Horst A. Wessel

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Horst A. Wessel (born April 12, 1943 in Bonn ) is a German historian and corporate archivist. From 1983 to 2008 he was the head of the Mannesmann Archive.

Life

Horst Wessel studied German, history and economic history at the University of Bonn . As an assistant to Hans Pohl , he was involved in founding the Society for Company History and became its first managing director in 1976 (until 1983). During this time he did his doctorate with a thesis on the development of electrical communications in Germany and was the editor in charge of the journal for corporate history .

Since then, electrical engineering has been one of his main research areas. This led to the fact that from 1984 he organized the colloquia of the VDE committee “History of Electrical Engineering” and was chairman of this committee from 1995 to 2007.

In 1983 Wessel moved to the Mannesmann AG corporate archive , which he took over from his predecessor Lutz Hatzfeld and which he managed until he retired (2008).

Wessel was chairman of the Association of German Business Archivists (1985–1992), adjunct professor at the University of Düsseldorf (since 2001) and lectured at the universities of Düsseldorf and Erlangen. In 2008 he was awarded the Karl Joachim Euler Medal for special services to the history of electrical engineering . From 1997 to 2013 he was chairman of the “Alter Münstereifeler” association, and since 2013 honorary chairman. From 2001 to 2011 he was chairman of the Düsseldorf History Association . From 1995 to 2003 he was a member of the scientific advisory board of the Society for Company History , in 2006 he founded the sponsoring association “MannesmannHaus e. V. “, of which he has been chairman since then.

Fonts (selection)

As an author
  • The development of the electrical communications system in Germany and the Rhenish industry: from the beginnings to the outbreak of the First World War. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1983 (dissertation, University of Bonn, 1979).
  • Continuity in transition: 100 years of Mannesmann 1890–1990. Mannesmann, [Düsseldorf] [1990].
  • The history of the wheel: A good piece of the Crown Prince 1897–1997. Kronprinz AG , [Solingen] [1997].
  • With commitment and competence for a well-rounded affair: the history of Mannesmannröhren-Werke -GmbH, a company of the Salzgitter Group 1846–2005. Salzgitter AG, [Mülheim an der Ruhr] 2005.
  • With Kornelia Rennert: The Mülheim pipe works: Mannesmannröhren-Werke. Sutton, Erfurt 2005.
  • Successful under different flags: the history of the Mannesmannröhren factory in Bous / Saar and its steelworks 1886–1998. Klartext, Essen 2007.
  • Steel and Technology: The History of Salzgitter AG 1858–2008. Salzgitter AG , Salzgitter 2008.
  • The scientist and university professor Wilfried Feldenkirchen (with an overview of his publications) . In: Susanne Hilger / Horst A. Wessel (eds.): Companies in competition. Commemorative publication for Wilfried Feldenkirchen (1947–2010) , Stuttgart: Steiner 2020 (contributions to company history; 36), ISBN 978-3-515-12504-8 , pp. 215–229.
As editor
  • Conference volumes of the “History of Electrical Engineering” committee of the Association of Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (VDE) 1986–2008.
  • Thyssen & Co. Mülheim ad Ruhr: The story of a family and their company. Steiner, Stuttgart 1991.
  • Mülheim entrepreneurs and pioneers in the 19th and 20th centuries: flexible - creative - innovative. Clear text, Essen 2012.
  • The birthplace of the seamlessly rolled steel pipe: the Mannesmannröhren factory in Remscheid, the inventors and the mechanical workshop. History and stories. Clear text, Essen 2012.

literature

  • Who is who? Edition 2001/02. Verlag Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 2001, p. 1527.
  • Archive and Economy. Vol. 41 (2008), issue 4, p. 211 f.
  • Wilfried Feldenkirchen et al. (Ed.): History - Company - Archive. [Festschrift for Horst A. Wessel on his 65th birthday]. Klartext, Essen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8375-0007-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Facebook page of the Alter Münstereifeler eV association Entry from June 1, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Wessel, Horst A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and corporate archivist
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn