Conrad Bube
Conrad Bube (born June 30, 1828 in Hanover ; † January 10, 1894 ) was a mechanic , manufacturer and senator .
Life
After attending the high school (now: Tellkampfschule ), Conrad Bube completed an apprenticeship with the mechanic Carl August Klindworth . In 1854, Bube founded a workshop for physical apparatus and models. After the introduction of the metric system in the North German Confederation , he manufactured wooden folding rules from 1868, which quickly became internationally known as Hanoverian folding rules . Bube was soon producing extremely precise measuring instruments of all kinds in feet , inches or Russian units of length, for which he has received several international awards (see section Awards ).
In 1877 Bube became mayor and in 1882 a bourgeois senator as a member of the National Liberal Party . As such, he was active in several commissions and boards and also promoted school gymnastics.
With Albert Knoevenagel and Louis Eilers , Bube was one of the founders of the Association for the Monitoring of Steam Boilers , the forerunner of today's TÜV , and was chairman of the “Tool Commission of the Trade Association for the Kingdom of Hanover ” or his successor.
The company after 1894
After Conrad Bube's death , the company operated as “C. Bube, special factory for measuring rods and Measuring tools ". In 1930 the already scaled-down operation was relocated from Sutelstraße to Linden and finally closed there in 1931.
Awards
For “its exemplary and world-famous standards, which can be used in practice, in reliable and calibration-compliant graduation (the company founded by Conrad Bube received numerous prizes and awards at domestic and foreign exhibitions”, including
- 1859 in Hanover
- 1872 in Moscow
- 1873 in Vienna
- Back in Hanover in 1878
- 1893 in Chicago and
- 1900 in Paris.
Conrad-Bube-Weg
The Conrad-Bube-Weg , which was laid out in the Bothfeld district of Hanover in 2002 , was named after the founder of the scale factory.
literature
- Albert Lefèvre: The contribution of the Hanoverian industry to technical progress. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series 24 (1970), p. 267
- Ludwig Hoerner : agents, bathers and copists. Hannoversches Gewerbe-ABC 1800–1900 , ed. from Volksbank Hannover , Hannover 1995, p. 309f.
- Waldemar R. Röhrbein : Bube, Conrad. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 89.
swell
- ↑ a b Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 75 [1]
- ^ Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Eilers, Louis. In: Hanover Chronicle (see literature)
- ↑ Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Conrad Bube (see literature)
- ↑ Helmut Zimmermann : Hanover's street names - changes since 2001. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Episode 57/58 (2003), pp. 277–286
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jack, Conrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mechanic, manufacturer and senator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1894 |