Hugo von Gahlen (entrepreneur, 1860)

Eugen Heinrich Hugo Wilhelm von Gahlen (born January 13, 1860 in Düsseldorf , † 1933 ) was a German entrepreneur .

Tomb of the von Gahlen family in the north cemetery (around 1900)

He was the only son of the entrepreneur and mine owner Hugo von Gahlen and his wife Pauline von Gahlen nee. Schorr . He attended high schools in Düsseldorf and Kassel. In spring 1877 he joined the Imperial Navy as a sea cadet . He ended his successful military career in 1884 to be the only son of his father to enter his business. His wife Angelika came from the industrial family Waldthausen in Essen, where his father was born. The couple's only child was Herta, who later married Berghes .

Hugo von Gahlen had mandates in numerous supervisory boards of important companies in the mining, mechanical engineering and banking sectors, most of which were active in the Rhenish-Westphalian industrial area. Around 1910 he had assets of between 9 and 10 million marks and in 1912 he supported the establishment of the Düsseldorf Industry Club .

Von Gahlen was Fideikommiss -owner of the Bergfeld estate in the Vulkaneifel , where he had Bergfeld Castle built as a hunting lodge in 1900 on a plateau in the so-called French Forest , based on a design by the Düsseldorf architect Max Wöhler . The building was expanded in 1911 to temporarily use it as a family residence. In Düsseldorf the family lived in a city palace at Königsallee 55.

Awards

July 9, 1909 Awarded the Cross of Honor of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous
Royal Prussian Crown Order III. Class (before 1919)

literature

Gahlen, v., Hugo. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 , p. 516 f.

Individual evidence

^ Hugo Weidenhaupt (ed.): Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 3: The industrial and administrative city (20th century). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1990, ISBN 3-491-34223-6 , p. 194 and p. 197. (including information on assets according to Rudolf Martin: Yearbook of assets and income of millionaires in the Rhine province. 2nd edition, Berlin 1913 .)
↑ Grand Ducal Hessian Order List 1909, p. 162

personal data
SURNAME	Gahlen, Hugo von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gahlen, Eugen Heinrich Hugo Wilhelm von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	January 13, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH	1933

[1] Hugo Weidenhaupt (ed.): Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 3: The industrial and administrative city (20th century). L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1990, ISBN 3-491-34223-6 , p. 194 and p. 197. (including information on assets according to Rudolf Martin: Yearbook of assets and income of millionaires in the Rhine province. 2nd edition, Berlin 1913 .)

[2] Grand Ducal Hessian Order List 1909, p. 162