Hugo Dowerg

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Dowerg, around 1900

Hugo Dowerg (born August 27, 1858 in Gleiwitz , † June 28, 1938 in Stuttgart ) was a metallurgist and most recently General Director of the Lothringer Hüttenverein Aumetz-Friede Kneuttingen . Among his particular merits are his attempts to improve the wind supply to the blast furnaces with the help of large gas engines .

Origin and career

Hugo Dowerg comes from a middle-class family. His father Albert was a city councilor and factory owner. After graduating from high school, he worked for several years in various metallurgical plants in Upper Silesia . He then studied at both the Technical University and the Bergakademie in Berlin , and then, contrary to the advice of his teacher Hermann Wedding , he went on to a university career in the Eisenwerk Friedenshütte at the Eisenbahnbedarfs-AG in Ruda OS from 1884 to 1894 to advance to operations director. In 1883/84 he completed his military service.

Carl Ferdinand Stumm appointed him as technical director at Dillinger Hütte in Dillingen / Saar . In 1900 he was drawn even further west by taking over the management of the Lothringer Hüttenverein Aumetz-Frieden in Kneuttingen as general director and chairman of the board of directors .

Within this company, for which he worked until his health-related retirement in 1910, he achieved numerous operational improvements and expansions. In particular, together with Max Meier from Differdange, he was the first to deal with the wind supply for blast furnaces. The large gas machines operated at the time did not offer sufficient security of supply, as they repeatedly became very dusty due to inadequate cleaning and led to lost work.

From 1902 to 1910 Dowerg was mayor of his hometown Nilvange .

After leaving the company, he went to Düsseldorf to be able to keep in touch with big industry at the age of 52 at the desk in the Ruhr area . His high technical and scientific experience enabled Dowerg to continue working as a consultant in the industry. He spent the war years of the First World War as a department head in the Düsseldorf War Office and as a consultant for the war industry in Münster. Most recently he was an expert for official bodies; for example in the “Commission to assess the damage to German companies caused by the French expropriation of iron and steel works and mines in Lorraine”.

Hugo Dowerg was married to Aurelia, b. Lapla and had five children. He died of pneumonia at the age of almost 80 after only one year together with his wife in Korntal near Stuttgart.

Awards

In addition to various military medals and awards, he was honorary mayor of the municipality of Nilvingen.

literature

  • Hugo Racine: Dowerg, Hugo in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 4 (1959), p. 93 [online version]

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hugo Dowerg , obituary , in: steel and iron , Issue 31, August 4, 1938 page 856
  2. ↑ a b c d e Dowerg, Hugo discover regional studies, online
  3. ↑ a b Historical overview : Hugo Dowerg, Ingénieur . In: Industrie.lu
personal data
SURNAME Dowerg, Hugo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German metallurgist and local politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Gliwice
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 1938
Place of death Stuttgart