Heinrich von Buz
Heinrich von Buz (born September 17, 1833 in Eichstätt , † January 8, 1918 in Augsburg ) was a German technician and industrialist .
Life
Carl Buz's son attended the Königliche Kreis-Gewerbeschule Augsburg (Polytechnic School) and then studied from 1851 to 1853 at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic .
He did his engineering internships in Alsace and London, among others .
In 1857 he joined the Augsburg machine factory, which was run by his father and Carl August Reichenbach . In 1864 he became director there. Until 1913, Buz was general director of the Augsburg-Nuremberg machine factory, which had been unified since 1898 .
He was a co-founder of the Augsburg Local Railway , of which he was a member of the board for 29 years, and of Lech-Elektrizitätswerke , as well as a member of numerous supervisory boards, and was also a leader in the Augsburg Industrial Association.
Since 1907, Buz belonged to the Bavarian nobility .
During his management, numerous new technical developments were used, such as the industrial production of the first rotary printing press , the Lindesche refrigeration machine and the diesel engine .
literature
- Georg Strößner: Buz, Heinrich Ritter von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 85 f. ( Digitized version ).
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SURNAME | Buz, Heinrich von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German technician and industrialist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1833 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Eichstatt |
DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1918 |
Place of death | augsburg |