Johann Oelkers
Johann Oelkers (born April 14, 1849 in Wilhelmsburg , † July 28, 1912 in Hamburg ) was a German shipyard owner .
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Johann Oelkers had an uncle of the same name from whom he learned the trade of ship carpenter. He later continued the business and on May 1, 1876, leased a plot of land in Steinwerder . Here he initially offered ship carpentry and repairs. Since he had no theoretical knowledge, he attended evening courses, including with Friedrich Ludwig Middendorf . In 1880 he began to build iron barges and boats himself . In 1888 his shipyard had 20 employees.
Due to the expansion of the free port, Oelkers relocated operations to a leased site in Neuhof , which was initially not flood-proof. Here he built smaller ships such as tugs, motor launchers and similar boats. His sons John (1878–1948), Wilhelm (1880–1957) and Otto (1886–1960) worked in the company, who had studied shipbuilding and marine engineering after training. When Johann Oelkers died in 1920, the company had 120 employees.
After the world wars, the Oelkers shipyard produced tugs and small special ships. In 1988 the shipyard went bankrupt for the first time. As part of a fallback solution, it existed until the final bankruptcy in 1991.
literature
- Christian Ostersehlte: Oelkers, Johann . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 6 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-8353-1025-4 , p. 231 .
Web links
- Chronicle of the Oelkers shipyard with descriptions of people and pictures on alt-wilhelmsburg.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oelkers, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German shipyard owner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilhelmsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1912 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |