Wolf Martin Zimmermann

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Wolf Martin Zimmermann (* in the 17th century ; † 1739 ) was a smelting master from Freiberg , who went to Russia in 1701 within a group of mining experts .

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On February 9, 1702, the Russian Tsar Peter I sent an expedition to the County of Olonez around Rudokopny to search for minerals and sites under the direction of Ivan Patrushev . The result was the construction of several facilities, including the Peter plant in Petrozavodsk ( petrozavod = "Peter plant"), an iron and cannon factory on the banks of the Lossossinka River .

In 1706, under the direction of Zimmermann, the Konchezero hut (now: Konchezero village) was built. His assistants were a master Gabriel and Jeremia Shonfinger Blyashmit, also born in Saxony.

In the summer of 1722 Georg Wilhelm de Gennin was given the task of building the smelting works as far as the Urals . There were a few specialists in this group, including Wolf Martin Zimmermann. In the period 1723/1724 Wolf Martin Zimmermann built the Jagoschichinski hut together with Captain Berglinom , which became the nucleus of the city of Perm .

In the 1720s and 1730s Zimmermann repeatedly asked to resign for reasons of age. But Peter I did not allow this, valued his professional career and instead increased his salary.

Wolf Martin Zimmermann died in Konchezero in February 1739.