Julius Friedrich Holtz

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Julius Friedrich Holtz (born September 2, 1836 in Prenzlau ; † June 11, 1911 in Berlin ) was a German pharmacist , industrialist and functionary of the German Chemical Society and initiator of the professional association for the chemical industry.

Early years

Julius Friedrich Holtz was born the son of the Prenzlau pharmacist and senator Johann Friedrich Holz and his wife Juliane Louise Friederike Albertine Bergemann. After training in pharmacies in Angermünde , Havelberg and Berlin and studying pharmacy in Berlin and Paris , Julius Friedrich Holtz acquired the court pharmacy in Berlin-Charlottenburg in 1861 . In 1867 Holtz was one of the founding members of the German Chemical Association. Holtz had a close friendly relationship with the 12 years older pharmacist and industrialist Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering , who was also from Prenzlau and was also a founding member of the association. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, Ernst Schering converted his company, which had been successful in the war, into a stock corporation, the "Chemische Fabrik auf Actien (formerly E. Schering)". Julius Friedrich Holtz sold his pharmacy in Charlottenburg and participated in the company with the proceeds.

Career

Julius Friedrich Holtz: Draft of a letter of thanks to the director of the Imperial Health Department Karl Köhler, 1892

Between 1871 and 1874 Julius Friedrich Holtz sat on the supervisory board of the "Chemical Factory on Actien (formerly E. Schering)". Between 1874 and 1894, Holtz was a member of the board of directors, only to switch back to the supervisory board from 1895 until death. Holtz developed the company on the commercial and entrepreneurial level, while Schering mainly took care of the development. The Schering company owes the efforts of Holtz the overcoming of economic crises as well as the expansion of the company business to Europe and North America. Julius Friedrich Holz pursued association and social policy goals in his commercial work for Schering. In 1877, for example, he played a key role in founding today's Association of the Chemical Industry . Holtz has been involved in the Imperial Health Department since 1880 . From 1892 he was a long-term extraordinary member of the Imperial Health Office and from 1900 a member of the newly founded Reich Health Council . His initiative to found the trade association for the chemical industry, which was incorporated into the trade association for raw materials and the chemical industry in 2010 and whose development he accompanied from its founding in 1885 to 1905 as honorary chairman, is still effective today . Another socio-political impulse was the civil servants 'and workers' pension fund of the Schering company founded by him in 1886. Julius Friedrich Holtz died in his home in Berlin in 1911. His life's work, which is significant for German industrial and social history, is overshadowed by his friend and partner Ernst Schering. During his lifetime, Holtz was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Greifswald and the title of Commerce Councilor.

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literature

  • Obituary by G. Kraemer in: Reports of the German Chemical Society, Volume 44, Issue 3 July – December 1911, pp. 3395–3398.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Safe chemical work, April 2006 edition, Trade Association of the Chemical Industry, April 2006 edition, p. 28
personal data
SURNAME Holtz, Julius Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist, industrialist and functionary of the German Chemical Society and the trade association for the chemical industry
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Prenzlau
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1911
Place of death Berlin