Louis Wüstenhagen
Louis Wüstenhagen (born February 21, 1852 in Hecklingen ; † April 1, 1916 there ; full name: Louis Heinrich Andreas Wüstenhagen ) was a German entrepreneur in the sugar and chemical industry and a landowner.
Life
Louis Wüstenhagen studied chemistry at the industrial academy in Charlottenburg . In the winter semester of 1869/1870 he joined the Association of Saxons , later the Corps Saxonia-Berlin. After completing his studies, he joined the sugar factory that his father Ludwig Wüstenhagen had built in Hecklingen in 1858 as the town's first industrial company.
In the years that followed, the company began manufacturing magnesium sulfate heptahydrate (so-called "Epsom salt"), which was obtained from the overburden salts of the Staßfurt potash mining . In 1885 the company was one of the two established German manufacturers of Epsom salt. In 1894 he converted the company into a GmbH with 15 other shareholders .
Around 1900 Wüstenhagen & Co. was the first company to develop a process for the preservation of turnip tops , with which it could be made competitive for the animal feed market. The process comprised the steps of cleaning the leaves in a pre-cleaning drum , removing iron parts by magnetic separation , shredding in a pre-chopping and post-cutting , drying in rotating drums equipped with step grate firing , as well as cooling and storage as bulk material .
In addition to his entrepreneurial activity, Wüstenhagen managed the family estate in Hecklingen. He was a captain of the Landwehr in the 1st Guard Field Artillery Regiment.
Awards
- Louis Wüstenhagen carried the honorary title of senior bailiff .
literature
- Carl Weigandt: History of the Corps Saxonia-Berlin to Aachen 1867-1967. Aachen 1968.
- Franz Honcamp , T. Katayama: The drying of the beet herbs and the utilization of the dry material as animal feed. In: The agricultural experimental stations , Volume LXVIII, 1907, pp. 433-463.
Web links
- Hecklingen history at www.blaues-band.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guide to the Chemical Industry . In: Chemiker Zeitung , 9th year 1885, issue 3, p. 59.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wüstenhagen, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wüstenhagen, Louis Heinrich Andreas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur in the sugar and chemical industry, landowner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hecklingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1916 |
| Place of death | Hecklingen |