Heinrich Basse

Heinrich Hermann Basse (born February 6, 1853 in Holtensen ; † June 20, 1938 there ) was a German entrepreneur and inventor with regional significance in the Calenberger Land .

Life

The Basse'sche Mühle is now used for residential purposes

Basse came from Holtensen and learned the miller's trade there . After his wandering he passed his master craftsman's examination and built a mill there around 1885, which ran until 1950. Since the millers had to be able to do the woodwork of the mills themselves, 15 years later he set up his own sawmill for the company, which had meanwhile expanded by three employees. This was initially operated with steam and later with gas. The sawmill's day-to-day work resulted in a number of innovations that made it a supplier to the Prussian Army .

Patents

plywood

Until the turn of the century, most wooden objects were made of solid wood. Since this could warp with fluctuations in temperature and humidity, Basse came up with the idea of ​​cross-glued thin wooden boards, which hardened into a unit under high pressure. He registered his gluing process for the German Reich patent . His plywood factory produced until 1925, was shut down and then burned out.

Aircraft propeller

Based on the plywood patent, Basse developed an aircraft propeller that was clearly superior to the solid wood propellers of the time. Military aviation, which emerged in the first decade of the 20th century, still used propellers that were planed from one piece. At higher revolutions they quickly failed due to their rigidity due to their fragility. With 10-15 times glued wood, Basse created a second generation of propellers, which were successfully tested at the first Hanover airport Auf der Bult . Basse was honored several times for this and was the supplier of the army fighter squadrons currently being set up.

Hussar lance

Until the First World War , hussar regiments were common components of cavalry units. The stabbing weapons of the mounted soldiers were made of solid wood with high rigidity and low strength. Basse had his glued lances patented and became a Prussian army supplier.

Others

The former Basse'sche bread factory

• Basse's other patents included bread that he delivered to the Hanover barracks in bulk ( patented Bassenbrot ), which is now considered one of the classic commissary breads . The license for the production went to numerous bakeries and especially during the First World War Basse'sche bread was a very popular product.
• The establishment of the Holtensen / Linderte station in 1902 goes back to the Basse'sche fabrication . This still exists today on the S-Bahn line from Hanover to Hameln . At Basse's peak times, up to 40 tension cars drove between the factory and the train station every day.
• The Basse'schen factories are said to have produced the first soundproof telephone booth. The invention should come from himself.
• Basse's son Bodo was the sole heir of the property and fell off Smolensk in 1941 during World War II . As a result, the possessions were scattered through distant relatives.
• The Basse family grave still exists in the Holtensen cemetery today.

literature

• Fritz Gevecke: From the old days. Around the village church with thoughts of the Knights of Holthusen . Gerd J. Holtzmeyer Verlag Braunschweig, 1984. ISBN 3-923722-07-9
• Carl-Hans Hauptmeyer : Holtensen. Wennigsen municipality. Village history as a contribution to local renewal. Edited by the Heimatbund Lower Saxony. Hanover, 1982. ISBN 3-9800677-0-X
• Paul Krais: Commercial materials science. Die Hölzer , Stuttgart, 1910, pp. 745f.

credentials

1. ↑ In: Hauptmeyer (see literature), 1982, p. 167