Carsten Waltjen

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Johann Carsten Hinrich Waltjen (born March 16, 1814 in Bremen ; † August 15, 1880 in Osterholz-Scharmbeck ) was a German entrepreneur and co-founder of the Werft AG Weser shipyard in Bremen.

Life

Waltjen was the youngest of six children of a businessman who ran a tobacco factory and a manufactured goods store. He attended the Bremen commercial school and trained as a bricklayer - with the aim of becoming an architect. He studied in Hanover and in Berlin in 1836, then turned to mechanical engineering . For some time he worked in the UK . In 1841 he returned to Bremen.

In 1842/1843 he and his friend Heinrich Leonhardt founded the iron foundry and mechanical engineering establishment Waltjen & Leonhardt on Stephanikirchenweide , which was renamed Waltjen & Co. in 1847 when Leonhardt left the company. The company manufactured steam heating systems, including for the St. Ansgarii Church in Bremen. Steel bridges were also produced, such as B. the Great Weser Bridge , but also railway bridges. The first iron floating gates in the lock to the New Harbor in Bremerhaven came from Waltjen & Co.

The focus was on the construction of iron ships , including the passenger steamer Roland and, since 1871, ships for the Imperial Navy . The AG Weser in 1872, the company as Waltjen into a joint stock company transformed. Waltjen became a member of the Supervisory Board of AG Weser.

From 1853 to 1873 he was also a member of the Bremen citizenship . He was buried in Waller Friedhof , grave location R 156; In 1943 the grave complex received a granite obelisk.

Waltjenstrasse in Gröpelingen is named after him.

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