Hermann Hugo Stinnes

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Hermann Hugo Stinnes (born December 3, 1842 in Mülheim an der Ruhr , † May 14, 1887 ibid) was a German businessman, councilor and father of Hugo Stinnes .

Live and act

Hermann Hugo Stinnes was born as the youngest son of the businessman and company founder Mathias Stinnes (1790–1845) and his second wife Anna Maria Springmann (1808–1865) in Mülheim an der Ruhr. After the father's death in 1845, his eldest brother Georg Mathias took over the management of the family company. After his death in 1853, the second son Johann Gustav moved up. With his death in 1878 the management passed to Hermann Hugo, the youngest son of the company founder.

During his brief tenure, Hermann Hugo placed particular emphasis on the further expansion of the company fleet. But after nine years as managing director, he died at the age of 44. With the death of Mathias Stinnes' youngest son, the second generation - at least in the male line - died out. It remained the female line in the person of Stinnes eldest daughter Katharina (1819-1903). Her husband-in-law, Gerhard Küchen senior (1809–1886), was always denied the position of senior boss in the next generation - contrary to the family statutes originally laid down by Mathias Stinnes - to Stinnes' grandson Gerhard Küchen junior. This was the first time that a family member who did not have the name Stinnes was in charge of the company.

Marriage and children

Family grave

Hugo Hermann Stinnes married Catharina Sophie Adeline Coupienne (1844–1925) on November 21, 1865. The marriage resulted in a total of four children:

  • Heinrich (1867–1932)
  • Anni (1868–1948), married to the Strasbourg professor of surgery Fritz Fischer (1855–1905), who was friends with Albert Schweitzer
  • Hugo (1870-1924)
  • Gustav Ernst (1878–1943), bank director

literature

  • German Family Archives, Volume 30. P. 107 f.
  • Herbert Sinz: 150 years of Math. Stinnes . Darmstadt, 1958.
  • Raimund Le Viseur: 175 years of Stinnes. The merchants from Mülheim. A German company chronicle . Düsseldorf, 1983.
personal data
SURNAME Stinnes, Hermann Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman and councilor of commerce
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Mülheim an der Ruhr
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1887
Place of death Mülheim an der Ruhr