Julius Schimmelbusch

Julius Schimmelbusch (born July 8, 1826 in Düsseldorf , † August 8, 1881 in Hochdahl ) was a pioneer of metallurgy .

Julius Schimmelbusch was the son of the pastor Franz Abraham Schimmelbusch and his wife Helene, née Wester. He studied metallurgy and machine technology at the Gewerbeinstitut Berlin and gained practical experience in Seraing (Belgium), Königshütte (Upper Silesia) and in England, where he got to know modern ore smelting in coke-fired blast furnaces . As an employee of the Hermannshütte in Hörde , which was then managed by Leopold Hoesch , he was able to use this experience in the use of the modern puddling process .

In 1850, at the time he was living in Erkrath , he married the daughter of the local pharmacist. In neighboring Hochdahl , an iron ore deposit was discovered during the construction of the Gerresheim - Elberfeld railway line and the construction of a steelworks began in 1849. Schimmelbusch was appointed director of the plant and chairman of the operator, the “Bergisches Mine and Hüttenverein”. He was also a co-founder and, from 1860, a member of the supervisory board of the Hörder Bergwerks- und Hütten-Verein .

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