Erich Lübbert
Erich Ferdinand August Lübbert (born January 4, 1883 in Buchwald, Koschmin district , Prussia , today Poland ; † July 19, 1963 in Windhoek , South West Africa , today Namibia ) was a German industrialist , lawyer and head of the Dywidag company (Dyckerhoff and Widmann Aktiengesellschaft ).
Life
Erich Lübbert studied law in Berlin and Breslau and obtained his doctorate in 1906. jur .; he then worked as a lawyer in Hamburg . In 1910 he accepted a legal position in Lüderitzbucht in German South West Africa (today Namibia), where he dealt with colonial mining law. This opened the way for him to work as a lawyer and board member of various diamond mines. He also bought a farm there. In 1920 he became director of the Consolidated Diamond Mines of South-West-Africa Limited in Cape Town , of which he was co-founder alongside Sir Ernest Oppenheimer . As a valued expert in questions of mining law, Lübbert was in contact with influential economic and financial circles.
He returned to Germany in 1924, where he became general director of the public transport company . He acquired Sommerswalde Castle as a family seat. In 1928 he joined the supervisory board of Dywidag AG, whose shares he sold in 1937 under the name “Dr. Lübbert & Co. KG ”. He then converted the Dywidag company into a limited partnership, of which he became personally liable partner alongside Hans Kreißelmeier , Eugen Schulz and Gustav Wolff.
He was a member of the Stahlhelm Economic Council .
On November 19, 1932, Erich Lübbert signed the so-called industrial submission , in which the then President Paul von Hindenburg was asked to appoint Adolf Hitler as Chancellor. He also belonged to the pro-fascist society for the study of fascism founded in 1931 . Walther Funk said in the Nuremberg trial of the major war criminals from that under the leadership of Lübbert to Ernst Roehm , a similar circle of industrialists as to Heinrich Himmler with the Keppler circle was.
Erich Lübbert last lived on his farm Erichsfelde in South West Africa (today Namibia).
Honors
- In 1954 the TU Berlin-Charlottenburg awarded him the title of Dr.-Ing. E. h. .
- In 1961 he became honorary senator of the TH Munich .
Erich Lübbert Foundation
In 1955 Erich Lübbert founded the Dr. Erich Lübbert Foundation for the Promotion of Technical Sciences for the Technical University of Berlin.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nuremberg Document EC-440, Funk Statement of June 28, 1945.
literature
- Hans Jaeger: Lübbert, Erich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 439 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Erich Lübbert in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography at the Federal Archives
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lübbert, Erich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lübbert, Erich Ferdinand August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buchwald, Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1963 |
| Place of death | South West Africa |