Stolberger Zink
The Stolberg Zinc AG of Mining and Metallurgical Plant Aachen and Stolberg zinc mines GmbH is a mining and Metallverhüttungsunternehmen in the Aachen region and specifically in space Eschweiler- Stolberg based in Stolberg.
The Stolberg zinc is the last descendant of a long line of metallurgical enterprises in Stolberg. It was created in 1938 by renaming of the Society for Mining, lead and zinc production of Stolberg (French: Société anonyme des Mines et des fonderies de zinc de Stolberg ) - short Stolberg society.
In addition to the zinc smelter Nievenheim at Dormagen was their main zinc operation, the zinc smelter Münsterbusch, which was in operation until 1967, and the lead smelter Binsfeldhammer, which was acquired in 1970 by the company Berzelius Duisburg. Since then, it operates mainly property management, among other things, the sale of commercial space on the reclaimed dump carbon bush. 1957
A subsidiary was the silver and lead mining company AG Holzappel in Rhineland-Palatinate Lauren Castle and the union Mercur based in Bad Ems. The early 1950s until 1968 operated the Stolberg zinc mining operations in the Maubacher Bleiberg. In addition, she held mine or mine property shares in Bulgaria ( Pirin mine -AG ), Spain and Italy. 1957 Adolph pit -Helene was leased in Altlay, but two years later the operation had to stop.
Stolberg society and Metallurgical Society of Stolberg
1838, the Metallurgical Society was founded in Stolberg as a capital company of merchants and mine owners. Your main investor was posthumously James Cockerill. She was the first of a long series of metallurgical enterprises in Stolberg, the mine properties and metal smelting united. In addition, among other things, Cockerill brother John and Barthold Suermondt from Aachen, Friedrich Thyssen Director of Eschweiler wire factory and the Cologne bank Salomon Oppenheim were involved.
To their corporate assets included the zinc smelter St. Henry Münsterbusch that Galmeigrube Herrenberg, 49/64 shares in the lead and zinc ore Diepenlinchen as well as small amounts of the lead and Zinkerzgruben Breinigerberg and Büsbacherberg. 1840, the James - mine was taken over by the Metallurgical Society.
1841 leased the Metallurgical Society all operating facilities to the Marquis de Sassenay and was the limited partnership de Sassenay jr. converted into the Stolberg society.
In 1845 was created by the transformation of the legal form of a limited partnership that de Sassenay jr. in turn, the Society for Mining, lead and zinc production of Stolberg (French: Société anonyme des Mines et des fonderies de zinc de Stolberg ), abbreviated Stolberg society after the adoption of the Prussian Securities Act of 1843.
1848 acquired the Stolberg company of the corporation to Bleyberg it Montzen the founded two years earlier lead and silver hut Münsterbusch today Schellerweg, opposite the Zinkhütter yard that was driven until 1916.
Like their predecessors covered the company Stolberg their need for zinc and lead ore initially exclusively from Stolberg deposits, mainly from the ore mine Diepenlinchen. The merger with the Rheinisch -Westfälische mine association in 1853 brought her access to the rich lead and zinc deposits Ramsbecker and a change of name to Society for Mining and zinc production of Stolberg and Westphalia. 1855 sparked a native of a Elberfelder banking family of Wilhelm von der Heydt the Marquis de Sassenay as Director General from and was able to overcome a crisis of the company. From the bankruptcy estate of the Alliance Stolberg company took over the ore mine Büsbacherberg - Brockenberg. 1909 took over the company Stolberg also Emser lead and silver Werk AG.
In 1922, a joint operation with the Eschweiler society was formed, which merged in 1926 after the merger in Stolberg society. By fusing the pit reached Good Hope at St. Goar in the possession of the Company.
Twelve years later, the renaming took place in Stolberg zinc AG. Today, the company Stolberg Telecom AG iL is called and is located since 17 July 2002 bankruptcy proceedings.