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Friedrich Springorum (1 April 1858 in
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On 24 October 1920, Springorum was awarded honorary citizenship by the RWTH Aachen. He was also awarded the title of a council of commerce and received an honorary doctorate from the TH Breslau and
Friedrich Springorum (1 April 1858 in Schwelm
Schwelm is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis in the administrative region of Arnsberg within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Geography
Schwelm is situated in the southeast of the "''Ruhrgebiet''", the Ruhr district of Germany, ...
– 16 May 1938 in Dortmund
Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...
) was a German engineer and entrepreneur.
Biography
From 1908 to 1921, Friedrich Springorum became general director and sole board member ofHoesch AG
Hoesch AG was an important steel and mining company with locations in the Ruhr area and Siegen.
In 1871, Hoesch was founded by Leopold Hoesch. In 1938, Hoesch employed 30,000 people.
In 1972, the prominent steel producer merged with the Dutch ...
. Springorum was also a co-founder of the Society of Friends and Sponsors of RWTH Aachen e. V. (ProRWTH), which has been awarding the Springorum commemorative coin since 1925./ref>
On 24 October 1920, Springorum was awarded honorary citizenship by the RWTH Aachen. He was also awarded the title of a council of commerce and received an honorary doctorate from the TH Breslau and University of Leeds
, mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased
, established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds
, ...
. Springorum was also politically active and was a member of the city council of Dortmund
Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...
. Springorum was married. His sons were Fritz Springorum (1886-1942) and Otto Springorum (1890-1955).
Publications
*Springorum, Friedrich. In: Robert Volz: Reich Handbook of German Society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , pp. 1814-1815. *Walter Bertram: Friedrich Springorum (1858-1938). In: Rheinisch-Westfälische *Wirtschaftsbiographien, Volume V. Aschendorff, Münster 1953, pp. 122–146. *Karl-Peter Ellerbrock: Springorum, Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, , p. 763 f. ( Digitized ).See also
*Hoesch AG
Hoesch AG was an important steel and mining company with locations in the Ruhr area and Siegen.
In 1871, Hoesch was founded by Leopold Hoesch. In 1938, Hoesch employed 30,000 people.
In 1972, the prominent steel producer merged with the Dutch ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Springorum, Friedrich German industrialists German steel industry businesspeople Engineers from North Rhine-Westphalia 1858 births 1938 deaths People from Schwelm