrepreneur)

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Bust of H. Wessel (by Martin Götze )
Wessel mausoleum in Pohnstorf
Villa "Wesselburg" in Itzehoe, built in 1873 for Heinrich Wessel

Heinrich Wessel (born May 23, 1838 in Itzehoe ; † June 2, 1905 in Bad Nauheim ) was a German businessman and entrepreneur in the cement industry.

biography

Heinrich Wessel was a son of the doctor Johann Wessel in Itzehoe. He received a liberal upbringing based on humanistic ideals . After the father's death, the family with five children was torn apart and the children were placed with different foster families.

Wessel completed a commercial apprenticeship and in 1866 joined Gustav Alsen's Portland cement factory in Itzehoe as a partner . A year later, when the company in the general partnership Alsen'sche Portland Cement factory was converted, he took over the commercial management, which he retained until his death. Wessel held a 15 percent stake in the company's capital.

Heinrich Wessel was also a member of the management of the Itzehoer gas company

In 1899 Wessel acquired the knightly estate Pohnstorf near Teterow. Here he left a mausoleum, which is now a protected monument, for himself and his wife Julia Theresa, born in Ireland . Build Nugent († 1908). He founded the Heinrich Wessel Foundation to endow the old people's home in Itzehoe.

Honors

  • Heinrich-Wessel-Straße in Itzehoe is named after him.

literature

  • Thomas Rohr: Mausoleum in Pohnstorf. Mein Verlag, Mahlow near Berlin 2005.

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Wessel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hamburger Nachrichten of April 9, 1876
  2. ↑ Das English Fräulein - heiress of the cement factory , Stormarner Tageblatt of July 27, 2012, accessed on February 9, 2015
  3. ^ Tonindustrie-Zeitung and Keramische Rundschau , Volume 41 (1917), Issue 2, p. 538
personal data
SURNAME Wessel, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman and entrepreneur in the cement industry
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Itzehoe
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1905
Place of death Bad Nauheim