C. Lorenz AG

The C. Lorenz AG was a German radio and telecommunications company headquartered in Berlin.

History

1880, Carl Lorenz in Berlin Telegrafenbauanstalt. The rapidly growing company introduced Morse apparatus and Streckenläutwerke ago for the railroad. 1890 took over the merchant Robert Held ( 1860-1924 ) of Lorenz's widow the company. This changed its name in 1906 as C. Lorenz AG. From 1908 first wireless transmission systems for the Imperial Navy and the German army to be built. The company established in 1909 northwest of Berlin, his attempt radio station Eberswalde. 1917, moved to its new headquarters in the then still independent rural community Tempelhof in Berlin.

Telegraphy

1924 acquired Lorenz an American license for type pressure telegraph. The chart recorder Lorenz Lo15 was a development of the licensing models. It both leaf and stripe Telegraph were produced. These were fitted later as Lorenz SZ40/SZ42 also with encryption (see Lorenz cipher machine ).

Radio and television technology

The technical focus in the 1920s was the radio technology. From 1919 first programs were broadcast from the radio station in attempt Eberswalde. On June 8, 1921 Lorenz transferred from the transmitter King Wusterhausen from the Berlin State Opera. Lorenz built since Great transmitter for the broadcasters newly founded and produced from 1923 Radio Receivers, from 1924 detector receiver. 1928 Lorenz developed portable shortwave radios. 1932 went shortwave radios, VHF radios in 1936 series. From 1933 Stahltonmaschinen were driven to record sound on steel strips. Portable sound recording apparatus of Lorenz were used in German radio for news reporting since 1935. 1935 Lorenz had patented a rotating ferrite antenna, which was later used in radio receivers. On the 16th Great German Radio and Television Exhibition in Berlin, the company presented in the summer of 1939 along with the television AG (Bosch / Blaupunkt ) radio A. G. D. S. Loewe, TeKaDe and the Telefunken G.m.b.H. developed German Unity television receiver E 1 before. From the late 1930s, Lawrence was involved in 200 " Hohentwiel " in the construction of radar systems such as the FuG.

After the death of Robert Held the majority of shares in 1930 was sold to the Standard Electricity Company ( SEG), which belonged to the American company ITT. 1940 took over the C. Lorenz AG Schaub for plant mbH based in Pforzheim- Dillweißenstein. From 1941 to avoid harmful devices for civilian use were more prepared. Like all great German companies and employed forced laborers.

• Products

EL 84

Lorenz FuG 1, walkie talkie

Lorenz T32, strip Telegraph

Lorenz SZ42, telex encryption

After the Second World War

1945 establishments were dismantled by Lorenz and transported to the Soviet Union. The Berlin blockade in June 1948 was a decisive obstacle to the West Berlin economy, as the freight with the Western zones of occupation had been interrupted. Therefore Lorenz moved its headquarters to 1948 Stuttgart -Zuffenhausen. Starting in 1950, the radio production in Stuttgart was settled. In 1958, the union of the Standard Elektrik Lorenz AG of C. Standard Elektrik Lorenz AG AG (SEL).

For wireless systems with Lorenz participation

• Funkerberg
• Radio station on Herzogstandbahn
• Goliath ( radio )
• Experimental radio station Eberswalde