10 Facts About Hugo Siepmann

Hugo Siepmann was one of the founders of the Siepmann concern, once Germany's second largest drop steel foundry.

Between 1933 and 1938, Siepmann served as president of the IHK Arnsberg.

Richard Hugo Siepmann was born on 24 May 1868, in Hagen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, the third of six children, to Heinrich-Wilhelm Siepmann, originally hailing from Schwelm, and Louise.

Hugo Siepmann had been an important supplier to the bicycle and later to the automobile and railroad industries since the turn of the century.

Hugo Siepmann was active as a patron in his workforce and the place.

In 1921, the Hugo Siepmann brothers donated 250,000 Papiermark for the construction of the Warburg children's home, an orphanage, on the North German island of Norderney.

Hugo Siepmann held numerous honorary posts and was on the Board of Directors for the Warstein Saving's Union.

Since 1935, Hugo Siepmann was a board member, of Maschinenbau-Aktiengesellschaft in Kassel.

In 1897, Hugo Siepmann married Louise Emilie Johanna, daughter of Alfred Lammerhirt and Emilie Schmiedt.

Hugo Siepmann was partially raised in Winterthur, Switzerland, while her father held a management position at Sulzer Brothers.