Karl Behrens (Bergrat)
Karl Behrens (born February 14, 1854 in Tribsees , † July 2, 1906 in Halberstadt ) was a German engineer and manager . He was one of the top representatives of German hard coal mining in the German Empire .
Career
On January 15, 1878 he was appointed mountain referendar and on April 8, 1882 mountain assessor , he later worked as a mining inspector at the Königshütte mining inspection . In 1884 he was appointed director of the Borgsloh mining inspection. The appointment to the mountain ridge took place in 1887.
From September 1, 1889 to July 2, 1906, Behrens was general director and sole director of the Hibernia mining company in Herne . He was the successor of Bergassessor a. D. Leo Graeff . He made Hibernia one of the largest mining companies in the Rhenish-Westphalian coal industry by adding new fields and collieries (Nosthausen, Shamrock 3/4 , Schlägel & Eisen , Alstaden ). He himself was one of the most respected leaders in the area. The Shamrock 3/4 shafts were renamed Behrens shafts after him in 1906 .
He was also personally interested in general questions about the industrial district. From May 20, 1897, he was deputy chairman of the Bochum Chamber of Commerce and was involved in founding the Emscher Cooperative .
From 1905 to 1906 he was a member of the Provincial Parliament of the Province of Westphalia for the constituency of Bochum-Land and the NLP .
He was married to Gertrud geb. Scherbeing (born July 17, 1864 in Lipine (Upper Silesia) , † July 18, 1950 in Düsseldorf ), daughter (5th child) of Hermann Leopold Scherbening and Wilhelmine Scherbening, b. Mauve. As his wife, she gained respect and respect in her then home town of Herne by co-founding the "Evangelical Children's Home Herne", which was inaugurated on May 14, 1911, and as the founder and chairwoman of the Herne local group of the Patriotic Women's Association of the Red Cross .
Honors
- 1902: Royal Prussian Red Eagle Order 4th class
- On May 25, 1908, the city of Herne named Behrensstrasse in Herne-Mitte in his honor, and after his wife on March 16, 1906, Gertrudenplatz in Herne-Mitte.
literature
- Walter Serlo: The Prussian Bergassessors. 5th edition, 1938, no.198.
- Alfred Bruns (Ed.), Josef Häming (compilation): The Members of the Westphalia Parliament 1826–1978 (= Westphalian source and archive directories, Volume 2). Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Münster 1978, p. 176.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Behrens, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mining engineer and manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tribsees |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 2, 1906 |
| Place of death | Halberstadt |