Johann Wilhelm Buderus II

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Johann Wilhelm Buderus ( usually written with II to distinguish it from his father of the same name, Johann Wilhelm Buderus I ) (* July 20, 1740 at Friedrichshütte ; † May 1, 1806 ibid) was a German entrepreneur ( Buderus company ).

family

Buderus was the son of the company's founder Johann Wilhelm Buderus I (1690–1753) and his second wife Elisabeth Magdalena née Nies (1707–1788), former maid of the Countess zu Solms-Laubach , who continued the company as a widow during the Seven Years' War . He was of Protestant denomination and on November 24, 1768, his first marriage in Pohl-Göns was Wilhelmine Trieb (born August 31, 1747 in Weilburg ; † November 29, 1782 in Friedrichshütte), the daughter of the hut owner in Weilburg and owner of the Audenschmiede in Weiltal , Johann Trieb, and his wife Anna Philippine née Döring. After the death of his first wife, he married the sister of his first wife, Christine Trieb (* December 18, 1760 in Weilburg; † March 27, 1820 in Laubach) on February 23, 1783 at the Friedrichshütte.

The following children were born from the first marriage:

  • Johann Christian Wilhelm Buderus (1770–1815), owner of the smithy at the Audenschmiede
  • Anton Georg Wilhelm Christian Buderus (1774–1811), Grand Ducal Hessian Rittmeister, master of the hut at the Audenschmiede
  • Georg Friedrich Andreas Buderus (1777–1840), coal and steel entrepreneur

Their second marriage resulted in their daughter Elisabeth (1783–1855), who in 1807 married the Countess Solms-Laubach Hofrat Johann August Sander.

Carl Friedrich Buderus von Carlshausen (1759-1819) was his cousin's son .

plant

He began studying at the University of Marburg in 1756 . In 1762 he became an accountant and from 1768 head of the Friedrichshütte. There he put on a Zainhammer for making iron for nail smiths. In 1776 he was honored with the title Bergrat. To supply the Friedrichshütte with iron ore, he acquired pits near Garbenheim and in Weiltal and expanded their operations. In 1779 he leased the Schellenhausen Hammer , located in Hessen-Darmstadt , and received the exclusive right to sell iron in five offices in Upper Hesse . In 1798, due to his marriage, he acquired the Audenschmiede in Nassau-Weilburg . Through this expansion he created the basis for the development of the Buderus ironworks in Wetzlar. After his death, the three surviving sons founded the company "JW Buderus Söhne" on January 2nd, 1807.

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  1. ↑ a b [1]
personal data
SURNAME Buderus, Johann Wilhelm II
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1740
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedrichshütte
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1806
Place of death Friedrichshütte