Eberhard Heinrich Löhr
Eberhard Heinrich Löhr (born March 5, 1725 in Hornburg ; † August 6, 1798 in Leipzig ) was a German banker and councilor .
Life
Eberhard Heinrich Löhr acquired Leipzig citizenship and operated his "Wechselcomptoir" here, which he expanded into one of the leading banks in the city. He initially owned a house on Grimmaische Strasse (today No. 10). In 1760 he married the daughter of the merchant Gottlieb Barthel and after his death in 1764 acquired Hof am Markt from the estate of Barthel .
During the Seven Years' War Löhr made a profitable business by raising the war contributions imposed on the Leipzigers in the form of loans in order to earn considerable interest afterwards. In the difficult time after the war in 1771/72 he was able to cultivate a swampy area north of the then city and create an English landscape garden ( Löhrs Garten ) while employing the unemployed for low wages . At the southern end of the garden, on the promenade (today Tröndlinring), Johann Carl Friedrich Dauthe (1746–1816) had an elaborate residential palace built, which later became the Hotel Fürstenhof .
In 1781 Löhr became a councilor and in 1794 he was appointed councilor builder of the city. From 1781 he was a member of the Familiar Society . He was also head of the Johannis Hospital . In this function he had the old Johannisfriedhof expanded and a striking clock installed in the Johanniskirche in 1779 .
From the marriage with his wife Rahel Charlotte († 1803) a daughter (Henriette Charlotte, married Ludwig) and two sons (Carl Eberhard and Daniel Eberhard) were born. The daughter of Carl Eberhard's marriage with Juliane Wilhelmine Bause (1768–1837), the daughter of the engraver Johann Friedrich Bause (1738–1814), married Johann Georg Keil (1781–1857). So the name Keil came into the family, and Löhrs Garten was later also called Keils Garten .
When Löhr died at the age of 73, his estate also included one of the largest collections of paintings in Leipzig.
Honors
- In 1839 the section of the promenade ring south of Löhrs Garten was named Löhrs Platz (since 1909 Tröndlinring).
- From 1872 to 1934 and again since 1945 the street leading over the former garden area was named Löhrstraße.
- The Gedäudekomplex, built from 1992 to 1996, including a high-rise with the seat of the Sparkasse Leipzig on the site of the former Löhrschen Garden, is called Löhrs Carré .
literature
- Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 , p. 365/66
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Löhr, Eberhard Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German banker and councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1725 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hornburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1798 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |