Richard Lattorf

Grave site of the Lattorf family in the Ahlem district cemetery

Richard Lattorf (born May 15, 1864 in Tiefendorf near Löbau ; † February 3, 1959 in Ahlem ) was a German businessman , industrial manager and general director of Naturasphalt AG .

Life

Richard Lattorf completed a commercial apprenticeship in the Egestorffschen ultramarine factory founded by Georg Egestorff in Linden (on Davenstedter Straße at the height of today's Westschnellweg ), where he was promoted to accountant .

Lattorf had previously worked for the British company The United Limmer and Vorwohle Rock Asphalt Ltd. entered, the so-called " English asphalt ". There he was promoted to director in 1903 and director general in 1905. As such, he had Bodenstabstrasse , a historic country road in Ahlem , expanded and paved. The street was named after him in 1935.

After 62 years of service, Richard Lattorf retired in 1952 . He was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon and after his death was buried in the forest cemetery in Ahlem .

Even as a young man, Lattorf was an avid high cyclist and a co-founder of the Hanover Bicycle Club from 1881 . Later he founded the English language association English Circle .

Honors

An old country road in Ahlem was renamed from Bodenstabstraße to Richard-Lattorf-Straße in 1935.
Richard Lattorf was honored with the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.

literature

Albert Lefèvre: The contribution of the Hanoverian industry to technical progress. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series 24 (1970), p. 175 f.
Hannoversche Volksbank (ed.), Ludwig Hoerner : Agents, Bader and Copisten. Hannoversches Gewerbe-ABC 1800–1900. Reichold, Hannover 1995, ISBN 3-930459-09-4 , p. 12 f.
Waldemar R. Röhrbein : Lattorf, Richard. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 223 ( online via Google books )
Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Lattorf, Richard. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 387.

Web links

Colin: This is an emblem of the Hannoverscher Bicycle Club brand from 1881 on the schatzsucher.de website ; last accessed on September 30, 2013

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Waldemar R. Röhrbein: LATTORF ... (see literature)
↑ Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Lattorf ... (see literature)
↑ Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Egestorff, Georg E. Salzwerke. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 143f.
^ ^A ^b Helmut Zimmermann : Richard-Lattorf-Strasse. In: The street names of the state capital Hanover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung , Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 205

personal data
SURNAME	Lattorf, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German businessman and industry manager
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tiefendorf near Löbau
DATE OF DEATH	3rd February 1959
Place of death	Ahlem (Hanover)

[HBL-1] Waldemar R. Röhrbein: LATTORF ... (see literature)

[2] Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library

[SLH-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Lattorf ... (see literature)

[4] Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Egestorff, Georg E. Salzwerke. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 143f.

[Straßennamen-5] A ^b Helmut Zimmermann : Richard-Lattorf-Strasse. In: The street names of the state capital Hanover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung , Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 205