Hermann Lohse
Hermann Lohse (born September 18, 1815 in Magdeburg , † May 23, 1893 in Cologne ) was a German civil engineer and Prussian construction clerk who became known in Germany for building iron railway bridges.
Life
Lohse entered the Prussian civil service in 1835. From 1838 to 1840 he was involved in the construction of the railway line from Magdeburg to Leipzig and from 1840 as a hydraulic engineer on the Moselle in Koblenz and Cochem . In the 1850s he managed the construction of the first major railway bridges in Germany for the Prussian Eastern Railway , namely the partially preserved Vistula Bridge in Dirschau and the Nogat Bridge in Marienburg, which was destroyed in World War II . From 1855 to 1859 the cathedral bridge in Cologne was built according to his plans , also a lattice girder bridge , which was replaced by the Hohenzollern bridge built between 1907 and 1911 . Then he built more railway bridges for the Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft ; For their Hamburg-Venloer Bahn two iron bridges were built over the Elbe in Hamburg from 1868 to 1872 : the Süderelbbrücke , today completely renewed, and the Norderelbbrücke , of which only the foundations and pillars are preserved in the current bridge.
Lohse retired in 1891.
Honors
A type of girder in bridge construction related to lens girders is sometimes named after him (Lohse girders, Laves girders, Pauli girders). From Lohse she was z. B. used in the Norderelbbrücke.
In Hamburg the Lohseplatz and the Lohsepark in front of the former Hamburg-Hanover train station, which he built, are named after him, in Cologne the Lohsestrasse
Sources and literature
- Hermann Lohse: The Rhine Bridge near Cöln. In: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen , Volume 7, 1857, Sp. 307-314, and Atlas Blatt 38A .
- Hermann Lohse: The Rhine Bridge near Cöln. In: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen , Volume 13, 1863, Sp. 175–196 and Atlas Sheet 33 - Sheet 41 .
- Secret government and senior building councilor retired Hermann Lohse †. In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 13th year 1893, No. 21, p. 224.
- Judith Breuer: The first Prussian railway bridges. Dirschau. Marienburg. Cologne. Lüneburg / Stuttgart 1988, pp. 30, 66, 84.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hermann Lohse (1815 - 1893). Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
- ↑ To be more precise: lens wearer with stiff upper belt
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lohse, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German civil engineer and Prussian construction officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1893 |
| Place of death | Cologne |