General Jöns
Lahmann
Male
Germany
1926-01-12
Hamburg, Germany
2019-07-22
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About

Wikipedia:
He was a German civil engineer and entrepreneur as well as a tennis player.
Jöns Lahmann grew up in Hamburg-Uhlenhorst. He attended the private Bertram School on Harvestehuder Weg and then the Johanneum. After graduating from high school, he trained as a carpenter and studied at the TH Hannover until 1951, graduating as a Dipl.-Ing.

From 1951 to 2001 he managed the Lahmann construction company founded by his father in 1919 and is responsible for numerous buildings in the Hanseatic City of Hamburg that characterize the cityscape; these include the Finland House, the monkey rock and 40 prestressed concrete bridges. In particular, he realized numerous designs by the Hamburg architect Werner Kallmorgen, including the Spiegel high-rise on Brandstwiete and the IBM high-rise.

Lahmann also played tennis at Club an der Alster. He used to be German champion twice in Gottfried von Cramm's team. As a member of the Hamburg Tennis Guild, he was also one of the organizers of the International Championships in Germany at the Rothenbaum in Hamburg.

He was also a member of the Hamburg Golf Club in Falkenstein and the North German Regatta Club.
Since 1965 he had been a volunteer on the board of the German Recreational Organization.

Lahmann was the father of four children and had several grandchildren.



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Tournaments Harvestehude - 1957 Klipper Hamburg - 1957 Hamburg Whitsun - 1956 Klipper Hamburg - 1956 Bielefeld - 1954 Lower Saxony Closed Championships - 1954 Hanover International - 1953 German International Championships - 1952 Championships of Stuttgart - 1952 Travemünde International - 1952 Championships of Bremen - 1952 Championships of Bad Pyrmont - 1952 Lower Saxony International - 1952 Cuxhaven Spa - 1952 Elbe Cup - 1952 Helmstedt - 1952 German National Championships - 1951 Bielefeld - 1951 Wolfsburg - 1951 Championships of Bad Pyrmont - 1951 German International Championships - 1950 German National Championships - 1950 Bavarian International Championships - 1950 Travemünde International - 1950 Hanover International - 1950 Bielefeld - 1950 Championships of Bad Pyrmont - 1950 Hamburg Closed Championships - 1950 Lower Saxony Closed Championships - 1950 German International Championships - 1949 Baden-Baden - 1949 Hanover International - 1949 Championships of Bremen - 1949 Wolfsburg - 1949 Bad Harzburg Autumn Tournament - 1949 German International Championships - 1948 Hanover International - 1948 Wolfsburg - 1948

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