Alexander Löbbecke

Alexander Löbbecke

Friedrich Robert Alexander Löbbecke (born August 17, 1812 in Iserlohn ; † December 23, 1867 there ) was an officer and entrepreneur in Iserlohn. He comes from the long -established councilor and merchant family Löbbecke , who lived in Iserlohn in the 14th century. His father was Johann Wilhelm Löbbecke, his brother was called Hermann (1817-1893).

Löbbecke was the owner of the JH Schmidt Söhne company, a Landwehr officer and a member of the Iserlohner Bürgererschützenverein (IBSV). From 1851 to 1867 Löbbecke was President of the Chamber of Commerce.

In 1848 he strengthened the Landwehr troops. In May 1849, as part of the March Revolution, the Landwehr troops revolted and the armory was looted. During the uprising , Löbbecke managed to calm the minds and a few days later to surrender the city to troops loyal to Prussia without losses.

In 1862 Löbbecke initiated the merger of the infantry and cavalry corps of the IBSV. On August 8, 1862, he bought a plot of land on the Ackenbrock for 15,000 thalers and in 1863 built a shooting range, shooting range and utility rooms for the IBSV. In his honor, this area at Ackenbrock was christened "Alexanderhöhe". Alexanderstraße also runs there, and there is an Alexander Löbbecke Hall in the Parktheater.

Alexander Löbbecke was married to Ida Ebbinghaus, daughter of the Royal Commerce Councilor Carl Ebbinghaus.

literature

• Götz Bettge, Iserlohn-Lexikon , Iserlohn 1987, p. 333
• Götz Bettge: Alexander (1812-1867) and Hermann Löbbecke (1817-1882). In: Wolfhard Weber (Ed.) Bergisch-Märkische entrepreneurs of the early industrialization. (= Rheinisch-Westfälische Wirtschaftsbiographien , Volume 18.) Aschendorff, Münster 2004, pp. 505-525.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hermann Holtmeier: Striking heads from the Märkisches Kreis. Hans-Herbert Mönnig, Iserlohn 1997, ISBN 3-922885-89-6 .