Werner Carp

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Werner Friedhelm Otto Franz Carp (born February 25, 1886 in Duisburg-Ruhrort , † January 18, 1950 in Hamburg ) was a German mine and smelter owner.

family

Werner Carp was the son of the important business lawyer and secret counsel Eduard Carp (1847-1924) and Alma Haniel (1856-1936). The paternal grandparents were the Wesel counselor Georg Carp and Elise Bäumer. His mother was a daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Haniel (1829–1890), the maternal grandparents Franz Haniel and Julie Liebrecht. Carp's sister Adda married Julius Curtius in 1905 .

Carp himself married Elsa Windthorst in Bonn in 1908, with whom he had two sons. His wife was a daughter of Captain Emil Windthorst and Marg. Guilleaume. Her father was related to the politician Ludwig Windthorst .

Live and act

Carp completed a law degree in Bonn and then did a banking apprenticeship at the bank for trade and industry in Frankfurt / Main . As a civil servant he moved to Berlin for the bank and, at the age of 23, got a position as a director in Düsseldorf . Based on this training - which was rather unusual for his further activities - he then dealt with a wide range of topics, including mining, industry, agriculture and forestry, with a focus on maintaining global trade contacts.

Carp advocated the chemical refinement of coal at an early stage and set great store by chemically developing raw materials obtained from hard coal and inventing new processes and products.

In 1919 Carp became a board member of the trade unions Rheinpreußen and Neumühl, which were part of the Haniel family's sphere of activity . In 1923 he was appointed chairman of the trade unions and in 1930 chairman of the board of directors of the coal, trading and shipping company Franz Haniel in Duisburg-Ruhrort. He had a decisive influence on their development. He was also a member of the supervisory boards of important Rhenish-Westphalian, Hamburg, Berlin and Stuttgart companies. The company C. & Hones, which belongs to him and is based in Düsseldorf, developed very successfully.

From the end of 1945 to 1947 Carp lived in detention together with other industrialists from the Ruhr area.

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personal data
SURNAME Carp, Werner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carp, Werner Friedhelm Otto Franz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mine and smelter owners
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg-Ruhrort
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1950
Place of death Hamburg