Heinrich Gotthold Dietel

Heinrich Gotthold Dietel (born March 15, 1839 in Greiz, Thuringia, die June 24, 1911 in Sosnowiec) - German textile industry leader, with one of the largest contribution to Sosnowiec development. He was born as a son of Heinrich Gottlob Dietl, owner of spinning mills at Wilkau-Haßlau and Johann Wilhelmina at Merbold's home. He was educated in the United States in the techniques of industrial wool production as well as conducting business. Together with his father and brothers he ran a factory in Wilkau near Zwickau in Saxony. He also practiced in the Czech Republic and Württemberg. In 1877 he began his studies at the Technical University of Dresden. On June 11, 1878, he married Julia Jacob in Leipzig. The same year he arrived in Sosnowiec with his wife as a result of the customs reform carried out a year earlier. On the land purchased from Gustav von Kramsty (Pogoń), he immediately proceeded to build the first Polish spinning mill in Poland. He has five sons. The First born 19'th July 1881 - Heinrich Georg, then Henryk in 1883, Borys 1885 Alfred, 1886 Roman, 1888 Boguslav. With the enlargement of the family, the construction of a new residence, the Dietel Palace, began in 1890 - 1900. Heinrich Gotthold Dietel died in Sosnowiec, where he was also buried. Rests in the family mausoleum at the Evangelical Cemetery in Sosnowiec.

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