Louis Kracht

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Louis Kracht's grave
Krachtstrasse, Berlin-Stralau

Louis Hugo Kracht (born November 2, 1865 in Stralau , † September 9, 1928 in Berlin ) was a German local politician .

Life

Louis Kracht was chairman of the orphan council and tax collector of the Stralau community. In 1893 he succeeded the factory owner Paul Rengert, the owner of the palm kernel oil and carbon disulfide factory Rengert & Co. , head of the local authority and community, and retained this position until Stralau was incorporated into Greater Berlin in 1920. He died in 1928 and was on buried in the cemetery of the Protestant parish Alt-Stralau at the village church of Stralau, where his grave still exists today.

Krachtstrasse

The Krachtstrasse in Stralau was named after Louis Kracht before 1912 and thus during his tenure. Here and in the neighboring streets, a tenement district was built between 1910 and 1914 according to plans by the architects H. and S. Siegenthaler for the manufacturer Albert Tabbert, the owner of the Berlin mortar works Gebr. Tabbert . The multi-family houses are still on this street today and have been placed under monument protection as an ensemble . The Engelhardt Brewery's bottle tower on this street is also a listed building.

Individual evidence

  1. Krachtstrasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near  Kaupert )
  2. Complete Krachtstrasse complex in the Berlin State Monument List
  3. Bottle cellar building in the Berlin State Monument List