Anton Raky (* 5 January 1868 in soul mountain (Taunus); "† 22 August 1943 in Berlin) is considered as a successful pioneer in the area of the deep drilling technique and world-wide oil production.

Beginnings

Anton Raky was born as a son of Franz Raky and Karoline geb. abbott in soul mountain in the Taunus. Its grandfather operated a hammer work in Kiedrich. He learned the handicraft of a fitter and made in the paternal enterprise a special drilling bit for the drilling entrepreneur Emanuel Przibilla. This originated from Niederschlesien and possessed in Cologne a drilling enterprise, which bored at that time in Kiedrich after a salt spring. Przibilla became attentive to the talentierten man and accepted it in its enterprise. Anton Raky worked now on improvements of the Bohrtechnik.

When drilling engineer at the Natives of Alsace trade union "„property hope "“in Durrenbach it could 1894 finally patent let "„the high-speed impact drilling crane Nr.7 "“, became unternommne with whose assistance in the Elsass 180 to 340 m deep oil drillings. Whereupon its world-wide business Erfolgsweg.Anton Raky and "„to property hope was based "“offered the invention than license to the larger Native of Alsace rival business "„Pechelbronner of oil mines "“, these rejected however.

International drilling company AG

Financed of the A. now Anton Raky created Schaaffhausen' bank association on 8 August 1895 in Strasbourg Rupprechtsau as well as the Strassburger manufacturer Heinrich Otto Seib and further persons from the Elsass for the commercial evaluation of the patent "„the international drilling company AG "“. The capital stock consisted first of 400.000 realm Marks, 1898 to 500.000 was however already increased.

The center of the I.G: B. starting from 1897 after Erkelenz one shifted. Przibilla had established a small workshop around 1894 in Erkelenz, went it however into bankruptcy and the company by Raky was taken over.

In the circle Erkelenz, in the neighbouring Aachener area and in the Ruhr district was bored after hard coal. The working area was with own track connection in Erkelenz traffic-favorably directly because of the railway line Aachen Duesseldorf. In the town he was the first owner of automobile, arose as a national gesinnter sponsor and built themselves a mansion in the close Dalheim Raky acquired oil concessions in Northern Germany and Romania and created mineral oil companies like "„German oil industry AG "“and "„Regatul novel "“. Rakys of drilling rigs were at the beginning 20. Century on in Romania and Russia. it opened the Romanian oil fields for 1904 with Moreni and 1905 issued the enterprise on the world exhibition in a Diorama of a hard coal landscape. The dividend of the I.G.B. climbed for 1906 and 1907 on 500 per cent. On pressure of the money-giving banks it had to lay down however 1907 its office as a general manager of the I.G.B. Different branches of enterprise were split up and sold. Thus the today's "„Alfreds Wirth & CO became "“from the Erkelenzer engine works.

Drillings at home and abroad

Raky accomplished first up to the outbreak of the First World War drillings for oil in Russia, thus in Kertsch, Maikop and Baku as well as in Romania.

After the war it established the company in salt lattices "„Anton Raky, deep wells "“and opened at this location of iron ore fields. it created 1920 together with "„the Rombacher hut "“and "„Ilseder hut "“the consortium "„Fortuna "“. 1923 created Anton Raky "„the mining industry AG salt lattice "“. Raky possessed end of the 20's about 53 million square meter ore concessions, whose utilization required however risky investments of funds.

Raky invested in oil drillings in the upper Rhine Valley and in Lower Saxony. Besides it could prove brown coal occurrences on the left Niederrheinufer. The expensive explanation work made excessive demands of however the enterprise and was insolvent finally the Raky AG 1932/1933.

Divide his enterprise of "„the Preussag "“and "„winter-resound AG "“taken over. Under new owner "„the mining industry AG was resumed "“in salt lattice bath at the On 5 August 1937 the company was integrated into "„the realm works Hermann "“. Today the former Raky enterprise calls itself "„machines corporation "“(SMAG) salt lattices.

Honours

• The mountain academy Clausthal recognized Anton Raky 1921 those became a Dr. - engineer - E.h too.
• The city Erkelenz appointed it the honour citizen.
• In Erkelenz 1955 a road, the Anton Raky avenue were designated after it.
• In Dalheim a Anton Raky road exists.
• In salt lattices the Anton Raky six-form high school, the today's six-form high school salt lattice bath existed to 2005.

Museums

• In the German mining industry museum in Bochum the high-speed impact drilling equipment is issued as model.
• In the German oil museum how/as TZE with Celle an Raky oil-well drilling installation is located.

Literature

• Gerald P.R. Martin: Industrial pioneers in our homeland - Anton Raky. In: Homeland calendar of the circle Heinsberg 1974. P. 52 FF.
• Gerhard Martin: Anton Raky (1868 - 1943): Old master of the deep drilling technique, inventor, and legend; born in soul mountain. In: Bd. 16 (2003), P. 30-35

Related links

• Wirth in Erkelenz
• The SMAG in salt lattices

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