Heinrich Gotthold Dietel (March 15, 1839 - June 24, 1911) was a German textile industry entrepreneur, with one of the largest contributions to Sosnowiec development.
[1] He was born in Greiz as a son of Heinrich Gottlob Dietl, owner of spinning mills at Wilkau, and Johann Wilhelmina Merbold.
He traveled to the United States to examine the techniques of industrial wool production as well as conducting business.
On land purchased from Gustav von Kramsty (Pogoń), he immediately proceeded to build the first Polish spinning mill in Russian ruled Poland.
Heinrich Gotthold Dietel died in Sosnowiec, where he was buried in a mausoleum at the Evangelical Cemetery.