Hermann Eicke (inventor)
Hermann Eicke (born December 24, 1837 in Weißenborn-Lüderode , † December 1, 1897 in Berlin ) was a commercial entrepreneur and inventor in Berlin.
Life
The son of the mill owner Josef Eicke and his wife Elisabeth (née Kleekamm) was born on a modest farm. The teaching staff recognized Hermann Eicke's good performance early on, as did those of his two brothers. It was made possible for all three sons to pursue a corresponding career. Hermann completed an apprenticeship as a businessman, his brother Ernst-Heinrich Eicke trained as an architect in Berlin, where he worked in Berlin and Vienna, among others, and his older brother Prof. Dr. phil. Karl-Josef Eicke (* 1835) received a linguistic training in 5 foreign languages and received his doctorate in the linguistic philosophy of politics, which brought him to Vienna where he became court interpreter and consultant in the diplomatic service of the Austrian Empire ( Kaiserthum Oesterreich ).
Once in Berlin, the still young Hermann Eicke continued to pursue his favorite pastime - inventing. In 1878 he achieved his breakthrough with the filing of patent no. 3044 at the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin. In the patent he published the structure and functionality of his latest invention - the tilting steam pressure coffee machine (with alcohol burner and water container including the associated filters) . Since Hermann Eicke did not continue to pay the payments for the property right of his patent, the property right already expired 12 years later - in 1889 - it was possible for him and anyone to copy his invention. Still, a lot of fortune fell for him. In 1897, Hermann Eicke died unexpectedly with his family in Berlin and was immediately transferred to his home town at his request.
Aftermath and honor after death
Despite his marriage, Hermann Eicke did not leave any children behind, so he stipulated the use of his property in his will. In this he stipulated that most of the assets should be transferred to social causes. Among other things, he supported an orphanage in Berlin-Moabit and, as a real Eichsfelder, impoverished Christians in his homeland, who, however, were not allowed to be addicted to gambling and / or drinking. He also donated a large donation to the St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin, as it was the first Catholic church in Berlin after the Reformation.
As a family, his sister Josepha Brodhun got an inheritance for each of her 8 surviving children. For example, his niece Genovefa Glahn was able to cover a more than 4 m² ebony table with gold and silver coins. In the wake of inflation , everyone else's legacy was almost completely lost. The widow Ida Lier, daughter of the aforementioned Genovefa, was just able to buy a loaf because the male family members simply exchanged the assets for worthless inflationary banknotes . The house where Hermann Eicke and his siblings were born (old milling) is now at Am Gärtling 11 in Weißenborn and is equipped with a memorial plaque. In 1910, post mortem, his successors in the company realized the electrification of the tilting steam pressure coffee machine in a patent.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/web/zgt/leben/detail/-/specific/Ein-Eichsfelder-erfand-die-Kaffeaschine-2080575545
- ↑ http://www.goettinger-tageblatt.de/Goettingen/Themen/Thema-des-Tages/Ein-Eichsfelder-aus-Weissenborn-erfindet-die-Kaffemaschine
- ^ Family chronicle of the Brodhun-Eicke family
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eicke, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and inventor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weißenborn-Lüderode |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1, 1897 |
| Place of death | Berlin |