Karl Lessig

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Karl Leopold Lessig (born January 27, 1847 in St. Petersburg , † February 12, 1911 in Czestochowa ) was a German railway engineer.

education

Karl Lessig, son of the doctor Eduard Lessig (1810-1891) and his wife Sophie geb. Fuchs († 1901), attended the Annenschule in St. Petersburg from 1859 to 1862. He then attended the Karl May School for a year and then studied mathematics at the Polytechnic in Karlsruhe until 1866 , where he became a member of the Teutonia fraternity . He then studied at the Riga Polytechnic until 1869 .

Professional background

Lessig worked on the Vladimir - Muromer Railway in 1869 . In 1870 he was involved in the construction of the Rybinsk - Bologojer Railway and in preliminary work in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate . From 1871 to 1874 Lessig was the distance manager for the construction of the Morschansk - Syzran Railway. In 1875 and 1876 he worked on the construction of the horse-drawn railway in St. Petersburg, in 1877 and 1878 on the construction of the dam bridge in Dobrusch . From 1872 to 1882 he was assistant to a department head on the Urals Railway. From 1882 to 1892 head of department at the Moscow - Brest Railway in Smolensk , from 1893 to 1900 in Orsha , and 1900 and 1901 in Baryssau . From 1902 to 1903 Lessig was head of the Irinovsk Railway in St. Petersburg and from 1903 to 1908 at the Herby - Czestochowa Railway in Czestochowa.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eduard Lessig in the Erik Amburger database.
  2. ^ Georg Kirschner: Directory of Members of the Karlsruhe Burschenschaft Teutonia , 1966.
personal data
SURNAME Lessig, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lessig, Karl Leopold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German railway engineer
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1911
Place of death Czestochowa