Key region Velbert / Heiligenhaus

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The region in Heiligenhaus and Velbert , which is the world's leading location for locking and security technology, is designated as the key region . Over 70 companies employ 7,000 people here in the development and manufacture of locks and fittings.

history

The small iron industry in the Velbert area emerged from peasant part-time businesses . The oldest evidence of the hardware business in Bergisch Land found in the lifting registers of the monastery are from the early 12th century. First of all, factories were founded in the middle of the 19th century by well-funded merchants . The castle masters, who had an average of 1.52 employees in 1855, then bought simple machines. In this way workshops became manufacturing operations . Some of these traditional companies are:

  • in Heiligenhaus
    • Drove
    • WSS

During the occupation of the Ruhr after the First World War, the export-oriented lock industry was plunged into a deep crisis. The French customs authorities confiscated the books of numerous companies, imposed heavy fines or sealed the factory gates for months. During the Second World War, the metal industry in Velbert was hardly bombed , although it was located between the economic areas of the Rhine , Ruhr and Wuppertal , which is said to be due to the numerous investments made by the American economy.

Industry association and university locations

The industrial network of the Velbert / Heiligenhaus region has developed in the Industrieverein Schlüsselregion eV.

In cooperation with the FH Bochum , a campus was built in Heiligenhaus which offers dual study places.

The Bergische Universität Wuppertal has set up the Institute for Security Systems in Velbert .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The recipe for success of the silent locksmith on: "Handelsblatt" from February 22, 2010
  2. ↑ Gert Ritter: Velbert Heiligenhaus Tönisheide, cultural-geographic development of a Niederberg industrial area. A. Henn Verlag, Ratingen 1965, page 68
  3. ↑ From locksmith to key region. Lock and fittings in Velbert and Heiligenhaus from 1547 until today . Scala Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-9813898-3-8
  4. ^ Henri Schmidt: Velbert in French hands. SCALA Verlag, Velbert, 2016, page 122 ff, in collaboration with the Bergisches Geschichtsverein, Abt. Velbert-Hardenberg eV
  5. ↑ Horst Degen, Christoph Schotten. (Ed.): Velbert - history of three cities. JP Bachem Verlag, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-7616-1843-1 , page 293
  6. ^ "Locks for Baghdad" THE POTHOLE by FRIEDRICH KÜPPERSBUSCH on: TAZ from February 19, 2003
  7. ↑ Internet presence of the FH Bochum, Campus Heiligenhaus
  8. ↑ Campus-offers-orientation aid In: Westfalenpost , 23 December 2016
  9. ↑ Internet presence of the ISS Institute for Security Systems