100 years of LOWA

1923 – 2023

The year of 2023 marks a milestone in LOWA’s history. The shoemaker is celebrating its 100th anniversary. It is the perfect time to look back over the last 100 years and bring the company’s history to life.

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« I, the oldest son in our family, inherited our parents’ estate, which consisted of both some farm land and a cobbler shop. It was under­standable that my aim was to create a company from the cramped little shoemaking shop, as foolhardy as this plan may have seemed to many in the area. »

Lorenz Wagner | LOWA

La generazione successiva Sepp e Berti Lederer

Quando l’ex apprendista Josef Lederer, detto Sepp, ritornò a LOWA, la buona sorte e la cattiva sorte viag­giavano in parallelo. L’azienda stava attraversando un periodo di difficoltà segnato anche dalla morte del capo e fondatore Lorenz Wagner. In questo periodo, Sepp si innamorò di Berta Wagner e la sposò. Insieme al fratello di Berta, Josef Wagner, riuscì a salvare l’azienda trasfor­mandola in un marchio di successo e conosciuto a livello inter­nazionale.

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LOWA History