Wilhelm Lenzmann
Wilhelm Lenzmann (born February 28, 1885 in Duisburg , † 1935 in Berlin ) was a German lawyer , ministerial official and manager of the German electricity industry.
Life
Wilhelm Lenzmann was born the son of the physician Richard Lenzmann . After graduating from high school in Duisburg, he studied in Bonn and Berlin law . In 1903 he became a member of the Corps Guestphalia Bonn. In 1906 he was promoted to Dr. jur. PhD . In the same year he passed the trainee examination. After the 2nd state examination in 1911 he became an assessor in the Prussian administrative service. He participated in the First World War as a soldier. After the end of the war in 1919 he was appointed lecturer in the Reich Ministry of Treasury .
With the founding of the Vereinigte Industrie-Unternehmerungen AG in Berlin, the holding company of the industrial holdings of the German Reich , he became a board member of the company in 1923 and, in this function , was a member of the supervisory bodies of numerous large companies belonging to the VIAG Group.
His special merit was the structuring and organization of the VIAG corporate conglomerate, which he carried out together with Edgar Landauer (* 1888). Here he focused the company on the business fields of electricity, aluminum and nitrogen.
Supervisory board mandates
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- AG for the German electricity industry in Berlin
- Alzwerke GmbH in Munich
- Brunswick coal mines in Helmstedt
- Deutsche Spinnerei-Maschinenbau AG in Ingolstadt
- Elektrowerke AG in Berlin
- Industriegelände-Gesellschaft Dresden-Alberstadt mbH in Dresden
- Ostkraftwerke AG in Cosel
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- Bayerische Kraftwerke AG in Munich
- Deutsche Industriewerke AG in Berlin
- Central German nitrogen works AG in Berlin
- Überlandzentrale Helmstedt AG in Helmstedt
Board member
- Deutsche Versicherungsbank AG in Berlin
- Deutsche Werke Kiel AG in Kiel
- Society for electrical companies in Berlin
- Ilseder hut in Groß Ilsede
- Innwerk Bayerische Aluminum AG in Munich
- Ostpreußenwerk AG in Koenigsberg
- Prussian electricity company in Berlin
- Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerk AG in Essen
- Silesian electricity and gas company in Wroclaw
- Nitrogen Land GmbH in Berlin
- Überlandwerk Oberschlesien AG in Neisse
- United Aluminum-Werke AG in Berlin
- Württembergische Landes-Elektrizitäts-AG in Stuttgart
Board member
- Nitrogen Syndicate GmbH in Berlin
Awards
- 1919: Appointment to the secret government council
Fonts
- To the doctrine of the Reich Treasury. 1906.
literature
- Lenzmann, Wilhelm. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , p. 1101.
Web links
- United Industrial Companies Aktiengesellschaft (VIAG) (PDF; 194 kB) at landesarchiv-Berlin.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lenzmann, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, ministerial official and manager of the German electricity industry |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Duisburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1935 |
| Place of death | Berlin |