Hermann Howaldt

He then completed a formal study of the subject at the Technical University of Hanover.

When the company was incorporated as "Howaldtswerke AG" in 1889, he became a board member and Director of the machine factory.

Just before his death, he was elected a member of the Kreistag (District Council) for the Landkreis Kiel [de].

He was married twice, to Emma Amalia Christiane, née Jungclaussen (1859-1885), and her sister, Maria Elisabeth Magdalena (1852-1930).

In Kiel, at the mouth of the Schwentine, the site of the original shipyard is now occupied by the Industriemuseum Howaldtsche Metallgießerei [de], an old factory building that was reimagined as a museum, by the architect, Heinrich Moldenschardt [de].