Ironworks and steel pipes Hilden

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Heavy industry was located at three main locations in Hilden from 1890 to 1997 . The heavy industry locations were:

  1. East of the railway line. See main article Röhrenwerk Coppel - Kronprinz - Mannesmann (Hilden)
  2. To the west, parallel to the railway line with the Hildener union to Vaillant
  3. West of the railway line between Niedenstrasse and Eichenstrasse with the Phoenix-Rheinrohr companies to Mannesmannröhrenwerk

Both western locations were on Eichenstrasse. At that time it went from Niedenstrasse in the west to the railway line in the east. Today it is divided into the western Eichenstrasse and the eastern Otto-Hahn-Strasse.

Iron ore deposits (1857–1890)

On July 1, 1857 of merchant and mine owners Carl Wilhelm Rüping hosted Dusseldorf at the Royal Bergreferendarius Eugen Klenze (born August 25, 1832 in Cologne , † 28 March 188 in New York ) in Dusseldorf a request for presumption on lawn iron ore in Hilden , which occurred there like a camp and were found by prospecting. The site was in the Winkelsheide at the point where the three mayor's offices Hilden, Merscheid and Richrath collided. There were three sites, later designated by the Bonn Mining Authority with "Hilden", "Hilden III" and "Hilden IV".

The "Hilden" site was located in the former "Jury Area Solingen", Mayor Merscheid, on the parcel Flur 1 No. 210. The property was owned by Peter Volberg from Ohligs .

"Hilden III" was in the mayor's office in Richrath on the parcel Flur 7 No. 77. The property was owned by the brothers Jakob and Joseph Kaufmann in Cologne. "Hilden IV" was in the mayor's office in Hilden on parcel Flur 6 No. 419.

Berg assessor Friedrich Giesler (born April 17, 1832 in Siegen ; † 1889) applied to the Oberbergamt in Bonn, the CW Rüping, Düsseldorf, to give the courage after the negotiations had been carried out on September 11, 1865. The mountain ownership certificates issued on it for the iron ore mines Hilden, Hilden III and Hilden IV bear the date of issue of September 19, 1865. CW Rüping never made use of his “Berggerechte” himself.

West of the railway line with the Hildener union to Vaillant

Hilden trade union (1890-1900)

On January 24, 1890, Rudolf Poensgen (born April 21, 1826 in Schleiden ; † April 8, 1895 in Sanremo ( Italy ), buried Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf ) and Hermann Tellering (born January 3, 1834 in Ruhrort ; † January 2, 1901 in Düsseldorf) from the heirs of Rüping the mountain ownership right to the mines Hilden, Hilden III and Hilden IV for 6000 RM. On September 27, 1889, Rudolf Poensgen bought from the heirs of the merchant Wilhelm Backhaus from Mülheim-Saarn or the general partnership Wilhelm Backhaus sen. the property in Hilden Flur 15 No. 1273/82 with a size of 5 ha 80 m², courtyard with factory area, residential house and iron foundry with mechanical workshop and brought this acquisition into the newly founded company Hildener union . It was to the west of Hilden station on the Troisdorf - Opladen - Hilden - Düsseldorf-Eller - Mülheim-Speldorf line , which was opened by the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft on November 18, 1874.

The purpose of the Hilden trade union was to build and operate the acquired mines, as well as related companies for the utilization of mining products in commercial plants and factories. There was never any mining of iron ore on the acquired mine fields .

Rolling mill and foundry of the Hilden trade union (1900–1904)

The ironworks of the Hilden trade union initially consisted of a rolling mill on the property brought in by Rudolf Poensgen (today Otto-Hahn Straße). In 1900 the construction of a first foundry began , in which the first casting of cast iron radiators was carried out on March 2, 1901. In the beginning only cast iron finned tubes , cross and S-elements were cast, later the casting of radiators began. The foundry included a core shop , a furnace house for two cupola furnaces, each melting 5000 kg per hour . The cast parts were further processed in the metal workshop. The plant soon gained importance in the heating sector . The workforce at that time was around 200 workers. Significant enlargements were made as early as autumn 1903, a second iron foundry was built on the property Flur 15, Parzelle 1216/82 (Niedenstrasse and Eichenstrasse), and in the spring of 1904 the factory was expanded with an office and management building.

Balcke, Tellering & Co. AG (1904–1916)

On April 15, 1904, the Hilden trade union sold the property brought in by Poensgen to Balcke, Tellering & Co. AG in Benrath for 580,000 marks. The company Balcke, Tellering & Co. AG manufactured wrought iron pipes and seamless steel pipes . The buyer founded a branch there and on the property at Flur 15, Parzelle 1102/81 in Hilden Telleringstrasse under the name Balcke, Tellering & Co. AG, Benrath, Hilden Department . They enlarged the factory premises to 11.9 hectares. The Hilden department comprised two factories, an iron foundry and a pipe works . The old rolling mill was shut down and a new pilger mill and a gas pipe mill were built. Two steam and two air hammers were installed. The construction of a second foundry began in the fall, and the first casting took place in the fall of 1905.

The engineers Alfred Canet and Wilhelm Wülfing, who managed the plant, were newly hired. From 1905 Friedrich Nebe, a son-in-law of Hermann Tellering, was director of the Hilden and Benrath plants.

In 1907 the construction of the third foundry began, in which central heating articulated boilers were manufactured. The most famous product of the plant was for a long time the "Hildener Kessel ". The Hilden workforce increased to 1650 workers.

Rheinische Stahlwerke, Dept. Tube Works, Hilden (1916–1926)

After a " community of interests " had already existed since the summer of 1911 , "Balcke, Tellering & Co. AG" and the Hilden branch merged with the Rheinische Stahlwerke in Duisburg-Meiderich on July 1, 1916 . This operated a branch under the name Rheinische Stahlwerke, Abt. Röhrenwerk, Hilden on the former and expanded property of the Hilden trade union . Under her, the pipe works were enlarged through substantial land purchases. The new rolling mill manufactured seamless tubes according to the Mannesmann process , welded steel tubes, pipe coils, fittings and flanges.

The plant manager Heinrich Esser (born July 20, 1879 in Duisburg - Hochfeld , † October 13, 1955 in Hilden) took over the management of the plant . During his time the workforce increased to 2,700 employees. In 1923 Rheinische Stahlwerke AG produced gas itself , and because the city was unable to supply a sufficient quantity, the neighboring companies Heimendahl & Keller and Hermann Wiederhold Lackfabriken were also supplied with the same with the approval of the city council.

When Rheinische Stahlwerke AG and thus also the Hilden plant were taken over by Vereinigte Stahlwerke AG in 1926, the entire pipe mills at the Hilden plant were shut down on April 1, 1926. The Rheinische Stahlwerke department, the Hilden pipe works department , had expired. From then on, only the Coppel pipe factory produced pipes in Hilden . Later, the Coppel tube factory was taken over by Kronprinz AG and finally transferred to Mannesmannröhren-Werke GmbH on January 26, 1970 .

Only after the Second World War did Phoenix-Rheinrohr AG Vereinigte Hütten- und Röhrenwerke, Düsseldorf, manufacture pipes again on the western site.

United Steel Works AG (1926–1932)

The foundry was expanded on the entire site under the direction of Director Esser. The "Rhineland Radiator" and various types of boilers were developed and successfully marketed. Furthermore, new core shops for radiator cores as well as for large and small boiler cores for the casting mold were developed.

Scheme of a cupola furnace

In 1928, due to the high need for central heating radiators, a new cupola furnace with a melting capacity of up to 9 tons per hour was put into operation.

Deutsche Eisenwerke AG (1932–1945)

After the reorganization within the United Steel Works in 1932, the foundry with the associated boiler and radiator works came to the Deutsche Eisenwerke AG in Mülheim an der Ruhr as the Hilden plant . It was headed by chief engineer Johannes Wilberz (born May 26, 1888, † September 5, 1962). The heating elements for the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin were manufactured in it in 1935 .

Eisenwerk Hilden AG (1945–1952)

In June 1945 Paul Schiegries (born April 14, 1893 in Essen , † November 25, 1964 in Hilden) took over the plant management. After the Second World War , Eisenwerk Hilden Aktiengesellschaft was founded on May 24, 1952 as part of the reorganization of the iron and steel industry , and the assets of Deutsche Eisenwerke AG; Operations department at Hilden plant were brought in. The ferrous Hilden AG was initially independently. Although the war damage was low compared to other plants at around 20% and a permit to start production of heating systems could already be obtained in autumn 1945, the foundry's restart was initially slow.

The reconstruction resulted in a great post-war demand for sheet steel radiators and cast iron radiators as well as for boilers for coke, oil and gas firing .

The order intake required modern working methods of flowing production. The work steps in radiator production from sheet metal strips, punching , inserting the nipples , tacking the link halves together, from spot welding to seam welding and individually testing the links for a pressure of 6 to 8 atmospheres, as well as the assembly and pressing of the finished radiators was carried out on carousel conveyor belts . The factory supplied the individually nippled radiators and the block-welded radiators.

In the foundry, too, the production of cast radiators was switched to the system of flowing production. All production steps were interlinked. In January 1950, Deutsche Eisenwerke AG had 1200 employees again.

Rheinische-Westfälische Eisen- und Stahlwerke AG Mülheim (Ruhr) (1952–1955)

In the course of the allied unbundling of the United Steel Works AG , the Rheinische-Westfälische Eisen- und Stahlwerke AG Mülheim (Ruhr) was founded as a holding company in 1952 . They each owned 100%: Eisenwerk Hilden AG ; the United Economiser-Werke GmbH in Hilden ; the ironworks Mülheim-Meiderich AG ; the Eisenwerke Gelsenkirchen AG ; the Gußstahlwerk Gelsenkirchen AG ; 50% shares in the Alma coking plant in Gelsenkirchen and 10% minority shares in Kalksteinwerke GmbH Wülfrath and 7% in Westfälische Transport AG (WTAG) . These companies were merged into Rheinstahl AG in 1957 . In 1952 (1953) the holding produced 536,000 (682,000) t of pig iron , 376,000 (393,000) t of gray cast iron , 37,000 ( 41,000) t of cast steel and 523,000 (465,000) t of cement .

For quality control and development, a thermal boiler test facility was built on Eichenstrasse in 1955 . In 1956, the plant was equipped with several new hot- blast cupola furnaces to produce the 160 tons per hour of molten iron for the assembly lines . A hot blast of 400 ° C could be supplied to the cupola furnaces using the wind heating system of the United Economiser-Werke GmbH in Hilden (Eichenstrasse 2). The United Economiser-Werke GmbH was a subsidiary of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Eisen- und Stahlwerke Mülheim (Ruhr) AG .

The sand processing plant was fully automated in Hilden in 1956.

Rheinstahl-Eisenwerk Hilden AG

From 1956 they manufactured high-performance steel heating boilers.

Rheinische Stahlwerke AG, Essen (1957–1969)

On January 1, 1957, the Hilden plant , which had meanwhile been renamed Vereinsstahl- und Rheinstahlwerk Hilden , became a subsidiary of Rheinische Stahlwerke AG, Essen . They manufactured the so-called "Hilden heating boiler" and radiators.

From 1958 they included three-pass heating boilers in the generation program. You were already prepared for the coming period of natural gas utilization. It supplied boiler works, shipyards and the chemical industry. In 1959 they processed 42,000 tons of steel.

Rheinstahl Eco GmbH (1965–1969)

The company name Rheinstahl Eco GmbH existed since 1965.

Rheinstahl construction and heating technology, Hilden heating technology (1969–1972)

The next reorganization in July 1969 brought the Hilden plant to the Rheinstahl-Bauwirtschaft group with a focus on construction and heating technology. At the sixth "International Exhibition Sanitary - Heating - Air Conditioning" in Frankfurt, Rheinstahl presented two new types of gas boilers in sectional block construction that were heated with natural gas. They are suitable for four-family houses through to block-type thermal power stations in residential areas. The managers of the company were the directors Günther Reiß and Egon Mertens.

Thyssen Schalker Verein GmbH, heat technology plant (1976–1983)

After the takeover of Rheinstahl by Thyssen, the Hilden foundry became Thyssen Schalker Verein GmbH, Werk Wärmetechnik . With its production program (cast iron boilers, cast iron and steel radiators, oil and gas burners), it was one of the industry leaders in the European market

They also produced finned tube heat exchangers, spiral finned tubes.

On January 13, 1982 the supervisory board of Thyssen-Betriebs Schalker Verein decided on a reorganization concept for the steel company. It provided for the shutdown of the Gelsenkirchen blast furnace within three years and the reduction of 1,000 jobs in Gelsenkirchen and Hilden.

At Thyssen Schalker Verein GmbH, Wärmetechnik plant , the foundry was shut down in 1983. As a result, around 350 jobs were lost in Hilden.

Vaillant (1983–1999)

In October 1983 the Remscheid-based company Joh.Vaillant GmbH & Co.the boiler production of the former Rheinstahlwerk of the Thyssen-Schalker-Verein GmbH in Hilden. Vaillant produced gas and oil boilers on the foundry site.

On January 16, 1984, the Vaillant central warehouse on Eichenstrasse caught fire after a dull explosion.

When the plant was closed in 1997, 160 of the 220 employees were offered jobs at the new location in Bergheim .

Later, until 1999, she only used the two halls as a warehouse.

The 130,000 m² site owned by Vaillant was sold to the Lügro Immobilien GmbH group of companies from Twistringen near Bremen . It resold half of the area in 2000 to DIBAG Industriebau AG from Munich .

On September 11, 2001, the old company buildings on the former premises of the Vaillant company between Otto-Hahn-Straße and Johann-Vaillant-Straße were demolished. A new industrial park with haulage companies and a youth workshop was built on the area of ​​around 73,000 m².

West of the railway line with the Phoenix-Rheinrohr AG company to Mannesmannröhrenwerk

Phoenix-Rheinrohr AG, Vereinigte Hütten und Rohrwerke

The large factory site, only one third of which was built up after the end of the war, was ideal for the expansion of the Düsseldorf stainless steel pipe production. First, the Rheinische Röhrenwerke of Phoenix-Rheinrohr AG built its factory west of the ironworks. After August Thyssen-Hütte took over the management of Thyssen's coal and steel companies, the company name was changed to Thyssen Röhrenwerke in 1966 . In 1961, Phoenix-Rheinrohr AG, Vereinigte Hütten- und Röhrenwerke Düsseldorf, expanded the site to Niedenstrasse. They built a simple, functional new industrial building. In order to make the Hilden company independent of external supplies of raw material, a mechanical extrusion press with high press force was installed in the hall. In an uninterrupted manner, normal and stainless steel pipes could be manufactured from the “full block to the finished pipe”. The following are to be mentioned as further processing departments: the pickling line , the cold pilger machines , the annealing furnaces, and the adjusting equipment.

The location took over production from Düsseldorf- Lierenfeld . The sale of the stainless steel pipes manufactured here remained with the mother Thyssen-Röhrenwerke AG.

Stahl- und Röhrenwerk Reisholz GmbH

From 1966 the company traded as Stahl- und Röhrenwerk Reisholz GmbH Werk Hilden

Mannesmannröhrenwerk AG

In 1971, Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG decided to relocate pipe production from the Kronprinz plant in Hilden (Schillerstraße) to the Reisholz steel and pipe works, Hilden plant in Hilden Eichenstraße 2. The drawing mill in Hilden was shut down in February 1972.

On January 1, 1973, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Group sold all of its 50% shares in the steel and tube works to Mannesmannröhren Werke AG , which became the sole owner. On January 1, 1973, the Hilden plant was completely spun off from the Reisholz steel and pipe works and thus became a 100% Mannesmann subsidiary. 600 employees were transferred to the Mannesmannröhrenwerk.

In 1979 the news came that the Mannesmann plant in Hilden was being rationalized away. Production with 660 employees was gradually transferred to other plants from 1980 to 1981.

literature

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Wolfgang Antweiler: Hildener trade union Eisenwerk Hilden AG Rheinstahl Mannesmann, 1890 1980, beginning and end of heavy industry in Hilden from metal processing in Hilden , Hildener Museumhefte Volume 4, 1992.
  3. ^ A b c d Wilhelm Joseph Sonnen: Die Eisenwerk Hilden AG , in: Hildener Jahrbuch 1953–1955, pp. 389–413.
  4. ↑ Heinrich Esser
  5. ↑ a b c Wilhelm Köckler: The iron Hilden AG in the service of modern heat economy , in: Hilden Yearbook 1953-1955, pp 417-429.
  6. ↑ Share of Rheinische-Westfälische Eisen- und Stahlwerke AG Mülheim (Ruhr)
  7. ^ Foundry Holding invests, Die Zeit, May 13, 1954.
  8. ↑ Vereinigte Economiser Werke GmbH (founded 1926 - 1955) was a subsidiary of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Eisen- und Stahlwerke Mülheim (Ruhr) AG, Zeit-Online Archiv, June 5, 1952.
  9. ↑ a b c Die Handelsauskunft, Hilden special edition, June 1966.
  10. ↑ death of director John Wilberz the longtime head of Vereinsstahl- and Rhine steelworks Hilden, from: Hilden Chronicle in 1962, in: Hilden Yearbook 1978, p 177, 191st
  11. ↑ Günther Reiss, plant manager of "Construction and Heating Technology", from: Hildener Chronik 1968, in: Hildener Jahrbuch 1979, p. 200.
  12. ^ Rheinstahl Hilden delivers link block, Rheinische Post, March 27, 1971, no.73.
  13. ^ Thyssen-Schalker-Verein GmbH (heat technology), from: Hildener Chronik 1976, in: Hildener Jahrbuch 1983, p. 193.
  14. ^ Reorganization of the Thyssen-Schalker-Verein on January 13, 1982.
  15. ↑ a b c Thyssen-Schalker-Verein GmbH (heat technology) and Vaillant GmbH & Co. takes over the site, from: Hildener Chronik 1983, in: Hildener Jahrbuch 1987, pp. 209, 220, 259.
  16. ↑ Michael Kremer: The old villa is being demolished, Westdeutsche Zeitung, May 14, 2008.
  17. ↑ Andrea Kargus: Hot water from the rabbit, history and home, July 1999 No. 7 / 66th year.
  18. ↑ a b Vaillant closure from Hildener Chronik 1997-2000, in: Hildener Jahrbuch 2001, pp. 130, 178.
  19. ↑ Horst A. Wessel: Continuity in Change, 100 Years of Mannesmann 1890 - 1990, Mannesmann AG, Düsseldorf, January 1990.
  20. ↑ Large- scale industry is expanding, Phoenix-Rheinrohr erects an extension on the west side, Hildener Zeitung, April 29, 1961.
  21. ↑ a b From the “Hilden Trade Union” to “Reisholz”, local history periods of large-scale industrial development, Hildener Zeitung, October 1966.
  22. ↑ Relocation of the company planned, Mannesmann wants to move production from the Kronprinz plant to Reisholz-Röhren by rail, Hildener Zeitung December 4, 1971, no. 280.
  23. ↑ Hilden zu Mannesmann, Rheinische Post, December 6, 1972, No. 283.
  24. ↑ Done deal: Off for Hilden Plant, Rheinische Post, March 10, 1980, No. 59.