Hermann Krupp
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Hermann Krupp (born February 15, 1814 in Essen , † July 25, 1879 in Berndorf , Lower Austria) was an Austrian entrepreneur . He is considered to be the founder of the Austrian branch of the Krupp dynasty.
Life
Hermann was the son of Friedrich Krupp and his wife Therese, geb. Wilhelmi, and was born as their third child. After finishing school in the royal high school on Burgplatz in Essen, he completed an apprenticeship in Solingen , but during his free time he also worked in his father's company. Like his older brother Alfred Krupp , he was declared of age early at the age of 20 so that “his parents would not get in his way in his personal development”.
After the founding of the Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik by his brother Alfred, he was employed as technical manager in Berndorf. In 1847 he met Marie Baum, the daughter of the wealthy Daniel Baum, who, like his partner Alexander von Schoeller, had come to Vienna from Hanover earlier . He married her in 1847 and lived with her in the summer in an apartment on the premises of the Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik, while the family lived in Vienna in the winter months in Wollzeile, across from the city branch of the metal goods factory.
Hermann Krupp was Protestant , his wife Marie Catholic . In accordance with the confessional mixed marriage, the six children were also baptized differently, the sons Protestant, the daughters Catholic.
Hermann Krupp was very committed in his job and always had a good relationship with his employees, who were just as loyal to him. Therefore - in contrast to the factories in Essen - the revolution in 1848 had no negative effects on the Berndorfer factory, there were no work stoppages (strikes). The effects in Essen meant that Therese Krupp, as the owner, sold the plant in Essen to Alfred, who now withdrew from the Berndorfer company, while Hermann renounced his inheritance in the Essen plants in return.
Although the brothers Alfred and Hermann were very different characters, they always had a good family relationship. The profits in Berndorf also allowed loans to be given to his brother in Essen, and through these investments Hermann hoped to re-enter the Essen company. Only his participation in the steelworks of Alexander von Schoeller (today's Schoeller-Bleckmann Stahlwerke in Ternitz ) clouded the relationship, as Alfred found it an affront that Hermann was involved in a competing steelworks. This stake was only bought back from Schoeller in 1883 by Hermann's son Arthur.
Another personal blow to Hermann Krupp as a German in Austria was the outbreak of the Austro-Prussian War in 1866.
In 1876 Krupp went to the World's Fair in Philadelphia and also made numerous company visits to the United States to take home new ideas for nickel and cutlery production .
After this trip, which was very stressful for him, his health became increasingly weaker and also wanted to "take it easy". At first he wanted to appoint his son Carl as his successor. However, after this did not meet his expectations, he handed over the company, which for him was his life's work, to his son Arthur . In 1879, Hermann Krupp died unexpectedly. He was buried in 1884 in a mausoleum built by the architect Viktor Rumpelmayer in Berndorf.
Commemoration
In 1910 Arthur Krupp had a Hermann Krupp monument erected at the foot of the Guglzipf , Berndorf's local mountain, in honor of his father. Its location was chosen so that it is opposite the “Am Brand” mansion on the other side of the Triesting, built between 1892 and 1895 and destroyed after the Second World War, and can be seen from both the city and the factory. The listed monument consists of a round, graceful Ionic column temple with eight columns made of French sandstone and a small copper dome. In the middle rises the bronze bust of Hermann Krupp, which the sculptor Ruß designed and the casting master Zehle cast in the Berndorfer metal goods factory. The stonemasonry was done by the kk court stonemason company Franz Grein from Graz . The monument was ceremoniously unveiled on July 25, 1910.
literature
- Hillbrand: Krupp Hermann. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 304 f. (Direct links on p. 304 , p. 305 ).
- Hans Jaeger: Krupp, Hermann. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , pp. 145 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Franz Maria Feldhaus: Krupp, Hermann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, p. 539 f.
- Rita Hanss, Karl-Heinz Daniel (photo): The legacy of the "spoon tanners". Hermann and Arthur Krupp wrote an important chapter in architectural and social history in Berndorf, Lower Austria . In: Culture & Technology . Volume 22 (1998), Issue 3, ZDB -ID 161328-5 , pp. 47-50.
- Dietmar Lautscham: Arthur, the Austrian Krupp. Arthur Krupp (1856-1938), a large industrial dynastic character, one of the last feudal lords (sic) of private capital, a brilliant patron, the creator of the working-class town of Berndorf . Kral, Berndorf 2005, ISBN 3-902447-12-5 .
- Erwin Schilder: Berndorf - past and present . Municipality, Berndorf 1975, OBV .
Remarks
- ↑ Signs: Berndorf , p. 287.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Krupp, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1879 |
| Place of death | Berndorf (Lower Austria) |