Wilhelm Fredenhagen

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Wilhelm Fredenhagen (born March 28, 1843 in Neustadt-Glewe ; † December 18, 1924 in Offenbach am Main ; full name: Wilhelm Ludolf August Gottlieb Fredenhagen) was an Offenbach machine manufacturer.

Life

After studying mechanical engineering, Wilhelm Fredenhagen took over the iron foundry founded by his father-in-law Alfred Richard Seebaß in Offenbach in 1829. He gave it the name Fredenhagen and converted it into a machine factory. In 1877 he began manufacturing hot air engines under license from the Dutchman Dirk Willem van Rennes , developed them further and also received his own patent protection. However, with the development of gas machines, hot air machines soon lost competitiveness. He had to discontinue the hot air machine products after just a few years.

After his son Victor Fredenhagen joined the company in 1904, after moving from Waldstrasse to Sprendlinger Landstrasse in Offenbach's Lauterborn district, the company expanded further. Under the leadership of his son, the company developed in the early twenties of the 20th century into the pioneers of conveyor technology in Germany, which gained crucial importance due to increasing automation in automobile construction. In 1922 the company was sold.

Wilhelm Fredenhagen was a member of the Corps Rhenania in Braunschweig.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wilhelm Ludolf August Gottlieb Fredenhagen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.michael-skiba.de@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / michael-skiba.de  
  2. ^ License construction of a van Rennes hot air machine from Wilhelm Fredenhagen, Offenbach, 1878
  3. ^ Patent for a caloric water lifting machine and motor, Wilhelm Fredenhagen, Offenbach, 1877
  4. ^ The introduction of assembly line work in Germany by 1933
  5. ^ Wiebke Rannenberg: Uncertainty, fear of the future, financial worries . In: Frankfurter Rundschau from September 1, 2009 online version
  6. ^ 150 years of the Corps Rhenania Zurich-Aachen-Braunschweig, 1855-2005. Braunschweig 2005, p. 318
personal data
SURNAME Fredenhagen, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fredenhagen, Wilhelm Ludolf August Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Offenbach machine manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustadt-Glewe
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1924
Place of death Offenbach am Main