Leopold Hoesch (entrepreneur)

Leopold Hoesch

Leopold Hoesch (born 13 January 1820 in Düren, died 21 April 1899 in Düren) was a German entrepreneur. In 1871 he founded the Eisen-und Stahlwerk Hoesch AG, later the Westfalenhütte in Dortmund, Westphalia.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Friedrich Zunkel: Hoesch, Leopold. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 366 f. ( Digitized ).
  2. ^ Justus Hashagen / Fritz Brüggemann : History of the Hoesch Family , Volume 2: From the Age of Religious Unrest to the Present , Cologne 1916
  3. ^ Horst Mönnich: Departure into the area. Departure to Europe. Hoesch 1871-1971 . Munich: Verlag F. Bruckmann, 1971, ISBN 3-7654-1441-7 (anniversary volume of Hoesch Aktiengesellschaft, Dortmund)