August Howaldt

August Howaldt, actually August Ferdinand Howaldt ( born October 23, 1809 in Braunschweig ( St. Andrew ); † August 4, 1883 in Kiel ) was a North German engineer, designer and inventor who significantly initiated as an entrepreneur, the industrialization of the city of Kiel.

Life

Born as the son of Braunschweig Goldsmith David Ferdinand Howaldt, from whom he received his first professional training, he was 1824 - 1829 in Brunswick at Louis Spengler for "practical Mechanicus " train (100 years Howaldt: Published by the Board of HDW AG, Kiel -Hamburg, 1938) and was married with his wife Emma Diederichsen 1837 Kieler citizens. On 1 October 1838 he founded, together with the wealthy Kieler Kaufmann Johann Schweffel the Maschinenbauanstalt " Schweffel & Howaldt ". This began by machines for agriculture in the Danish Schleswig -Holstein ago, in 1849, however, the first screw ship machine for the first screw gunboat of the world. Von der Tann The Maschinenbauanstalt built according to the plans of Wilhelm Bauer, the first iron - diver -screw ship ( submarine ), the Brandtaucher, which today is located in the Military History Museum of the Bundeswehr in Dresden. In 1860 and 1864 two tugs were still made with the name Kiel and Schwentine.

On December 31, 1879 his three sons, George, Bernhard and Hermann Howaldt took over the factory and led them in "Gebrüder Howaldt " section.

August Ferdinand died on August 4, 1883 in Kiel, he left behind five children.

In 1889, he founded a shipyard and engineering works in 1876 on the banks of the Firth of Kiel was founded by Georg Howaldt were founding of the " HDW AG " - united - today's HDW.