Ludwig Alexander Veitmeyer

Ludwig Alexander Veitmeyer , also Ludwig Alexander Veit-Meyer (born October 12, 1820 in Berlin ; † February 3, 1899 ibid) was a German "civil engineer", Royal Prussian Privy Building Councilor and member of the Royal Academy of Civil Engineering .

Career

Ludwig Alexander Veitmeyer was born on October 12, 1820 as the son of a realtor in Berlin. He lost his parents early and was taken to the Cauersche institute in Charlottenburg . After attending the Joachimsthal High School and the municipal trade school in Berlin, he began practical training and activities in the Borsig machine factory in Berlin. He completed an apprenticeship in carpentry and locksmithing. From 1840 further training took place at the Beuth'schen Gewerbeinstitut (from 1866 "Royal Trade Academy"). From 1844 he was involved in the construction of the Berlin-Hamburg railway ( railway bridge atWittenberge ), then he was employed as a senior engineer in the machine factory and iron foundry F. Wöhlert in Berlin.

In 1845 he went on a study trip to France on behalf of the Prussian Ministry for Public Works and at Peter Beuth's instigation. He was supposed to study the beacon system there and to do the acceptance of the beacon optics for the Brüsterort lighthouse , which had been manufactured by a French company. In 1847 Veitmeyer traveled again to Paris in connection with the delivery of the Fresnel apparatus for the Darßer Ort lighthouse . With that he had found a focus of his further work. In 1866 he constructed the rotating apparatus for the optics of the Horst lighthouse and in 1878/1879 the Dahmeshöved lighthouse was built according to his plans.

After a few years, Veitmeyer settled in Berlin as a freelance "civil engineer". He was now mainly concerned with issues of urban water supply and drainage . On behalf of the Minister of Commerce, Veitmeyer took James Hobrecht and Eduard Wiebe on a trip to England and France in 1860 to study the latest developments in modern sewer and drainage systems.

Veitmeyer was also involved in the establishment of German patent protection and was a member of the Imperial Patent Office for a long time . His donation of a total of 495 titles to the Patent Office library between 1890 and 1899 was the largest private donation it has ever received.

From 1881 to 1898 he was chairman of the Association of German Machine Engineers (VDMI). In 1895 he was awarded honorary membership. Veitmeyer donated a bequest of 30,000 marks to the association, from the interest of which a prize was awarded annually. In 1972 it was combined with other foundations to form a fiduciary foundation under the name "DMG Foundation".

Veitmeyer was a member of the Berlin Masonic Lodge To the Three Seraphim .

He remained unmarried throughout his life.

Publications (selection)

The cleaning and drainage of the city of Gdansk . Ernst & Korn, Berlin 1865 (with Eduard Wiebe).
Preparatory work for a future water supply for the city of Berlin. Carried out by order of the magistrate and city council of Berlin in the years 1868 and 1869. Reimer, Berlin 1871.
Two reports, regarding the cleaning and drainage of the royal Capital and residence city of Wroclaw . Breslau 1873 (with Eduard Wiebe and Friedrich Wilhelm Dunkelberg ).
Continuation of the preparatory work on a future water supply for the city of Berlin. Carried out by order of the magistrate and the city council of Berlin in the years 1871 and 1872 . Reimer, Berlin 1875.
The sea fires [lighthouses and light ships] of the German coasts and those inland and sailing lights that are equipped with Fresnel apparatus or Fresnel lanterns. With a card. Printed as a manuscript. Ernst & Korn, Berlin 1889.
Beacons and lights. Historically and constructively presented. M. Geitel [ed.]. Oldenbourg-Verlag, Munich / Leipzig 1900 (Reprint: Primus, Leipzig 2005. ISBN 978-3-8262-2202-3 ).

literature

Journal of the Association of German Engineers , No. 7, Saturday, February 18, 1899, Volume XXXXIII. Pp. 169-170.

Web links

Short biography on luise-berlin.de

Individual evidence

^ Heinrich Berghaus : The lighthouse at Groß-Horst . In: Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen: containing a description of the conditions of these countries in the second half of the 19th century . Part 2: Land book of the Duchy of Stettin, of Kamin and Western Pomerania; or the administrative district of the Königl. Government of Stettin , Volume 6: Kreise Kamin and Greifenberg , Dietze, Anklam 1870, pp. 1133–1135.
↑ Uwe Landschoof: History of the lighthouse Dahmeshöved and its keepers. Heimat- und Kulturverein Dahme, accessed on October 15, 2019 .
^ Inventory history of the library of the German Patent Office, accessed on October 16, 2019.
↑ The first chairmen of the VDMI on the homepage of the German Machine Technology Society, accessed on October 15, 2019.

↑ Honorary members on the homepage of the German Machine Technology Society, accessed on October 15, 2019.

↑ The competitions issued by the Association of German Machine Engineers and their results (PDF; 6.0 MB). In: Festschrift to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Association of German Machine Engineers , Grunert, Berlin 1906, accessed on October 15, 2019.

↑ Werner Görlitz : History of the foundations administered by the DMG . In: 125 Years of the Deutsche Maschinentechnische Gesellschaft 1881–2006 (PDF; 3.3 MB), Georg Siemens Verlag, Berlin 2006 p. 68 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Veitmeyer, Ludwig Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Veit-Meyer, Ludwig Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German civil engineer, Royal Prussian Secret Building Council and member of the Royal Academy of Civil Engineering
DATE OF BIRTH	October 12, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	February 3, 1899
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Heinrich Berghaus : The lighthouse at Groß-Horst . In: Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen: containing a description of the conditions of these countries in the second half of the 19th century . Part 2: Land book of the Duchy of Stettin, of Kamin and Western Pomerania; or the administrative district of the Königl. Government of Stettin , Volume 6: Kreise Kamin and Greifenberg , Dietze, Anklam 1870, pp. 1133–1135.

[2] Uwe Landschoof: History of the lighthouse Dahmeshöved and its keepers. Heimat- und Kulturverein Dahme, accessed on October 15, 2019 .

[3] Inventory history of the library of the German Patent Office, accessed on October 16, 2019.

[4] The first chairmen of the VDMI on the homepage of the German Machine Technology Society, accessed on October 15, 2019.

[5] Honorary members on the homepage of the German Machine Technology Society, accessed on October 15, 2019.

[6] The competitions issued by the Association of German Machine Engineers and their results (PDF; 6.0 MB). In: Festschrift to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Association of German Machine Engineers , Grunert, Berlin 1906, accessed on October 15, 2019.

[7] Werner Görlitz : History of the foundations administered by the DMG . In: 125 Years of the Deutsche Maschinentechnische Gesellschaft 1881–2006 (PDF; 3.3 MB), Georg Siemens Verlag, Berlin 2006 p. 68 f.