Reinhard Effertz

Effertz monument in the Kurpark Unna (before redesign in 2009)

Reinhard Eberhard Effertz (born January 2, 1848 in Bielefeld ; † March 4, 1930 ) was a German entrepreneur , patron and city ​​councilor .

As the son of merchants, Reinhard Effertz completed an apprenticeship in his parents' business after attending grammar school and then worked in various steelworks . In 1875 he became director of the ironworks in Thale am Harz and stayed there until 1880 when he went to Königsborn near Unna in a comparable position .

Effertz is closely linked to the development of the city of Unna at the turn of the century . As general director , he was in charge of Königsborner AG for mining, salt pans and brine bath operations . Effertz was also a city ​​councilor (1881–1898) and a member of the board of trustees of Unna higher schools. On the occasion of his appointment to the Commerce Council , Effertz donated a large sum in 1907, which went to the Effertz Foundation for the promotion of the Unna school system. From then on he belonged to a number of supervisory boards of important companies such as Klöckner-Werke . In 1909 he had the Villa Effertz built in Hanover and lived there after retiring from day-to-day business in 1910 until his death. After he later became a board member, he again transferred a large amount to the city. Effertz was also the initiator and sponsor of the construction of the Sacred Heart and Christ Church in Königsborn.

The Effertz monument is located in the spa gardens of the city of Unna, not far from the former salt office at the Siedeinspektorhaus der Saline Königsborn . The boulder with a weight of 70 tons was found in the clay field of the Massener Ringofen brickworks and erected in the spa gardens in 1903. On the occasion of Reinhard Effertz's service anniversary in 1922, a bronze plaque with his portrait was placed on the memorial boulder as a gift from the staff for their chairman of the board. The bronze plaque was broken out of the stone by strangers at the end of June 2017 and stolen. In 2018 the monument was restored using a cast bronze plaque.

Effertz monument in the Kurpark Unna after the restoration in 2018.

Fonts

• Sales associations in the coal district of Lower Rhine-Westphalia. An open word to those who are concerned. Crüwell, Dortmund 1890 (digital copy from ULB Münster, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 6: 1-68730 ).
• The coal sales associations and their economic necessity. An answer to the brochure of Count von Kanitz-Podangen "The coal sales associations and their economic justification". Baedeker, Essen 1891, ISBN 3-628-00943-X (refers to Hans von Kanitz : The coal sales associations and their economic authorization. Digitized ).

literature

• Diedrich Baedeker: Reinhard Effertz. In: Yearbook for the Oberbergamtsiertel Dortmund 10 (1911), pp. III – XI.
• 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 , Sp. 521 ( excerpt from Google Books).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Friedhelm Feiler: 100 years ago: Inauguration of the Christ Church in Königsborn. In: Herbst-Blatt No. 38, March 2005.
2. ↑ Marcus Esser: Symbolic foundling stands in a square. In: DerWesten , June 10, 2009.
3. ↑ Thomas Raulf: Bronze thieves pose a puzzle. ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Hellweger Anzeiger , June 19, 2017.