Rudolf Hegenscheidt

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Rudolf Hegenscheidt (born November 17, 1859 in Gleiwitz , † February 17, 1908 in Breslau ) was a German iron industrialist.

Life and work

His father was Carl August Wilhelm Hegenscheidt (1823-1891), who came to Upper Silesia from Altena and founded the Drath, nail and chain factory in Gleiwitz in 1852. Rudolf married Katharina in Berlin in 1889, a niece of the Prussian politician Karl Rudolf Friedenthal (1827–1890). He succeeded his father in Gliwice. Rudolf had three brothers: Wilhelm (1861–1895), Otto (1867–1933) and Friedrich Hegenscheidt (1870–1954).

After attending the trade school in Gleiwitz , he volunteered in Hagen , then studied metallurgy at the Technical University in Aachen from 1891 and became head of the Drathwerke in Gleiwitz. In 1887 he became general director of the established Oberschlesischen Eisenindustrie AG and in 1889 took over the Drathwaren department, which mainly comprised the Hegenscheidtsche Drathtwerke in Gleiwitz. When he left the group in 1905, he became general director of Oberschlesischen Eisenbedarf AG in the Friedenshütte near Beuthen . Shortly thereafter, he became an employee, manager and later the owner of the coal company Emanuel Friedländer and Co. in Berlin.

He succeeded in founding several syndicates and interest groups that were important for the development of the German economy: the establishment of the Oberschlesische Stahlwerkgesellschaft, which joined the German Steelworks Association in 1907 , the merger of the Upper Silesian Huts and the merger of the Friedenshütte with the Hulschinskyschen Hüttenwerke in Gleiwitz as well as the establishment of the coal interest group between Ballestrem , Schaffgotsch and the Friedensgrube.

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personal data
SURNAME Hegenscheidt, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German iron industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Gleiwitz , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1908
Place of death Wroclaw