Walther Voith

Walther Voith (* 15. April 1874 in Heidenheim an der Brenz , † 15. August 1947 ) was a German entrepreneur and engineering - engineering . He was a son of Friedrich Voith and in 1904 took over the first subsidiary of the mechanical engineering company Voith in St. Pölten , Austria , which he managed until 1944.

Life

Walther Voith was the oldest of three sons of the entrepreneur Friedrich Voith. His brothers were Hermann Voith and Hanns Voith . Walther Voith attended grammar school in Ulm and after his military service studied mechanical engineering in Stuttgart and Charlottenburg . He then worked briefly at AEG in Berlin until he joined his father's company and mainly went to paper mills on assemblies. In 1904 his father Friedrich entrusted him with the management of the new branch plant in St. Pölten (see Voith Austria Holding ) with 225 employees at the beginning, but sent him on a 13-month trip to America. Walther managed the subsidiary until 1944. That year 1,800 people were employed in the St. Pölten plant. In St. Pölten, Walther Voith and his family lived in the Voithvilla , which was completed in 1917 and which is now owned by the municipality.

1912, a year before his death, Friedrich Voith his company was transformed into a general partnership and endorsed the two older sons Walther and Hermann much of his shares. Like his father, he was a member of the Corps Stauffia Stuttgart .

literature

• Anne Nieberding: Corporate culture in the German Empire. The JM Voith foundry and the paint factories vorm. Friedr. Bayer & Co. (= series of publications for the magazine for corporate history 9 ). Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-49630-X

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Anne Nieberding: Corporate culture in the empire. The JM Voith foundry and the paint factories vorm. Friedr. Bayer & Co. Beck, Munich 2003, p. 62.
2. ^ Gerhard A. Stadler: The industrial heritage of Lower Austria. History-technology-architecture. Böhlau, Vienna 2006, pp. 609–613, here: p. 611.