Zapp (family)

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Headquarters of the Robert Zapp family, Haroldstrasse 10a in Düsseldorf and his sons Gustav (in the Robert Zapp company) and Adolf Zapp (engineer). (Architect Ernst Roeting ).
Düsseldorf, Ratingen, House Holterhof-Hohbeek

Zapp is the name of a German family dynasty of entrepreneurs from the 18th and 20th centuries who worked as iron and steel industrialists ( steel production and steel trade); The highlight was the global steel trading company Zapp founded by Robert Zapp in 1871 . The evangelical Düsseldorf entrepreneurial family is run by Hugo Weidenhaupt in Düsseldorf. History honored from its origins to the 20th century , because it was one of the " high society " of the city of Düsseldorf.

Today, Zapp-Platz and Robert-Zapp-Straße in Ratingen are a reminder of the family. The tomb erected in 1899 by Ernst Roeting in the Düsseldorf North Cemetery also commemorates the family of Robert Zapp.

History of the Zapp family

The history of the Zapp family goes back to 1701, when Hermann Zapp started steel production in Ründeroth in the Leppe valley . The tradition of steel production was carried on by five generations of the Zapp family in Ründeroth. Engelberth Zapp senior described the family tradition in 1730: “Based on the tradition, to pursue the new”. After the economic crisis of 1857 , the headquarters in Ründeroth had to be sold in 1869. Despite the crisis, Zapp kept up the tradition and “the family stayed true to steel”. Two years later, in 1871, Robert Zapp founded the steel trading company Zapp (now Zapp AG ), which later became active worldwide . Subsidiaries in South Carolina , Massachusetts , California , Connecticut , Texas , Illinois in the US are owned by the family-controlled public company . Further branches are located in China , for example in Taicang , Hong Kong and Shenzhen . The Krupp family was one of the most important customers. Robert Zapp's best-known children were his sons Gustav (businessman) and Adolf (engineer and partner in the Robert Zapp company). Gustav's son Nobert was a steel wholesaler and from 1933 a member of the Düsseldorf municipal council. He sat with his uncle Adolf from 1934 to 1937 on the board of the Düsseldorf Industrial Club , which roughly represented the upper class of the city at the time.

reception

The life of Robert Zapp is portrayed by Hugo Weidenhaupt in “Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 2: From the royal seat to the civil servants town (1614–1900) ” honored. A street in Ratingen is named after him. The life and work of Gustav, Adolf and Nobert Zapp was presented by Hugo Weidenhaupt in “Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 3: The industrial and administrative city (20th century) ” . Gustav Zapp is also mentioned in the “ Yearbook of the Shipbuilding Society ” . Adolf Zapp is also mentioned in the “Yearbook of the Shipbuilding Society” . Adolf Zapp is also mentioned in "Steel and Iron" , which was published by representatives of Rhenish-Westphalian and all-German iron and steel manufacturers. While the Association of German Iron and Steel Industrialists extended to the whole of Germany, the north-western group of the Association of German Iron and Steel Industries, founded in Düsseldorf on April 15, 1874, represented an association of Rhenish-Westphalian iron and steel industrialists and the Rhenish-Westphalian iron and steel industry :

" Since its establishment, the Northwest Group has been the recognized economic advocacy of the Rhenish-Westphalian iron and steel industry, which includes the overwhelming majority of blast furnace, steel and rolling mills, major machine factories and other iron processing plants as members. Its purpose and task is to effectively represent the common economic interests of the Rhenish-Westphalian iron and steel industry in economic matters that affect them. "

Overview Robert Zapp and descendants

Grave site of the Robert Zapp family on the mound of the north cemetery in Düsseldorf , built by Ernst Roeting

Robert Zapp (* July 8, 1837 in Ründeroth / Gummersbach district ; † February 19, 1917 in Düsseldorf ) ∞ Bertha, b. van Haar (born May 28, 1842 in Essen , † June 29, 1912 in Baden-Baden).

  1. Gustav Zapp (born August 27, 1863 in Essen ; †? In Ratingen-Eckamp ) ∞ Martha Boeddinghaus (born October 14, 1874 in Elberfeld ; † July 5, 1955 in Hubbelrath).
    1. Norbert Zapp (born January 1, 1900 in Düsseldorf ; † March 18, 1969 in Düsseldorf) ∞ Adelheid Hildegard called Ilse, b. Dörrenberg (born June 6, 1901 in Godesberg )
  2. Dr. jur. Carl Zapp (born May 20, 1867 in Eckesey / Hagen district ) ∞ Anna, b. Haarhaus (born April 22, 1875 in Elberfeld )
    1. Ewald Zapp (born July 5, 1897 in Herford ).
    2. Alfred Zapp (born October 17, 1898 in Herford ).
    3. Carl August Zapp (born April 5, 1904 in Düsseldorf ).
  3. Adolf Zapp (born March 11, 1869 in Eckesey / Hagen district ; † September 7, 1941 in Metzkausen ) ∞ Viktoria Alwine, b. Halbach -ev.- (* December 20, 1874 in Remscheid ; † December 3, 1946 in Metzkausen)
  4. Oskar Zapp (born August 30, 1873 in Düsseldorf )
  5. Ferdinand Alfred Zapp (born December 28, 1876 in Düsseldorf ; † January 19, 1883 there ).
  6. August Robert Zapp (born December 14, 1879 in Düsseldorf , † June 23, 1942 there ). He remained single.

Robert Zapp and individual family members

Robert Zapp

Robert Zapp left Ründeroth and founded the steel trading company Zapp (today: Zapp AG) in Düsseldorf in 1871 , producing special steels in particular and selling them throughout Europe; Zapp had previously studied the Bessemer process in England and used his know-how for the production of special steel. In 1887 Robert Zapp took over sole sales for Krupps tool steels .
The life of Robert Zapps is written by Hugo Weidenhaupt in Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 2: From the royal seat to the official city (1614–1900) honored. A street in Ratingen is named after him.

  • House Haroldstr. 10a

  • Robert Zapp Düsseldorf

  • Robert Zapps company, Zapp AG

  • Grave site of the Robert Zapp family (architect Ernst Roeting )

Gustav and Norbert Zapp

Gustav Zapp was born as the first child of Robert and Bertha Zapp. The merchant married Martha Boeddinghaus on November 17, 1896. They lived from November 7, 1895 to May 19, 1913 at Kavalleriestraße 18 in Düsseldorf. Then they moved to Ratingen-Eckamp. In 1929 the Hohbeck house was named as Gustav's residence. They had four children together, the second child of which was Norbert. Norbert was a member of the Corps Guestphalia Heidelberg , businessman, steel wholesaler and 1934–1937 board member of the Düsseldorf Industry Club and from 1933 a member of the municipal council. He married on October 18, 1923 and had three children.

  • Düsseldorf, Ratingen, Holterhof-Hohbeek house, postcard to G. Zapp from 1910, back

  • Düsseldorf, Ratingen, Holterhof-Hohbeek house, postcard to G. Zapp dated July 14, 1905, back

  • Düsseldorf, Ratingen, Holterhof-Hohbeek house, postcard to G. Zapp dated July 14, 1905, back

Carl Zapp

The doctor of law was a government assessor . On November 22, 1920 he moved to the house at Malkastenstrasse 19. From there he moved on October 22, 1926 to Ratingen-Eckamp. In 1928, at the age of 61, he was a retired government assessor D. with his wife Anna and son Carl August to Rio de Janeiro . In 1929 the Holterhof house near Düsseldorf-Rath was named as the residence.

Adolf Zapp

Adolf Zapp married Viktoria Alwine, born on October 28, 1896 . Halbach, was an engineer and partner in the Robert Zapp company and sat on the board of the Düsseldorf Industrial Club from 1934 to 1937 together with his nephew Norbert Zapp . His last address for Düsseldorf on July 28, 1904 was the building at Haroldstrasse 10a, which was built by the architect Ernst Roeting as an office building for the Robert Zapp company . On January 21, 1914, he moved from Düsseldorf to Metzkausen (now part of the city of Mettmann ) in Haus Schladt.

Oskar Zapp

Oskar was a businessman and moved to Hofgartenstrasse 3 in Düsseldorf on December 2, 1896. On January 10, 1901, he moved from there to Berlin, at Werkstrasse 10. He returned to Düsseldorf (at Hofgartenstrasse 3) on June 18, 1907. On December 16, 1918, he moved to Hindenburgwall, today Heinrich-Heine-Allee 40.

literature

  • Hugo Weidenhaupt (ed.): Small history of the city of Düsseldorf. Triltsch-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1979/1983 , ISBN 3-7998-0000-X .
  • Hugo Weidenhaupt (Ed.): Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 1: From the first settlement to the early modern city (until 1614). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-491-34221-X .
  • Hugo Weidenhaupt (Ed.): Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 2: From the royal seat to the civil servant town (1614–1900). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-491-34222-8 .
  • Hugo Weidenhaupt (Ed.): Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 3: The industrial and administrative city (20th century). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-491-34223-6 .
  • Hugo Weidenhaupt (Ed.): Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 4: Timetable and Register. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1990, ISBN 3-491-34224-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steel and Iron, Volume 20, Part 2 Association of German Ironworkers, Association of German Iron and Steel Industrialists. Northwestern group, Association of Upper Employees of the Iron and Steel Industry Verlag Stahleisen, 1900 Zapp, Adolf, engineer, Düsseldorf, Haroldstr. 10a.
  2. ^ A b c Yearbook Shipbuilding Society, 1903, Robert Zapp, Düsseldorf, Haroldstrasse 10 a. Zapp, Gustav, i. Robert Zapp, Düsseldorf, p. 26 ( online in the Google book search)
  3. ↑ Hugo Weidenhaupt (Ed.): Düsseldorf history from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 3: The industrial and administrative city (20th century). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-491-34223-6 , p. 199.
  4. ^ A b c Hugo Weidenhaupt (Ed.): Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 2: From the royal seat to the civil servant town (1614–1900). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-491-34222-8 , p. 597 [Robert, Kaufmann (1874)]
  5. ↑ a b c www.strassenkatalog.de
  6. ^ Eduard Trier, Willy Weyres: 19th century art in the Rhineland: plastic. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1980, page 435.
  7. ^ Architects and Engineers Association in Düsseldorf (ed.): Düsseldorf and its buildings. L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1904, p. 67, fig. 38.
  8. ↑ a b c Company history on the Zapp AG website ( memento from September 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 18, 2011
  9. ^ Rudolf Tilly: 60 years Industrie-Club eV Düsseldorf. Düsseldorf 1972.
  10. ^ Association of German Ironworkers, Association of German Iron and Steel Industrialists. Northwestern Group, Association of Upper Employees of the Iron and Steel Industry: Steel and Iron , Volume 20, Part 2, Verlag Stahleisen, 1900, page 868
  11. ^ Ernst Heinson: "Düsseldorf as the seat of important industrial associations". In: Hans Arthur Lux: German urban architecture. Works and works of German self-government . Düsseldorf, German Art and Publishing Institute Wilhelm Wallmichrath, Düsseldorf 1925, p. 103
  12. ^ Registry office Düsseldorf-Mitte, 450/1917
  13. ↑ Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf, history file, film no .: 7-4-0-84.0000
  14. ↑ Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf, history file, film no .: 7-4-1-213.0000
  15. ↑ registry office Hubbelrath, 13/1955
  16. ^ Registry office Düsseldorf-Mitte, 13/1900
  17. ^ Registry office Düsseldorf-Mitte, 487/1969
  18. ^ Registry office Düsseldorf-Mitte, 2431/1946
  19. ↑ STA. Düsseldorf-Mitte 3537/1876 and STA. Düsseldorf-Mitte 126/1883
  20. ↑ STA. Düsseldorf-Mitte 3577/1879 and STA Düsseldorf-Nord 663/1942 note in the birth certificate
  21. ^ Hugo Weidenhaupt (ed.): Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 2: From the royal seat to the civil servant town (1614–1900). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-491-34222-8 , p. 597 [Robert, Kaufmann (1874)]
  22. ^ Registry office Düsseldorf-Mitte, 1608/1896
  23. ^ Deutsche Dendrologische Gesellschaft: Mitteilungen der Deutschen Dendrologische Gesellschaft , Issue 41, L. Beissner, 1929, p. 145. accessed on December 10, 2011
  24. ↑ Düsseldorf City Archives, History File Film No.:7-4-0-84.0000
  25. ^ Hugo Weidenhaupt (ed.): Düsseldorf. History from the origins to the 20th century. Volume 3: The industrial and administrative city (20th century). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1989, ISBN 3-491-34223-6 , pp. 515, 559f.
  26. ↑ Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf, history file, film number: 7-4-6-167.0000
  27. ↑ Düsseldorf City Archives, History File Film No.:7-4-0-84.0000
  28. ^ Bremen State Archives, Archives Ident. No .: AIII15-11.02.128_N [Date of departure: February 11, 1928, port of departure: Bremen, port of arrival: Rio de Janeiro, ship: Sierra Cordoba, entrepreneur: Nordd. Lloyd, Bremen] Page no longer available , search in web archives: accessed on November 5, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.hotel432.server4you.de
  29. ^ Deutsche Dendrologische Gesellschaft: Mitteilungen der Deutschen Dendrologische Gesellschaft , Issue 41, L. Beissner, 1929, p. 145. accessed on December 10, 2011
  30. ^ Registry office Düsseldorf-Mitte, 1478/1896
  31. ^ Architects and Engineers Association in Düsseldorf (ed.): Düsseldorf and its buildings. L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1904, pp. 359, 406 [Fig. 644] [645 Haroldstr. 10a ground floor] [646 Haroldstr. 10a mezzanine floor]
  32. ↑ Stahl und Eisen , Volume 20 (1900), p. 868. ( Online in the Google book search)
  33. ↑ Hubbelraht registry office in Metzkausen, 17/1941
  34. ↑ Düsseldorf City Archives, History File Film No.:7-4-0-84.0000
  35. ↑ Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf, history file film no .: 7-4-1-231.0000
  36. ↑ Stadtarchiv Düsseldorf, history file film no .: 7-4-3-344.0000
  37. ↑ German Dendrological Society: Communications of the German Dendrological Society , edition 41, L. Beissner, 1929, p. 145.