Hugo Lent
Hugo Lent (* December 12, 1827 in Wesel ; † July 25, 1915, probably in Wernigerode ) was a German architect and master railroad builder .
Life
Hugo Lent was a son of the lawyer and later President at the Court of Appeal in Hamm , Dr. Heinrich Johann Wilhelm Lent (1792–1868), and his wife Bertha Adelheid born. Natorp (1803-1863). His brother was the architect Alfred Lent . Hugo Lent studied at the Berlin Building Academy and passed the master builder examination on March 11, 1854 . He then entered the civil service, in April 1858 he became royal railway builder and acting operations inspector of the Wilhelmsbahn , in September 1859 railway construction inspector and in the meantime 1861 head of the technical office of the Upper Silesian Railway in Breslau and employee in the technical office of the Ministry of Commerce. In 1861 he married Pauline Pape (1840–1928), the daughter of the appellate judge Heinrich Pape in Hamm, with whom he had six children, including the later lawyer and politician Friedrich Lent . In March 1863, Lent became a member of the Ostbahn management in Bromberg . On March 1, 1865 promoted to government and building council, he became a member of the railway commissioner in Berlin. After becoming a member of the board of directors of the Magdeburg-Halberstädter Railway Company on October 9, 1865 , he retired from civil service on October 30, 1865. In 1869 he became chairman of the board and on May 11, 1878 he was promoted to the secret government council. He was president from December 29, 1879 to March 31, 1880. In 1880 the railway was nationalized and Lent was temporarily active in the directorates of other railway companies. In 1887 he got a job at the discount company run by his brother .
buildings
He played a key role in the drafts and construction management of the following railway lines:
- 1866: Bernburg - Wegeleben and Güsten-Staßfurt (part of the Schönebeck – Güsten railway line )
- 1868: Frose - Halberstadt (part of the Halle – Vienenburg railway )
- 1869: Halberstadt-Vienenburg (part of the Halle-Vienenburg railway line)
- 1870: Stendal- Salzwedel (part of the Stendal-Uelzen railway )
- 1871: Berlin-Lehrte and Aschersleben - Könnern (part of the Halle – Vienenburg railway)
- 1872: Könnern-Halle (part of the Halle – Vienenburg railway) and Heudeber- Wernigerode (part of the Heudeber-Danstedt – Bad Harzburg / Vienenburg railway )
- 1873: Salzwedel-Uelzen (part of the Stendal – Uelzen railway) and Uelzen-Langwedel
- 1874: Magdeburg-Oebisfelde
- 1877: Grauhof- Claustal
literature
- Uwe Kieling: Berlin private architect and master railroad builder in the 19th century . Kulturbund der DDR, Berlin 1988, p. 45, 46 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Royal Railway Directorate to Magdeburg. Retrieved May 18, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lent, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and master railroad builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wesel |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1915 |
| Place of death | unsure: Wernigerode |