Karl Godulla

Karl Godulla ( pl. Karol Godula ) ( born November 8, 1781 Makoszowy (today district of Zabrze ), Upper Silesia, † July 6, 1848 in Breslau) was a German industrialist. The Prussian king zinc, as he was also called, was one of the pioneers in the development of Upper Silesia on the German mining and industrial center.

Life and work

Godulla grew up as the son of a gamekeeper up in modest circumstances and went into the service of Count Carl Franz Ballestrem who promoted the intelligent, ambitious and enterprising young man. 1807 Godulla was appointed administrator of the goods and operations of the Count, 1818, he rose to his agent. With 28 Freikuxen the Karlshütte in Ruda, who received Godulla by the Earl of Ballestrem gratitude, began his entrepreneurial career. He soon had its own coal mines, Galmeibergwerke and cabins. Karl Godulla introduced a new processing method and also began with the removal of refractory clays in Ruda. 1826 Godulla was also the owner of the manor Schomberg - Orzegow in Upper Silesia.

The introduction of the industrial recovery of zinc from the rich Galmeierzvorkommen Upper Silesia, he obtained a large fortune. Godulla erected zinc huts and open new mines. When he died, he owned 80 zinc mines zinc 4 cabins and 48 coal mines. In addition there was a considerable land holdings.

Godulla was considered a frugal person who lived rather than in his wooden house in Ruda in his castle Schomberg. He was very industrious, and allowed himself little rest and put these standards also for its employees and workers, but he was consistently ahead against laziness and widespread among the Upper Silesian miners drunkenness.

Karl Godulla remained childless and unmarried. He accepted the child worker Johanna Gryzik to child instead. After his death he was buried in the church at Schomberg. His adopted daughter Johanna Gryzik of Schomberg - Godulla later married the Count Hans -Ulrich Schaffgotsch. From the empire of Charles Godulla finally the Counts was creative Gotsche mine management. According to him, the district Rudaer Godullahütten (now to Ruda Śląska ) named.