Julius Erbslöh I.
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| Portrait of Carl Julius Erbslöh I. |
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| Frederick Vezin , 1859-1933 |
| Oil on canvas |
| 80 × 60 cm |
Carl Julius Erbslöh I (born January 30, 1814 in Barmen , Rhine Province (now part of Wuppertal ); † December 2, 1880 there ) was a German businessman, manufacturer and founder of the Erbslöh-AG company that still exists today , which is one of the first in Germany - if not the first at all - to start processing the then new material aluminum on an industrial scale and later to become one of the most important manufacturers of aluminum profiles.
Life
Julius was born in 1814 as the son of Johann Arnold Erbslöh (1764–1834), a merchant for “Dutch goods, potash and other angular goods” and Anna Maria Garnich (1780–1832).
Training and military
Julius Erbslöh attended the city school in Barmen and devoted himself to the merchant class in Barmen and Hamburg . After serving as a one-year volunteer with the 2nd Company of the 16th Infantry Regiment in Düsseldorf from 1833 to 1834, he became a Landwehr officer in February 1836 and was with the Mobile Landwehr Battalion No. 36 in Essen for six months in 1849 and in 1850 Leader of the Landwehr company, combined by Elberfeld and Barmen. In the files of the Lord Mayor's Office in Barmen concerning the proposals and appointment of Landwehr officers, the "Directory of Individuals Qualifying as Landwehr Officers" on May 16, 1835 states:
“Erbslöhe, Julius, businessman, Vice-NCO of the 16th Infantry Regiment has assets of more than 1000 Thaler, French language skills, very good morality. The parents are dead. "
Merchant and manufacturer
In 1838 Julius became a partner in the Elberfeld company of his brother Peter Wilhelm Erbslöh, which was now called "Gebrüder Erbslöh" and was a trading company for manufactured goods. He worked in this company until 1871, after handing over his share to his nephews Ludwig Wilhelm and Carl Emil Erbslöh.
Furthermore, Julius founded a plating factory in Barmen together with Carl Wolff in 1842 , which in the meantime traded as "Julius and August Erbslöh" and still exists today as the metalworking Erbslöh AG in Neviges . For this they bought the house at Schönenstrasse 2, which used to be a tape factory . The house had hydropower through the Mühlengraben flowing behind it and consisted of a large semi-detached house that had 24 living rooms on the first and second floors alone, and one half of which was used for manufacturing. The other half served the Julius and August Erbslöh families as a shared apartment for a long time.
Consideration and strict rules, for example in the use of the various garden areas or the shared equipage , were required. “The courtyard with the outbuildings, the coach house , the horse stable, the orchard, but above all the Mühlgraben, which flowed between the main house and the factory building, were an ideal adventure playground for the children. Climbing exercises on the giant waterwheel, "protecting" the dams were a test of courage and strength. Voluntary and involuntary bathing in the then still crystal-clear water was a lot of fun ”. The close connection between the house and the factory, and not just in terms of space, was particularly influential in the development of Julius' children, some of whom were later entrusted with the management of the company. The children naturally took part in the festivities and in the everyday life of the workers. They were at home in the factory and in the workshops from an early age. "But it was also too tempting to be able to work now in the carpenter's shop, now in the blacksmith's shop, now in the bookbindery and to be instructed by the benevolent masters in various handicrafts that would be useful in later life."
In the end, only Julius' widow Adelheid lived in the house, which was later torn down to make way for new factory buildings.
Honorary positions, patronage
From 1854 to 1866 Julius Erbslöh was a member of the local council and the municipal savings bank board . He was also a long-time sponsor and representative of the Lutheran congregation Barmen-Wupperfeld and served the same as church master in 1860/61 . He was a member of the board of trustees of the secondary school, the grammar school, the subsidiary daughter school , member of the board of the Oberbarmer small children's school and, since the establishment of the Evangelical Association, Vice- President of the Board of Directors.
family
On September 1, 1840, he married the sister of his brother Peter Wilhelm's wife, Adelheid Wesenfeld (January 20, 1821 - August 13, 1904). She was the daughter of the pharmacist and factory owner Carl Ludwig Wesenfeld , who ran a sulfuric acid factory in the so-called Clevertal in Oberbarmen on the banks of the Wupper , where Friedrich Bayer , the founder of Bayer AG , also studied and held the position of director.
Carl Julius and Adelheid left behind nine children, including the Eisenach Kommerzienrat Albert Erbslöh and the Barmer secret Kommerzienrat Julius Erbslöh II. The painter Adolf Erbslöh , the neurologist Friedrich Erbslöh , the radar pioneer Paul-Günther Erbslöh and the entrepreneur Siegfried Erbslöh appeared as grandsons . Julius was also related to the aviation pioneer Oskar Erbslöh , a great nephew who ran the company “Erbslöh Brothers” until the crash with his airship “Erbslöh” , and to the family of the entrepreneur Hugo Schuchard .
In June 1914, in the 100th year of his father and grandfather Julius Erbslöh's birth, his descendants founded the Julius Erbslöh family association , which in turn celebrated its 100th birthday in June 2014 in Bergisches Land and Wuppertal.
Sources and literature
- Lord Mayor's Office Barmen: files relating to the proposals and appointment of Landwehr officers, list of individuals qualifying as Landwehr officers , May 16, 1835.
- Julius Erbslöh: records . Journal of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Volume XVI (1880), Barmen 1881, p. 243, Wuppertal City Library.
- Gustav von Eynern: News about the Erbslöh family , Lintz printing house, Düsseldorf, 1905.
- Ernst Walter Röhrig: On the history of the Wesenfeld family , 2 volumes, Barmen, 1929 (Wuppertal Elberfeld City Library).
- Ewald Erbslöh: Memories of the old house in Barmen-Wupperfeld . Feller & Steffen, Potsdam 1933. Reprint, Hanover 1982, and “Erbslöh Archive”, Julius Erbslöh Family Association, Wuppertal.
- Andreas Erbslöh: Family Association Julius Erbslöh. A journey through time. Hannover 2014, ISBN 978-3-925658-22-8 , pp. 19-28.
- Manfred Knauer: Julius & August Erbslöh . In: Hundred Years of Aluminum Industry in Germany (1886–1986): The History of a Dynamic Industry. De Gruyter Oldenbourg, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-035127-9 .
Web links
- Hinrich Heyken: Historical companies in Barmen . Wuppertal 2017, pp. 34–36 , accessed on June 22, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Knauer 2014, p. 50.
- ↑ Andreas Erbslöh 2014, p. 17
- ↑ Andreas Erbslöh 2014, p. 19
- ↑ von Eynern 1905, p. 39
- ↑ von Eynern 1905, p. 39
- ↑ Ewald Erbslöh 1933, p. 12
- ↑ Ewald Erbslöh 1933, p. 19
- ↑ Ewald Erbslöh 1933, p. 24
- ↑ von Eynern 1905, p. 39
- ↑ Ev. Parish office Wupperfeld, marriage register no. 82/1840
- ↑ Ev. Parish office Wupperfeld, baptismal register No. 34/1821
- ↑ Röhrig 1929, Volume I., p. 64
- ↑ Andreas Erbslöh 2014, p. 45
Remarks
- ↑ That in the baptismal register of Ev. Pfarramt Wupperfeld, No. 24/1818 reproduced date of birth February 2, 1814 is wrong according to von Eynern
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Erbslöh, Julius I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erbslöh, Carl Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manufacturer and businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barmen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 2, 1880 |
| Place of death | Barmen |