Friedrich Krupp (* 17. July 1787 in meal; "† 8 October 1826 in meals) was Industrieller. It created the Krupp casting steel factory, which his son Alfred Krupp should remove to occasional largest industrial enterprise in Europe, and which is come up today in the ThyssenKrupp AG.

Friedrich Krupp originates from a established Essener citizen family. Its father dies, when Krupp is 8 years old. As actual family head at least the grandmother, Helene Amalie Krupp (1732-1810) can be regarded, born ashtray field, starting from this time. It had already composed a group of various handels and industrial enterprises of a colonial goods action, which had inherited it from its man Friedrich Jodocus Krupp.

it keeps "property hope" transferred to 1807 from its grandmother as gift, ironworks into Sterkrade, which had ersteigert it 1800. Krupp manages these very fast down. The grandmother cancels the transmission, the hut goes 1808 to the brothers Franz Haniel and Heinrich Huyssen, which develop with the property hope hut the long time largest employer later upper living.

The grandmother dies 1810, the inheritance goes at Friedrich Krupp. With this starting capital Krupp creates a workshop, which he umfirmiert on 20 November 1811 into the "company Friedrich Krupp for producing the English of casting steel and all make ions" resulting from it. Partners are the brothers George Karl Gottfried and William George Ludwig von Kechel, who stated, to be in the casting steelmaking experienced. A goal Krupps was it, the desired material that since the continental barrier Napoleon Bonapartes did not arrive to no more from England to Europe, to manufacture on the continent. (However it was not first, those production English Gusstahls was quite well-known there on the continent, since 1804 Johann Conrad Fischer (1773-1854) in work living the English monopoly had broken.) the market gap was thus first given - nevertheless at the business fate it lacked, and the market gap did not remain eternally open.

First Krupp can produce only cement steel, 1812 supplies it for the first time files from this material. The casting steel factory is finished placed only 1813, after approx. 30,000 Reichstaler were invested - with a minimum income. Krupp lives in the reason of the family ability. Besides the partners turn out as unreliable: Their alleged knowledge in the area of the casting steel is missing. The bankruptcy close Krupp separates 1816 from them and becomes sole owner of the company. In this year it is also for the first time in a the position to supply English Gusstahl. At this time however the continental barrier is waived for three years already, and the "genuine" English casting steel is available on the continent again in large quantity.

1817 are expanded production since Gerberwerkzeuge, drills, turning steel, stamps for coining and 1818 it increases the production and builds a new work in the west of the city, which goes on 18 October 1819 into enterprise. The plant is put on on 60 melting furnaces, but only 8 is present in the first stage of development. it supplies primarily cutting tools, saws and blade to 1820 with.

But it gets the company never correctly on the feet. Krupp had been to blame for itself by the new building highly, is frequently ill. On 8 October 1826 it, 39 years old, dies at a pulmonary edema (chest water craze). He is buried at the Evangelist cemetery at that time of meal between first and the second weber route. The enterprise Krupp employs at this time still seven workers.

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