The hut and mines Rhine living AG was a society within the Krupp Firmenimperiums. It operated a metallurgical plant in Rhine living at the Niederrhein, which is today an urban district in Duisburg.

History

On initiative of Friedrich Alfreds Krupp in the year 1896 planning for a metallurgical plant were accepted. Already on 18 December 1897 the first blast furnaces were blown on. In the years before the First World War the work applied as the largest of Europe. The products covered rails, staff and sectional steel, semi-finished material, threshold and wire rod.

With the settlement of the company Krupp end 19. Century began a time of the economical bloom in the area of the villages, which united to 1923 to the land municipality Rhine living and are today an urban district of Duisburg. However also the time of strong environmental pollution began. A whole village (Bliersheim) disappeared under the work area, which was traffic-favorably been directly because of the left Rhine bank opposite Duisburg and had its own port.

End 19. Century had the villages about 5,000 inhabitants, at the beginning 2. World war ranked that 1934 among the city raised Rhine living of approximately 46,000 inhabitants. They had pulled in several large thrusts, particularly from the oberschlesischen mining district this way, in order to find in the bills Diergardt and Mevissen, above all however in the Krupp metallurgical plant, work. After that 2. World war amounted to the number of inhabitants still approx. 40,000. 1949 became the 50.000. Inhabitant registers. 1947 are decartelized the Krupp metallurgical plant from the Krupp company and painted from the disassembly list; later it was integrated again into the Krupp company. Beside the steel plant a further subsidiary company developed: the Krupp of industrie and steel plants, late Krupp industrial technology mentioned.

The work

Up to 16.000 humans many of them found work came out from the city Duisburg and the niederrheinischen hinterland in the 60's with Krupp. Therefore the line 33, which leads from Kleve, Xanten, over Rhine mountain and Moers after Rhine living, Hippeland express is traditionally still called, because at that time transported this line industrial worker from the agriculturally coined/shaped circle Kleve with its tradionellen goat breeding to the metallurgical plant.

The company Krupp took thereby long time an important role for the urbane development of Rhine living: Krupp let build a sample settlement for Stahlabeiter (Margarethensiedlung), a small station at the factory gate I (station Rhine living east) as well as a hospital, which carried the name of its wife Bertha. Also the company was Krupp, particularly in the 1. Half 20. Century a company, which created numerous social mechanisms for its persons employed. Of Krupp own consumer business, in which first only work member and their families could buy, over an Krupp own kindergarten, an Krupp own library, the mentioned Berthakrankenhaus, an own public swimming pool (at the Kruppsee), large laundries for the families of the persons employed up to health establishments at air health resorts. Were Krupp and Krupp Rhine-live were Rhine living. Persons employed at the company Krupp remained there a life long and above all the sons caught to work on also there, the daughters married the sons of other Kruppianer. The unionized organization ratio of the Krupp persons employed in the industrial union metal was with nearly 100%.

By the trade tax incomes of Krupp 20 could in the 60's and beginennden 70's. Century by the city administration many social mechanisms, like 6 youth centres, 5 community centers for the elderly, 19 kindergartens, free and indoor swimming pools to be furnished, as well as an internationally considered sport-resounds (Krefelder road) and a large meeting-resounds (Rhine-live-resounds). Also the people park Rhine living was created (Rhine living green lung) and at very many roads avenue trees were planted, which for the quarter in particular starting from the 80's a park-like appearance provided. However the influence of the company Krupp ensured also for the fact that no Konkurrenzfirmen could settle, which could in the local worker reservoir wildern. Thus an extreme mono structure was given in this city.

The end

With the fall of coal and steel the economic descent began also for Rhine living. The two bills were already closed in the 60's. Here however set free workers were usually accepted by the company Krupp, who far expanded. In the 80's the Krupp metallurgical plant made then country widely for headlines.

The Krupp steel AG communicates the locking of its rolling mill in Duisburg Rhine living on 3 December 1982. Several thousand workers are to lose their job. Krupp justifies the decision in such a way: with the rolling steel from Rhine living the corporation at the subsidized market is not competitive. Center of the 70's had used a world-wide steel crisis. Several works came into Germany had to close to sales resistance. Altogether 200,000 places were threatened in the steel industry. Still more were it in the mining industry. 1987 received by the resistance against the locking of the then existing steel plant large medium operational readiness level to Rhine living. In Duisburg Rhine living 1987 Krupp workers occupied the Rhine bridge, protest against the locking of its work on 10 December. Rhine-live became thereby the synonym for "„steel crisis "“. The Rhine bridge Rhine living - high field was renamed by the worker takers in "„bridge of the solidarity "“, a name, which was officially taken over later by the city Duisburg. In the winter 1987/88 large demonstrations followed against the locking of the remaining metallurgical plant. Within this framework also the Rhine bridge as well as the motorway were blocked and the Krupp head office in the mansion hill in meals was occupied. Months-long reminding guards accompanied the arguments.

Despite all protests one ended nearly to Industriegschichte on 15 August 1993 with the final locking of the Krupp metallurgical plants. Received still the mansions of the former leading employees are in Bliersheim and the Casino with the charm of the 50's.

On the area of the former Kruppstahlwerkes now a center for logistics enterprises under the name log haven develops. Container terminals determine now the picture of the area. The amount of that persons employed constitutes however only a fraction of the former industrial workers there.

Related links

• Report on the fall of coal and steel by the example of the metallurgical plant Rhine living
• Photo of the Krupp steel plant Rhine living
• Further photos of the steel plant
• Dito
• Dito
• Log haven, the Krupp

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