Wilhelm Beukenberg

Wilhelm Beukenberg (born November 10, 1858 in Werne , † July 15, 1923 in Dortmund ) was a German manager and politician ( DVP ).

Beukenberg attended the Higher Citizens' School in Bochum and did internships in state workshops and machine shops from 1877 to 1879. From 1879 he studied mechanical engineering at the TH Charlottenburg. He was promoted to Dr. Ing. PhD. In 1884 he became government building supervisor and in 1888 government building supervisor in the machine sector. In November 1888 he took over the construction company of the Dortmund-Gronau-Enscheder Railway and in 1891 became the first technical director and board member of the railway. After the nationalization of the railway in 1903, he resigned and became head of the Hoerder Mining and Hüttenverein . From 1908 he was General Director of Phoenix AG for mining and smelting operations in Hörde. In 1921 he resigned from this position and switched to the supervisory board. From May 1921 until his death on July 15, 1923 he was a member of the Prussian State Council .

In 1913 it was named a secret mountain ridge .

literature

• Joachim Lilla : The Prussian State Council 1921–1933. A biographical manual. With a documentation of the state councilors appointed in the “Third Reich”. (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties , volume 13.) Droste, Düsseldorf 2005, ISBN 978-3-7700-5271-4 , page 13.