Julius Pohlig junior

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Julius Pohlig junior, born: Julius Hermann August Pohlig (born July 9, 1870 in Siegen , † April 20, 1942 in Cologne-Lindenthal ) was a German entrepreneur .

Life

Julius Pohlig junior, son of the entrepreneur Julius Pohlig , studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Karlsruhe like his father and became a member of the Corps Cheruskia Karlsruhe . After completing his studies, he went to North America as an engineer for a year and a half and then to Belgium for a year before joining his father's company, J. Pohlig AG in Cologne-Zollstock. In 1900 he became an authorized signatory and, after his father left the operative business, in 1903 director and board member .

The J. Pohlig AG was a machine factory for the production and assembly of transport equipment. This included cable cars for transporting coal and ore as well as loading and unloading facilities. However, the 1912 under the aegis of Julius Pohlig jun. Cable car built for passenger transport up to the Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro .

1962 arose from the J. Pohlig AG by merger initially Pohlig-Heckel-Bleichert United Maschinenfabriken AG (PHB), which in turn in 1980 with the Weserhütte for PHB Weserhütte AG was incorporated (PWH).

Pohlig was widowed by Maria Martha Emmy Schulze, whom he married in Bonn in 1917. He died of stomach cancer at the age of 71 in his apartment in Cologne-Lindenthal.

literature

  • Georg Wenzel: German business leader . Life courses of German business personalities. A reference book on 13,000 business figures of our time. Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt, Hamburg / Berlin / Leipzig 1929, DNB 948663294 , column 1724.
  • Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , p. 1428.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stahl und Eisen , Volume 62, 1942, Issue 19, p. 408. ( online as PDF)
  2. ^ A b Death certificate No. 785 from April 20, 1942, registry office Cologne Lindenthal. In: LAV NRW R civil status register. Retrieved June 15, 2018 .
  3. ^ Address list of the Weinheimer SC. 1928, p. 239.
personal data
SURNAME Pohlig, Julius junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pohlig, Julius; Pohlig, Julius Hermann August (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mechanical engineer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Wins
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1942
Place of death Cologne-Lindenthal