https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linos_%28Unternehmen%29
http://www.wiki-goettingen.de/index.php?title=Adolf_Hoyer
http://www.monocular.info/s&h10x40.htm
http://www.zwangsarbeit-in-goettingen.de/texte/spindler.htm (in German)
My wife found a great offer on a sewing machine thorugh e-bay, the only catch was that we had to go pick it up. That is no problem since we can travel for free with our student cards, every stop gets announced loudly, i was falling asleep then suddenly was announced Adolf-Hoyer-straße. I have not heard of him before and unfortunately there is not much to be known. But with the tools that he made we can have a closer look. Adolf Hoyer was born on the 12th of June 1874 in Göttingen, and that is obviously one reason why he had a street in Göttingen named after him. Together with a man named August Spindler the two created a company "Spindler & Hoyer" which started in 1898. The company speciliased in optics, for binoculars, telescopes, microscopes, and all sorts of other fancy medical tools needing lenses. Adolf Hoyer died on the 18th of October 1943 and a few years later in 1959 the street was named after him. The company was bought out and changed its name in 1996 bto "Linos" they are still specilaising in optics. If you have a look on German ebay you can come across some old Spindler & Hoyer products, such as these binoculars. Sources:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linos_%28Unternehmen%29 http://www.wiki-goettingen.de/index.php?title=Adolf_Hoyer http://www.monocular.info/s&h10x40.htm http://www.zwangsarbeit-in-goettingen.de/texte/spindler.htm (in German)
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