Bernhard Goldenberg

Bernhard Goldenberg (born 20 March 1872 in Dahlerau; died 30 May 1917 in Essen) was a German engineer.[1]

RWE share from 1910 with Goldenberg's signature

Life

Goldenberg was the son of Friedrich Goldenberg, the head of the dye works at the Wülfing works and son. Later he also did a practical training in mechanical engineering at the Wülfing works.[2] After his mandatory military service, Goldenberg studied mechanical and electrical engineering at the technical universities in Hannover, Stuttgart and Berlin before becoming a technical advisor to Hugo Stinnes in 1899. In 1903, after a study trip that had primarily taken him to the General Electric and Edison Electric Light Corporation plants in the US,[3] he became Technical Director of Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk AG, and in this capacity was responsible for the technical implementation of the rapid expansion of electrification in the Rhineland and Ruhr area.[4] In this capacity, the power plants in Essen (1903), Reisholz (1909), Wesel (1912) and the promontory headquarters in Knapsack (April 1914), later named after Goldenberg, were built in rapid succession.

After his death in 1917, after a five-day hospital stay and battle with pneumonia, RWE named the Goldenberg-Werk lignite-fired power plant in Knapsack near Cologne after him at Stinnes' suggestion.[5]

References
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  2. "Radevormwald - Stadtnetz Ing. Bernhard Goldenberg, geb. 20.3.1873". www.stadtnetz-radevormwald.de. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  3. Feldman, Gerald D. (1998). Hugo Stinnes: Biographie eines Industriellen, 1870-1924 (in German). C.H.Beck. ISBN 978-3-406-43582-9.
  4. Biographie, Deutsche. "Goldenberg, Bernhard - Deutsche Biographie". www.deutsche-biographie.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  5. "Kraftwerk Goldenberg". baukunst-nrw. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
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