Arthur Lincke (vehicle manufacturer)

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Former sales room of Arthur Lincke on Engelbosteler Damm above the garden area (in the foreground left), at the time at Christ Church 9 in the northern part of Hanover;
Postcard number 782 , collotype , anonymous photographer

Arthur Lincke in Hannover was the name of an early 20th century founded bike - sewing machines - and motor vehicles - Wholesale with own production of branded Domino and Hermedes . The lettering "Haus Lincke" in the entrance of the double residential and commercial building Engelbosteler Damm 1 at the corner of Oberstrasse 1 in the north of Hanover still testifies to the company's location .

history

The businessman and master mechanic Arthur Lincke, with an emperor's beard, around 1910

In the late founding period of the German Empire , the businessman and master mechanic Arthur Lincke opened his company of the same name on March 15, 1900 at the - then - address Engelbosteler Damm 136 ; the first company of its kind in the north-west of the city of Hanover. From the beginning, the products of the flourishing bicycle industry have been part of the sales program, as well as sewing machines and motor vehicles. Initially, mainly products from the Eisenach vehicle factory were sold.

As the previous premises soon proved to be too small for the mechanical workshop that was quickly attached, Arthur Lincke moved to the building at An der Christuskirche 9 in 1905 , where a model workshop could be set up in addition to the sales area.

Around 1907: Former parish hall of the Christ Church with the garden built over by Arthur Lincke for the sales room

When the Christ Church community decided in 1907 to sell their complex of houses at An der Christuskirche 10 and Oberstrasse 1 and 2 , Arthur Lincke bought the land at what was then the main traffic point in Nordstadt in order to relocate his business to the property there after extensive renovations. While the former large community hall for the confirmands has now been expanded to operate what was then modern machines, the former garden of the building with the shop for "retail sales" was built over, with large shop windows facing the main traffic axis of the northern part of the city. Arthur Lincke's first 120-page product catalog was published around the same time .

In 1908 Arthur Lincke had registered the Domino brand under number 88 963 with the Imperial Patent Office for his "[...] bicycles and motorcycles, motor vehicles and accessories" . Arthur Lincke also promoted the quality of his products through products with his protected Hermedes brand .

New building completed in 1911 at Christ Church 10 , later Engelbosteler Damm 1 at the corner of Oberstraße
"House Lincke"; Terrazzo floor in Art Nouveau style in the Engelbosteler Damm 1 entrance

After the sales have been rising continuously, Arthur Lincke was in the years from 1910 to 1911 an urban planning at the new address outstanding new building in place of the former commercial real estate at the Christ Church 10 build.

In the year of the 25th anniversary of the business, Arthur Lincke's son Arthur Lincke junior joined the company in January 1915 - in the middle of the First World War .

When, during the Weimar Republic, in August 1922, the big “Hanoverian bicycle, sewing machine and car show” organized a performance show for the three sectors in the city ​​hall of Hanover , the Arthur Lincke company was awarded first prize there.

In the second half of the 1920s, the Arthur Lincke company stocked more than 2,500 items and also began manufacturing “express transport motorcycles ”. Not least because of large orders, the company rose to become one of the largest of its kind in the province of Hanover .

commercial register

The firm Arthur Lincke was at the Hanover court in the commercial register under the registration number HRA 14758 Hannover dissolved.

See also

Web links

Commons : Engelbosteler Damm 1 (Hannover)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Paul Siedentopf (main editor): Arthur Lincke, Hanover. Bicycles, sewing machines, motor vehicles wholesalers. At the Christ Church 10 , in this: The book of the old companies of the city of Hanover in 1927 , with the help of Karl Friedrich Leonhardt (compilation of the images), Jubilee-Verlag Walter Gerlach, Leipzig 1927, p. 204
  2. ↑ Compare the picture documentation at Wikimedia Commons
  3. ↑ Julius Küster (arrangement): Patent, design and trademark protection in the engine and vehicle industry , Berlin: Richard Carl Schmidt & Co., 1908, p. 237; Preview over google books
  4. ↑ Compare the information ( memento of March 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on the compaly.com page , last accessed on March 29, 2017

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 54.5 "  N , 9 ° 43 ′ 31.5"  E