Julius Gauhe

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Kommerzienrat Julius Gauhe was a patron of the municipality of Eitorf .
The family grave of the industrial family Gauhe in the old cemetery in Eitorf

The industrialist Julius Gauhe (born April 24, 1835 in Barmen , † June 25, 1912 in Eitorf ) was a textile manufacturer and dyer . Among other things, he owned a patent for the textile dye Turkish red .

family

Julius Gauhe, the son of Julius Gauhe sen. (* 1809) and Julie von Eynern, came from Barmen. He was married to Maria Schlieper. The family already ran the Turkish red dyeing works Höstery & Gauhe in Barmen , which initially worked with natural dyes .

Around 1850, a synthetic production of Turkish red was possible using alizarin and was patented by the Gauhes.

Factory owner in Eitorf

In 1870 they planned to build a Turkish red dyeing works in Eitorf, but then first built an alizarin factory there. This went into operation on March 1, 1873 under the direction of the brothers Julius, Fritz and Adolf Gauhe. The Alizarin factory existed until August 1, 1900.

In 1879 the Barmer Turkish red dyeing works Höstery & Gauhe were relocated to Eitorf. Julius Gauhe's son, Walter (* 1864; † November 2, 1898) headed the plant fire brigade, which was necessary due to frequent fires. The company existed until 1909, the attempt to found a new Eitorfer Turkish red piece dyeing factory was discontinued in 1910.

Further work

1887 it was built by Emperor Wilhelm I of Title Commerce awarded.

In 1889 Julius Gauhe was involved in planning the Paris World Exhibition .

In 1891 he was appointed president of all committees by the Bonn Chamber of Commerce, and shortly afterwards also chairman of the Cologne Railway Council.

social commitment

Gauhe enabled his workers to build their own houses through cheap loans. In 1891, 107 of 174 married workers owned their homes.

In 1893/94 he donated fifty thousand gold marks to his new home community Eitorf to build a hospital. He also bought the land on the Keltersberg and signed it over to the Beautification Association, which reforested the mountain and provided paths and viewing pavilions.

In addition, Julius Gauhe and his family were formative for the Eitorfer community life and the Eitorfer village image.

Villas in Eitorf

  • Haus Gauhe, demolished for Haus Max Gauhe, corner of Brückenstrasse / Hochstrasse
  • Today's CBT home Villa Gauhe in Parkstrasse
  • Villa Adolf Gauhe, since about 1930 Villa Boge , Bahnhofstrasse opposite the train station
  • Isabelle Gauhe's house, formerly the gardener's house of Villa Adolf Gauhe, Am Kapellenhof 4
  • Max Gauhe house, last used as a police station, demolished in front of the new Globus building, at the corner of Brückenstraße and Hochstraße

literature

  • Hermann-Josef Ersfeld: Eitorfer picture chronicle . Eitorf 1980.
  • Karl Schröder : Eitorf under the Prussians: 1815-1918 . Verlag Franz Schmitt, Siegburg 2002, ISBN 3-87710-321-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Friedrich Julius Gauhe / Maria Schlieper. Frank Heidermanns, July 18, 2014, accessed on December 2, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Gauhe, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German textile manufacturer and dyer
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1912
Place of death Eitorf