Theodor Lechner

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Theodor Lechner (born August 6, 1852 in Lauingen (Danube) , † December 25, 1932 in Ebenhausen ) was a German engineer and railway entrepreneur .

Life

After attending the secondary schools in Augsburg and Regensburg, Lechner studied civil engineering at the Technical University in Munich , where he became a member of the Corps Vitruvia. After passing the state examination, he was initially employed by the Bavarian State Railways . In 1880 he joined the Krauss & Co. locomotive factory in Munich as an engineer for the construction and operation of local railways . In 1886 he founded the local railway construction and operating company Lechner & Krützner, from which the Lokalbahn Aktien-Gesellschaft emerged in 1887 . Under Lechner's leadership, the company was able to build 714 kilometers by rail within the first ten years. The share capital grew to 40 million marks. Lechner devoted himself particularly to expanding electrical operations. At the beginning of 1913, Lokalbahn AG had already equipped six lines with it. The Württemberg line from Meckenbeuren-Tettnang was the first standard gauge electric railway in Germany, which served both passenger and freight traffic.

In 1909 Lechner was appointed secret councilor of commerce , in 1911 royal building councilor , later secret councilor for building. For health reasons he resigned from the management of the Lokalbahn AG in 1912 and became chairman of the supervisory board. He also remained a member of the board of the Lausitzer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , President of the Salzburg Railway and Tramway Society , deputy chairman of the Central Bank for Railway Values ​​in Berlin and a member of the board of four Hungarian railway companies. In May 1912 he also became a member of the examination board for the higher civil service.

In addition to his business obligations, Lechner was a member of the Munich Chamber of Commerce for twelve years . There he also dealt with general economic and traffic-related issues relating to canals and railways. In 1900, his project to develop the Munich Coal Island with the route of the Isar Valley Railway across Munich via Föhring to Ismaning and an additional underground railway from Hauptbahnhof-Coal-Island-Ostbahnhof attracted particular attention .

Lechner was a member of the Bavarian district association of the Association of German Engineers , the Bavarian State Committee for Nature Conservation and the Isar Valley Association .

His son Theo Lechner was an architect and university professor in Munich.

Awards

The Technical University of Munich awarded Lechner an honorary doctorate (as Dr.-Ing. E. h.).

Publications

  • The private railways in Bavaria . Munich, Berlin 1920

literature

  • Secret building officer Dr.-Ing. eh Theodor Lechner † Vitruviae . In: Corpsstudentische Monatsblätter, March 1933, pp. 148–150

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Philisterverein Vitruvia eV Munich, list of members as of January 1937, No. 81
  2. ↑ Gertrud Fluhr-Meyer, Evelin Köstler: 49 Bavarian State Committee for Nature Conservation (1905 to 1936). 2006, p. 88 f.
personal data
SURNAME Lechner, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer and railway entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Lauingen (Danube)
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1932
Place of death Ebenhausen