Julius Sartorius

Göttingen; City cemetery: grave of the Sartorius family

Julius Sartorius (born June 29, 1879 in Göttingen , † November 1, 1918 at Marly) was a German engineer and industrialist .

Life

Julius Sartorius was born as the son of the Göttingen precision mechanic and entrepreneur Florence Sartorius . After graduating from high school , he first studied physics at the University of Göttingen from the summer semester 1898 to the winter semester 1899 . From the spring of 1900 to the spring of 1901 he did an internship in Göttingen. In April 1901 he began his military service as a one-year volunteer with the 20th Infantry Regiment . In the summer semester of 1902, he began studying mechanical engineering at the Köthen Business Academy . At the beginning of his studies he joined the gymnastics club Borussia, which later became Corps Borussia Danzig .

After completing his studies, he joined his father's company, the precision mechanics workshop of F. Sartorius , in the autumn of 1905 as a mechanical engineer . In 1906 he became a partner in the company with his brothers Wilhelm and Erich. During his time as a partner, the ten thousandth analytical balance was built in 1911 , the company was converted into a stock corporation in 1914, and the production of military equipment began during the First World War .

During the First World War, Julius Sartorius took part in the 20th Infantry Regiment, in which he had also done his military service. His last rank was Captain of the Reserve . He fell at Marly in France during the last days of the war.

literature

• Hans Nehlep (Ed.): Album Academicum des Corps Baltica-Borussia Danzig 1860-1970. Berlin 1973.