Hermann Blohm

Hermann Blohm (born June 23, 1848 in Lübeck; died March 12, 1930 in Hamburg) was a German shipbuilder and company founder of Blohm+Voss.

Life

His father was German merchant Georg Blohm from Lübeck (1801-1878). He studied at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Togehter with Ernst Voss he founded on 5 April 1877 German company Blohm & Voss as a general partnership, to build steel-hulled ships. They established a shipyard on the island of Kuhwerder, near the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, [1]

Pincerno - Blohm & Voss 1877
Graveyard of Hermann Blohm at Ohlsdorf Cemetery

On December 29, 1884 he was founding member of German organisation Verband für Schiffbau und Meerestechnik in Hamburg. Blohm was married with Emmi Alwine Westphal. His sons Rudolf (* 1885) and Walther (* 1887) worked in company Blohm+Voss.[2]

Awards
  • 1907: Grashof-Denkmünze

Literature
  • Erich Gercken: Die Lübecker Familie Blohm. In: Der Wagen 1964, p. 123–131.
  • Sibylle Küttner: Blohm, Hermann. In: Hamburgische Biografie. Band 3, Wallstein, Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-8353-0081-4, p. 45–47.
  • Christian Ostersehlte: Blohm, Hermann, in: Biographisches Lexikon für Schleswig-Holstein und Lübeck, edition 11, Neumünster 2000, p. 40–43 ISBN 3-529-02640-2, corrected ISBN 3-529-02640-9.
  • Hans Joachim Schröder: Hermann Blohm. Gründer der Werft Blohm & Voss, Hamburg 2011 (Mäzene für Wissenschaft, edition 10), ISBN 978-3-937816-85-2.
  • Friedrich-Christian Stahl: Blohm, Adolph Hermann. in: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). edition 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4, p. 312 f.

References
  1. NDR.de: Blohm + Voss: Mut und Können in einem Pott (german)
  2. Deutsche Biographie.de: Hermann Blohm (German)
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