Johann Heinrich Blohm

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Johann Heinrich Blohm (born January 29, 1799 in Dreye , Bremen; † May 13, 1858 in Harburg on the Elbe ) was a royal Hanoverian building officer and hydraulic engineering director at Harburg. Knight of the Royal Guelph Order .

Life

Tomb in the old Harburg cemetery

In 1832 Heinrich Blohm was appointed manager of the city of Hanover . In 1836 Blohm received the special task of conducting preliminary investigations from the General Directorate of Hydraulic Engineering in Hanover to facilitate communication between Hamburg and Harburg on the Elbe . He was also a member of the commission to examine the connection's steamers for safety, speed and comfort. In 1841 he published a book on the basis of his studies, which the Harburg mayor August Bahr should use as evidence for the construction of a seaport . The work done by Heinrich Blohm contributed to the fact that the Hanoverian estates gave up their objections to the expansion of the Harburg harbor and in 1844 the royal government approved 485,000 thalers for the construction of the Harburg tidal port . The opening of the port was announced on April 15, 1849. Blohm's work had strongly encouraged Harburg's development as it grew into industrialization . A few months after the inauguration of the Harburg port facility, Blohm received honorary citizenship of the city of Harburg on the Elbe. In 1851 Blohm took over the management of dyke construction on the island of Wilhelmsburg . A small temple-like central building made of sandstone is reminiscent of Johann Heinrich Blohm in the old Harburg cemetery .

Honors

In 1867, Blohmstrasse in Harburg was named after him. He was a knight of the Royal Guelph Order and a royal Hanoverian Baurath.

literature

  • Max Truels: Written Harburgensien . Lühmanndruck, Hamburg-Harburg 1986.
  • Adalbert Holtz: The street names of Harburg along with city history tables . Lühmanndruck, Hamburg-Harburg 1970.
  • Sabine Knoll: A short tour of the old Harburg cemetery . Levien-Druck GmbH, 2010, ISBN 978-3-931429-21-8 .
  • Helms-Museum, Lutz Tittel, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg: Paintings and graphics from the Helms-Museum: Exhibition of the Helms-Museum from October 12th, 1981 to November 6th, 1981 in the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg Das Museum, 1981 (With portrait of Blohm from 1858 on page 57)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Szymanski: Steamship in Lower Saxony and in the adjacent areas from 1817 to 1867 , ISBN 9783867416788 , S-38.
  2. ↑ a b Harburg-Wilhelmsburg, Germany. Helms-Museum: Harburger Jahrbuch, Volume 16, 1986, p. 164.
personal data
SURNAME Blohm, Johann Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blohm, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Honorary citizen of the city of Harburg, today part of Hamburg
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH Dreye (Bremen)
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1858
Place of death Harburg