(¤ 26.08.1877, † 1961) Dermatologist, working in Berlin. Born in Ahaus/Westphalia, he completed his studies in Berlin in 1905 and worked first as an assistant at the Institute of Pathology in Berlin and then from 1905-1909 as an assistant at the dermatological clinic of the Charité under Edmund Lesser. Subsequently, 3 years of pathological-anatomical training, also at the Charité in Berlin. During the First World War Heinrich Löhe headed the German medical mission in Bulgaria. He then worked as a senior physician under Georg Arndt at the Charité in Berlin. On 28.8.1918 he was awarded the professorship patent. In 1925, in succession to Wechselmann, he was elected "conducting doctor" at the dermatological clinic of the Rudolf-Virchow-Hospital. After Abraham Buschke had been forced to emerit Abraham Buschke by the National Socialist regime, Löhe was also assigned to his department at the Rudolf Virchow Hospital. In 1945, at the age of 68, Löhe took over the chair for skin and venereal diseases at the Humboldt University (Charité) as successor to W . Frieboes, who had voluntarily retired, and held this chair until his retirement in 1951. On his 75th birthday (1952) Löhe was awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit for his life's work. Löhe's successors were Karl Linser at the Charité and E. Langer at the Rudolf Virchow Hospital.