1870 After Franz Haniel's death in 1868, his descendants - above all his eldest son Hugo - are challenged to find new structures. The strong growth of the company and the group of shareholders and…
1851 After four years of sinking and construction work, the Zollverein mine in Essen begins production on March 1, 1851. Just 35 years later, in 1888, the mine founded by Franz Haniel achieves the…
1844 From 1844, the Eisenheim workers' housing estate for the employees of JHH is being built in what would later become Oberhausen. It is the first workers' settlement in the Ruhr region. Around…
1837 In September 1837, Franz Haniel signs the statutes of what is probably the first corporate health insurance fund initiated by a company in Germany. JHH sets it up for its workers at the Ruhrort…
1834 In 1834, Franz Haniel succeeds for the first time in penetrating the thick layer of marl covering the hard coal reserves of the northern Ruhr area, and extracting bituminous coal. However, the…
1829 In 1829, under the direction of the Englishman Nicholas Oliver Harvey, the JHH builds a hall for the construction of steamships and a workshop for steam boiler construction in Ruhrort. Just one…
1815 On May 11, 1815, Aletta Haniel dies in the Ruhrort Packhaus at the age of 73. The church register records "debilitation" as the cause of death. Her estate is divided among her children Sophia,…
1808 In 1805, Gerhard and Franz buy Maria Kunigunde's shares in the Neu-Essen and St. Antony ironworks and found a steelworks company with their brother-in-law Jacobi. In 1806 and 1807, the Haniel…
1800 At the age of 26 and 21, Aletta's youngest sons, Gerhard and Franz, make their first entrepreneurial attempts. Franz Haniel writes in his biography: "At the beginning of this century, I also…
1782 After the death of her husband in 1782, Aletta Haniel continues the wine trade and general forwarding business under the company name J.W. Haniel seel.Wittib. In 1792, Aletta took over the…
