Hermann Eggers

Peter Hermann Eggers (born February 24, 1879 in Rendsburg ; † June 17, 1957 there ) was a German entrepreneur.

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Hermann Eggers was the son of the entrepreneur Peter Eggers and his wife Sophie Catharina, née Rüter (1850–1931). He did vocational training in Rendsburg and then worked for befriended companies in Hamburg , London , Paris and Copenhagen . In 1904 he took over the position of authorized signatory in the chemical fertilizer factory in Rendsburg , which his father had set up and managed. Three years later he initiated the production of bone glue and constructed some of the necessary systems himself.

Eggers often traveled abroad and also went on a trip around the world. During the First World War he served from 1914 to 1918 in the 3rd Baden Field Artillery Regiment No. 50. At the end of the war he was captain and department commander and received several awards such as the House Order of the Hohenzollern.

After the end of the war, Hermann Eggers ran the fertilizer factory together with his brother Paul. The company, which was dependent on raw materials from overseas, was able to resume production thanks to its good contacts. During the Great Depression of 1931, the factory had major problems. The Eggers family had to sell almost all of the company's shares to ensure its existence. At the end of his life, Eggers owned almost half of the shares again due to his frugal lifestyle.

As a founding member of the international association of the European fertilizer industry , Eggers took over the management of its propaganda department with an attached test facility in Hamburg-Horn until the outbreak of World War II . Before the war he was chairman of the Rendsburg employers' association and member of the plenary assembly of the Chamber of Commerce in Altona . For many years until the end of his life he belonged to the Rendsburger Spar- und Leihkasse and was chairman of the administration.

After the National Socialists came to power , Eggers initially hoped that their “workers' front” could reconcile workers and employers with one another or pretend that this was the case. In 1945/46 the occupying powers therefore ordered him to withdraw from the company for about a year. After the end of the Second World War , thanks to his friendships, Eggers was able to quickly obtain raw materials from foreign suppliers to restart production. The technically interested entrepreneur then managed to stay competitive through rationalization. Since he was interested in agricultural issues, he regularly exchanged ideas with scientists and politicians in this area. He was a member of the management board of the fertilizer factory until the end of his life.

Eggers was married to Gertrud Lucia Therese Entz (* 1893), a granddaughter of the businessman Thomas Johann Gottfried Hollesen . The couple had two sons.

literature

• Peter Eggers: Eggers, Hermann . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 2. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1971, pp. 131–132