Otto von Velsen

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Otto von Velsen's grave complex in Herne

Otto von Velsen (born September 19, 1869 in Dortmund , † March 5, 1945 in Berlin ) was a German mining official and entrepreneur. He was one of the top representatives of German hard coal mining in the Weimar Republic .

family

Otto von Velsen's parents were the royal mountain ridge Wilhelm von Velsen (1828–1894) and Caroline Vogt (1837–1917), known as Schulze Höing . His younger brother was the later district president of Hanover, Friedrich von Velsen (1871-1953). His cousin was the writer and women's rights activist Dorothee von Velsen (1883–1970).

Career

After completing school in Dortmund and studying, von Velsen worked as an assessor in 1897 and as a mining assessor in the Dortmund upper mining district in 1898 . In 1901 he moved to the Upper Silesian coal field in Zabrze as a mining inspector . From 1904 to 1917 he held the position of a mine director or director of the mining inspection in Knurów , in 1910 he was appointed to the mountain ridge , and in 1913 he was promoted to the upper mountain ridge . From 1914 to 1916 he took part in the cuirassier regiment "von Driesen" (Westphalian) No. 4 in the First World War. He was awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class and retired as Rittmeister d.R. out.

After leaving the civil service, von Velsen succeeded on August 1, 1917 Bergrat Heinrich Lindner (1857-1917) as board member and general director of the mining company Hibernia & Shamrock in Herne, which was majority-owned in the same year ; in addition, he was general director of the mining company from 1926. AG Recklinghausen. He held both posts until October 1, 1935. In 1918 and 1919 he was a member of the Westphalian provincial council and city councilor for the city of Herne .

In addition to numerous supervisory board positions, including at Elektrizitätswerk Westfalen, the Preußische Bergwerks- und Hütten-Aktiengesellschaft, the Oberbayrische Aktiengesellschaft für Kohlenbergbau, the waterworks for the northern Westphalian coal district, the Ruhrgasaktiengesellschaft, Otto von Velsen was from January 10, 1921 to May 26 1933 President of the Bochum Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chairman of the Reich Coal Council - a body set up by the state in which representatives from companies, employees, trade and knowledgeable experts discussed general issues relating to the coal industry. In addition, he was a member of the presidium of numerous public and commercial associations, including a. the board of the mining association . From 1920 until his death he was chairman of the "Association for Combating Common Diseases in the Ruhr Coal Area eV", based in Gelsenkirchen.

In Berlin, in addition to his actual work, he became known in particular for his leading role during the Ruhr War and his involvement in the subsequent negotiations and conclusions of the MICUM Agreement as a member of the Commission of Six .

In 1932 he publicly warned against Adolf Hitler's coming to power , so that for political reasons he had to resign most of his offices by 1935. Otto von Velsen moved his residence to Berlin-Zehlendorf , where he died in 1945. His reburial in the Herner Südfriedhof probably happened towards the end of the 1950s.

literature

  • Historical Commission of Berlin: Modern Prussian History: 1648–1947 on Google Books . In: Otto Büsch, Wolfgang Neugebauer (Ed.): Anthology in 3 volumes . deGruyter, Berlin – New York 1981, ISBN 3-11-008324-8 , Part V, Economic Development and Policy.
  • Conan Fischer: The Ruhr Crisis, 1923-24 . Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York 2003, ISBN 0-19-820800-6 , pp. 328 (English).
  • Heiner Radzio: Energy company . From the history of VEBA. 1st edition. Econ, Düsseldorf 1979, ISBN 3-430-17633-6 , pp. 368 .
  • H. Spethmann: 12 years of Ruhr mining 1914–1925 . Uprising and standing out before and after the Kapp Putsch up to the occupation of the Ruhr. 2nd volume. Reimar Hobbing , Berlin 1928.
  • Walter Serlo: Mining families in Rhineland and Westphalia . The von Velsen family and their mining relatives s. 76-89, The Loerbroks and Vogelsang family s. 90-97. 3rd volume. Aschendorffschen Verlagbuchhandlung, Münster 1935.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.herne.de/kommunen/herne/ttw.nsf/id/DE_Von-Velsen-Strasse?OpenDocument&ccm=080068
  2. ↑ Franz Mariaux, commemorative reminder of the hundredth anniversary of the Bochum Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bochum 1956, pp. 284–288.
personal data
SURNAME Velsen, Otto von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mountain official and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Dortmund
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1945
Place of death Berlin