Simon Schiele

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Johann Simon Schiele (born June 21, 1822 in Frankfurt am Main ; † 1895 ) was an entrepreneur and politician of the Free City of Frankfurt .

Life

Simon Schiele was the son of Johann Georg Remigius Schiele (1795–1861). Together with Johann Friedrich Knoblauch (1789–1888), the father founded the first gas factory in Frankfurt am Main on September 18, 1828 , from which today's Mainova was to emerge. Simon Schiele became a gas engineer and head of the Krefeld gas factory founded in 1854. After his father's death in 1861 he became director of the Frankfurt gas factory. In 1895 his son Ludwig Philipp Schiele (* 1857 in Krefeld) succeeded him as gasworks director and managed the company until 1917. Schiele-Strasse in Frankfurt is named after the Schiele family.

On October 25, 1848, Schiele was elected to the Constituent Assembly of the Free City of Frankfurt . He was a member of the legislative body from 1862 until the end of the Free City in 1866 . In 1872 he became a member of the NLP and in 1874 switched to progress . In 1859, 1860, 1862, 1864, 1870, 1871 and 1876, Schiele was chairman of the Association of German Engineers (VDI). In 1890 he was made an honorary member.

literature

  • Jochen Lengemann : MdL Hessen. 1808-1996. Biographical index (= political and parliamentary history of the state of Hesse. Vol. 14 = publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse. Vol. 48, 7). Elwert, Marburg 1996, ISBN 3-7708-1071-6 , p. 330.
  • Hanno Trurnit: And you only see those in the light ..., 2004, ISBN 3-9806986-3-7 , especially pp. 8-10.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Heinz Ludwig (Ed.): Technology, engineers and society . History of the Association of German Engineers 1856–1981. VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1981, ISBN 3-18-400510-0 , p. 565 .
  2. ↑ Untitled In: Journal of the Association of German Engineers . tape 31 , 1891, p. 917 .
personal data
SURNAME Schiele, Simon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schiele, Johann Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Politician Free City of Frankfurt
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH 1895