Hermann Sanftleben
Hermann Sanftleben (born January 24, 1891 , † May 13, 1972 ) was a German shipbuilding engineer and entrepreneur in Cuxhaven . He was initially the owner of the ship anchor and chain forge Sanftleben and then from 1920 to 1930 together with Otto-Georg Beckmann co-owner of the shipyard Sanftleben & Co.
biography
The Sanftleben family had been running a locksmith's shop and chain forge in Cuxhaven since 1788 , which was relocated to the harbor in 1818 and was re-established there as the Sanftleben ship anchor and chain forge . Hermann Sanftleben was born into this family-owned craft business in 1891, which he continued in the fourth generation. There is no information in the literature about the immediate family and the early years.
Owner of the ship anchor and chain smithy Sanftleben
The forge was a craft business, which mainly ship anchor - especially fungal anchor for light ships produced and grapnel -. In addition, there were other forging work such as chains , blocks , fittings , but also fairway barrels . The forged products will also have been delivered to the shipyards based in Cuxhaven. When the company celebrated its 80th anniversary in 1898, Wilhelm Sanftleben, Hermann Sanftleben's father, was still the owner of the company. The year of the takeover by his son has to be clarified.
When the old fishing port in Cuxhaven was to be expanded after the First World War and the east side was also to be redesigned, Hermann Sanftleben's craft business had to give way.
Co -owner of Sanftleben & Co.
Hermann Sanftleben moved his company to the south end of the Ewerhafen in 1919. The Cuxhaven Waterways and Shipping Office has been located at this location since 1991 . As a result of the move, he also changed the ownership structure: Hermann Sanftleben took Otto-Georg Beckmann into the company as a partner and co-owner.
Together they founded the company Sanftleben & Co. on January 1st, 1920. They expanded the existing business with a shipyard and successfully expanded it into a repair and conversion yard. The number of employees rose from 80 employees in 1920 to around 200 employees in the 1920s.
In 1930 Otto-Georg Beckmann bought the shares from Hermann Sanftleben and took over the sole ownership and management of the company. The reasons for the sale are unclear.
Chief engineer at the Beckmann shipyard
Hermann Sanftleben remained as a senior engineer in the shipyard, which was still called Sanftleben & Co. until 1942 , now with the addition of owner O. Beckmann . For the former head of the company, the other years in the company went without a great deal of tradition, so not very spectacularly. It was not until 1970, shortly before his 80th birthday, that he left for reasons of age. Hermann Sanftleben died on May 13, 1972.
literature
- Werner Jakobeit, Günter Kramp, Willi Schäfer: The Beckmann shipyard. Chronology of a Cuxhaven shipyard (series of publications by the “Förderverein Schifffahrtsgeschichte Cuxhaven eV”, issue 10b (V1L / May 2016)), self-printed, Cuxhaven 2016 (without ISBN).
- Peter Bussler: Historisches Stadtlexikon für Cuxhaven , special publication of the Heimatbund der Männer vom Morgenstern Volume 36, Cuxhaven 2002, ISBN 3931771-36-9 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gentle life, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German naval engineer and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1891 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1972 |