Franz Anton Lentze

Franz Anton Lentze (born March 24, 1777 in Arnsberg ; † August 7, 1849 in Endorf ) was a German early industrial entrepreneur.

Life

Lentze attended school in Hüsten and began commercial training in Dortmund in 1788 . In 1800 he opened an in Arnsberg grocery wholesale . He mainly focused on the coffee trade. He also founded a beer vinegar factory. After the secularization of the Wedinghausen monastery , Lentze bought a large part of the monastery property. From 1809 he was a councilor in Arnsberg. In 1817 he acquired part of the Endorferhütte that his father had previously sold, and in 1828 also the remaining shares. In addition to the ironworks, this included a few iron ore mines, a large land estate of 85 acres and a manor house. In the same year Lentze was elected a member of the first Westphalian provincial parliament. Lentze's income was estimated at 1200 thalers per year in 1834. In the same year he also bought an iron hammer from Sundern . Together with his son Franz Lentze, he applied for the award of the "Eisengrubengerechtsame zur Eisenhütte bei Endorf" (iron mine district) at Endorf, "Lentze no longer experienced the award as" Eisengrubendistrikt Wildewiese ". Lentze is buried in the Eichholzfriedhof in Arnsberg. His grave is adorned with an iron cross cast on the Endorf Hut.

literature

• Klemens Pröpper: Two forgotten Sauerlanders in the Westphalia parliament. In: Sauerland 3/1979 p. 80f digital version (PDF file; 3.22 MB)