Richard Place

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Richard Platz (born November 24, 1867 in Chemnitz ; † January 1, 1933 in Hanover ) was a German businessman who determined the international rise of Hackethal wire and cable works for over three decades . His life's work is considered to be one of the most important in the specialist electrotechnical industry .

Life

Tomb created around 1920 by Oskar Garvens for the Richard Platz and Paul Gassner families in the Engesohde city cemetery in Hanover
Share in Hackethal-Draht- und Kabelwerke AG in Hanover signed by Josef Berliner and Richard Platz;
Print by JC König & Ebhardt , 1928

In 1900 Richard Platz was appointed managing director of Hackthal-Draht- Gesellschaft mbH in Hanover, founded by the brothers Joseph Berliner and Jacob Berliner . Its task was the economic evaluation of the inventions of Louis Hackethal . After the company was initially located in Kniestraße in the (today's) district of Nordstadt , then from 1902 on Nikolaistraße , the managing director relocated the company to its own factory building on the outskirts of the city in 1906, on Stader Chaussee (today's name: Vahrenwalder Straße ) in the (today's) district of Brink-Hafen .

After converting the GmbH into a stock corporation in 1907 Richardplatz became the sole Board determines that drove the expansion of the corporation quickly: he founded in 1908 only a wire drawing, built in 1912 then a rolling mill for copper . In the same year he joined the Association of German power cables manufacturer in and the Brinker port company , in 1914 founded a factory for insulation - pipes .

During the First World War , Richard Platz continued to strive to expand the Hackthal factories despite the war-related shortage of raw materials . During the Weimar Republic , in the midst of German hyperinflation in 1922 , he acquired the Nürnberger Metallwerke .

At the same time, Richard Platz was a member of the German National People's Party from 1921 to 1924 in the provincial parliament of the province of Hanover . As a result of his involvement in the Hanover Chamber of Commerce and Industry , he was elected Vice President of the Hanover Chamber of Commerce in 1923 and was its President from 1926 to 1931 , at the same time as Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Lower Saxony-Kassel Economic Association .

Richard Platz earned in-house services in training the next generation of commercial staff. As a businessman, however, he was primarily interested in increasing sales . So he built up sales organizations in most countries of the world , often as subsidiaries .

Richardplatz died on 1 January 1933 , the year the seizure of power by the National Socialists .

Honors

In recognition of his services to the German technology Richardplatz of which was Hanover Technical University , the honorary doctorate awarded (as Dr.-Ing. E. h.).

Web links

Commons : Richard Platz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Waldemar R. Röhrbein: PLATZ, Richard (see literature)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Platz, Richard (see literature)
  3. ^ Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Hackethal Draht- und Kabelwerke AG. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 246


personal data
SURNAME Place, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman, developer of Hackethal wire and cable works, President of the Hanover Chamber of Commerce
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1933
Place of death Hanover