The Industrielle Leopold Hoesch (* 13 January 1820 in "† 21 April 1899 in created 1871 in Dortmund the iron and steel plant Hoesch AG, the later Westphalia hut.

On this establishment of an enterprise the Hoesch steel AG, one of the most important enterprises of the mining industry is based. The Hoesch steel AG busy 1964 34,000 humans in their enterprise.

1991 were taken over the enterprise by the Krupp steel AG. The steel production in Dortmund ended with the disassembly of the Westphalia hut in the year 2002. The work was rebuilt in China.

"Leopold Hoesch - a Gentleman from the vertex to the sole" under this title one finds the first detailed Biografie over Leopold Hoesch in the anniversary publication to the anniversary of the Leopold Hoesch museum The version from 8 February 2006 (18: 11 o'clock) contains this detailed Biografie.

Biografie

• 13. January 1820: Leopold Hoesch is born in Following its study at the poly-technical school in Vienna it steps into the business of his uncle Eberhard Hoesch (which 1824 the so-called Puddelverfahren - a method of the iron smelting - on the Lendersdorfer hut introduced).
• starting from 1852: After the death of his uncle Eberhard Hoesch (1790 - 1852) it leads the iron works Eberhard Hoesch & sons, which Eschweiler, Lendersdorf (with as a managing director and two-case hammer cover the iron works.
• 1. September 1871: Leopold Hoesch closes a contract with his four sons and nephews for the establishment of a steel plant in Dortmund Osterholz.
• April 1871: Grundsteinlegung of the new work.
• October 1871: The enterprise is converted from a OHG into an AG. Leopold Hoesch becomes a chairman of the supervisory board, his son Albert Hoesch of chairmen of the board.
• June 1874: Beginning of the regular steel production.
• 1874: Establishment of the staff sickness fund of the Hoesch AG - fourteen years before creation of the legal health insurance in the year 1888.
• starting from 1874: Completion of the first work dwellings and affiliation of green and sports sites (Hoeschpark).
• 21. April 1899: Leopold Hoesch dies in
• 1905 are opened by Leopold Hoesch donated and after it the designated Leopold Hoesch museum. On representation aligned neobarock jugendstilhafte buildings of the architect George Frentzen indication of industrieller public-friendliness, cultural self-confident unity became and a place of innovative exhibitions.

Beside the museum are designated after Hoesch the Eberhard Hoesch road and the Hoeschplatz in as well as the Hoeschplatz in Dortmund and the Hoeschweg in Eschweiler.

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• Leopold Hoesch museum
• Leopold Hoesch Berufskolleg

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