Johann Nering Bögel

Johann Nering Bögel

Johann Nering Bögel (born July 10, 1799 in Zutphen , † September 8, 1865 in Isselburg ) was a German-Dutch industrialist and director of the Isselburger Hütte .

After the death of his father, the Rittmeister Johann Friedrich Nering Bögel , who had acquired the Minerva hut in Isselburg in 1804 , Johann Nering Bögel took over the management of the industrial company as the eldest son.

Due to the border customs duties with the Netherlands, the market in the neighboring Netherlands for the Minerva smelter was almost lost, which is why the young factory owner went on a business trip to Denmark . Along the Baltic Sea, he traveled through the province of Pomerania and finally to Poland in order to recruit new customers. Indeed, the demand related to this business trip increased.

In 1830 Johann Nering Bögel recognized that the classic product range of Isselburger Hütte (window frames, pots and ovens) was not expected to increase profits in the long term. Therefore, he initiated the switch to mechanical engineering. With the Ruhr industrialist Johann Dinnendahl , he founded a machine factory on the site of the Minerva hut. In 1835 the art worker's hut in Steele was added to manufacture steam boilers for the Isselburger hut. He withdrew from Steele as early as 1840 after disappointing results.

In 1837, just one year later than Alfred Krupp , Johann Nering Bögel set up a health insurance scheme for the employees of the Minerva hut. He also financed the construction of a hospital to improve medical care for workers and their families.

In 1847 the population of the Münsterland suffered from a famine caused by poor grain harvests. Johann Nering Bögel had stored large quantities of grain for this case, which he now sold to his workers. They thanked him later by erecting a memorial plaque on his grave in Isselburg with the inscription In derhart Noth - you gave us work, Brod .

In 1863 the Minerva Hut was opened under the name Johann Nering Bögel & Cie. converted to a stock corporation.

Nering Bögel died in 1865. His son Gustav Nering Bögel inherited the business. Like his father, he was a benefactor of the community and built, among other things, the “Wilhelmstadt” workers' housing estate, which offered his employees cheap accommodation.

literature

• The history of the Isselburger Hütte . Published by Isselburger Hütte AG, 1964.