Wilhelm Zeltz
Wilhelm Hermann Zeltz (born February 8, 1819 in Stralsund , † August 16, 1890 in Rostock ) was a German shipbuilder and entrepreneur.
Life
Wilhelm Zeltz was the son of the skipper Johann Caspar Zeltz. From 1836 he learned the profession of shipbuilder in Lübeck and then found a job in Stralsund. He attended the Royal Danish Chamber of Construction of the Sea Budget in Copenhagen ; He did practical work at the royal shipyard there. In order to look at shipbuilding companies, he made trips to London , France and Holland. In 1841 he passed the examination to become a shipbuilder. In 1842 Wilhelm Zeltz acquired citizenship in Rostock .
In 1843 Wilhelm Zeltz founded a shipyard and machine factory together with Albrecht Tischbein , which from 1850 on was named Neptun Werft . Zeltz first introduced the copper-resistant shipbuilding method in Mecklenburg and built the only two wooden full ships for the Rostock shipping fleet. The - Schiffswerft & Maschinenfabrik - Wilhelm Zeltz and Albrecht Tischbein participated in the construction of Germany's first iron screw steamer, the "Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz" and "Grand Duke Constantin". The barque “Amazone” was also built at Wilhelm Zeltz's shipyard in Rostock.
literature
- History of technology series Verlag Reinhard Thon Meckl.- Vorpom. Schwerin 1994 ISBN 3-928820-23-0 page 21/22.
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 11147 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date and place of death according to the St. Jakobi Rostock death register, accessed via ancestry.com on February 1, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeltz, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zeltz, Wilhelm Hermann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German shipbuilder, machine and shipbuilder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stralsund |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1890 |
| Place of death | Rostock |