Theodor Reuter (engineer)

Theodor Reuter

Christian Theodor Reuter (born September 20, 1838 in Aabenraa (North Schleswig), † November 26, 1909 in Nierstein ) was a Royal Prussian school director.

In 1855, Reuter, who wanted to become an engineer, began a practical apprenticeship in the Buntzen joinery near Flensburg . He continued this in 1858 at the Georg Egestorff machine factory in Linden and began studying mechanical engineering at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic a year later . In 1862 Reuter was hired as an engineer in the Eduard Brown Wilson locomotive factory in London and later became chief engineer at Chaplin & Co. In 1867 he returned to Germany and in November took up a job at the Ringofen Hofmann company in Berlin , in their Prague branch he took over the management a year later.

On October 1, 1879, Theodor Reuter became the first director of the newly established Royal Technical School for Metal Industry in Iserlohn , which was established in place of the Royal Provincial Trade School in Iserlohn and which he headed until 1891. Not only did the Theodor Reuter Vocational College Iserlohn emerge from it, but also today's Vocational College for Technology Iserlohn and the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences . After this activity, Reuter founded the mechanical engineering school in Magdeburg on behalf of the Prussian government .

Theodor Reuter retired in 1904 and first moved to Seeheim and shortly afterwards to Nierstein. A few years later he died there.

Web links

• Theodor Reuter on the website of the Theodor Reuter Vocational College Iserlohn