Joseph Thyssen, also Josef Thyssen (14 February 1844 – 15 July 1915), was a

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industrialist. He was the son of

Friedrich Thyssen Johann ''Friedrich'' Thyssen (1 October 1804 in Aachen – 25 May 1877 in Eschweiler) was a German banker and patriarch of the Thyssen family dynasty. Family He was the son of Nikolaus Thyssen and wife Christine Nellessen. His family had se ...

and the younger brother of

August Thyssen August Thyssen (; Eschweiler, 17 May 1842 – Landsberg Castle, Ratingen, near Kettwig, 4 April 1926) was a German industrialist. Career and marriage After he had completed his studies at the RWTH Aachen University, University of Karlsruhe and ...

, who was also his closest colleague and confidant.

Biography

Thyssen was born in

Eschweiler Eschweiler (, Ripuarian: ) is a municipality in the district of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany on the river Inde, near the German-Belgian-Dutch border, and about east of Aachen and west of Cologne. History * Celts (fir ...

. After working with his brother in the banking business of their father, Thyssen was co-owner since 1877 August Thyssen's Styrum Mill Thyssen & Co. He held this position in various supervisory and management bodies of the

Thyssen Group Thyssen is a Low Frankish and Dutch patronymic surname. It is derived from the common given name Thijs, a short form of Mathijs ( Matthew). The Dutch digraph ij and the y ("ij" without dots) were used interchangeably until the surname spelling fix ...

. Among other things, he was a founding board member of the Mülheim Mining Association from 1898. In 1900 he moved with his family to his newly built Villa Josef Thyssen by the River

Ruhr The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...

. In 1880 he married Klara Bagel, the daughter of a Mülheim publishing family (1856–1918). The couple had three children: Julius (1881–1946), Johanna (1883–1887) and Hans (1890–1943). In 1915 Joseph Thyssen died at the plant in

Mülheim an der Ruhr Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr () and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen. It is home to many compan ...

, having fallen between two rail car buffers during an evening patrol. He was buried in the Old Cemetery (Old Cemetery) in

Mülheim an de Ruhr Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr () and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen. It is home to many com ...

. ''taken from Wikipedia (German), translated by Google Translator.''

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Joseph Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

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