Wilhelm Holzmann (building contractor)

Johann Wilhelm Holzmann (born July 4, 1842 in Dreieichenhain Kreuzmühle ,; † April 23, 1913 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German building contractor.

Life

Born as the son of the building contractor Johann Philipp Holzmann , Wilhelm Holzmann studied civil engineering at the polytechnic schools in Karlsruhe and Stuttgart from 1860 to 1865 after finishing school in Frankfurt am Main . During his studies he was active in the Corps Bavaria Karlsruhe and Rhenania Stuttgart . He completed his studies as a master builder. On May 15, 1865 he and his brother Philipp took over the Philipp Holzmann company founded by his father in 1849 . In the company management he concentrated on civil engineering, while his brother was responsible for building construction. In 1873 Wilhelm Holzmann handed over his share of the business to his brother, but remained responsible for earthworks and railway construction. Responsible for the management of large civil engineering works, he became an authorized signatory in 1876 and, after the death of his brother in 1904, took over the chairmanship of the company's advisory board, which he held for nine years until his death in 1913.

Wilhelm Holzmann was a pioneer in large mechanical earthworks. During the work on the Vistula puncture as part of the Vistula regulation, he first used the 4-cubic meter wooden box tipper of the Holzmann design in 1891.

literature

• Manfred Pohl: Philipp Holzmann: History of a Construction Company 1849-1999 , 1999 ( digitized version )

Web links

• Holzmann, Johann Wilhelm. Hessian biography. (As of April 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ In 1842 the Kreuzmühle belonged to the Götzenhain district
2. ^ Dieter Schmoeckel : History of the Corps Rhenania Stuttgart 1859-1994 , Biberach 1994