Johann Heinrich Cancrin
Johann Heinrich Cancrin (born May 10, 1710 in "Dörhagen"; † April 20, 1768 in Bieber ) was a mining engineer in pre-industrial times.
family
Johann Heinrich Cancrin married Anna Katherina Fresenius on October 23, 1733 (* July 2, 1713 in "Dörhagen"; † 1785), daughter of the mining inspector Georg Wendelin Fresenius. The marriage resulted in eleven children, including Franz Ludwig Cancrin , but only four of them reached adulthood. The son, Johann Philipp von Cancrin , became a member of the Baden Chamber of Commerce, first in Durlach and later in Karlsruhe .
job
Johann Heinrich Cancrin began his professional career under his father-in-law, mining inspector Georg Wendelin Fresenius, in the Breidenbach Mining Authority . In 1741 he was given the management of the mines in Bieber. The place and the mines then belonged to the County of Hanau-Münzenberg , which had fallen to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel in 1736 . It was Johann Heinrich Cancrin's task to rehabilitate and modernize the mining industry there, as its yields were insufficient.
Against the resistance of the traditional workforce, Johann Heinrich Cancrin successfully tackled the modernization, modernized the water supply for the plants, whereby the Wiesbüttsee was also created as a water reservoir, introduced early industrial techniques, bucket elevators and stamping mills , and built ovens for the various refinery processes, to isolate the metals. He was very successful with his work and developed Bieber into a mining site of supraregional importance. Johann Heinrich Cancrin died in office at the age of 58. He was succeeded by his son, Johann Philipp Cancrin.
literature
- K Freymann: Metal ore mining in the Spessart. A contribution to the mining history of the Spessart = publications of the history and art association Aschaffenburg 33. Neustadt / Aisch 1991.
- Cancrinus, Johann Heinrich. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Joachim Lorenz, Peter Nickel, Norbert Nossek: Franz Ludwig von Cancrin = news of the natural science museum of the city of Aschaffenburg 111. Helga Lorenz. Karlstein am Main 2018.
Remarks
- ↑ So: Lorenz / Nickel / Nossek, p. 13. “Dörhagen” is not detectable, however, Dörnhagen - also in Northern Hesse - can. Is there a transmission error?
- ↑ So: Lorenz / Nickel / Nossek, p. 13. “Dörhagen” is not detectable, however, Dörnhagen - also in Northern Hesse - can. Is there a transmission error?
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lorenz / Nickel / Nossek, p. 13.
- ↑ Biographical information according to: Lorenz / Nickel / Nossek, p. 13f.
- ↑ Lorenz / Nickel / Nossek, p. 52.
- ↑ Lorenz / Nickel / Nossek, p. 16.
- ↑ Lorenz / Nickel / Nossek, p. 18.
- ↑ Lorenz / Nickel / Nossek, p. 18.
- ↑ Lorenz / Nickel / Nossek, p. 26.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cancrin, Johann Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mining engineer from the pre-industrial era |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1710 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | "Dörhagen" |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1768 |
| Place of death | Beaver |