Hans Baumann (railway worker)
Johannes "Hans" Baumann (born March 5, 1888 in Landsberg an der Warthe ; † 1967 ) was a German engineer, railway worker, editor and university professor.
Life
He was the son of a senior high school teacher. After attending the humanistic grammar school in Landsberg, Hans Baumann studied engineering at the Technical University of Hanover and political science and economics at the University of Halle . In 1912 he became a Dipl.-Ing. and in 1922 he graduated as Dr. rer. pole. and in the following year Dr.-Ing.
In 1915 Hans Baumann was appointed government master builder after he had entered the Prussian-Hessian railway service in 1912 . In 1921 he moved to the Reich Ministry of Transport in Berlin as an unskilled worker and in 1924 to the head office of the Deutsche Reichsbahn . In 1925 he was appointed Reich Railway Director.
From 1924 until his expulsion at the end of 1937, Hans Baumann was a private lecturer in transportation at the Faculty of Construction at the Technical University of Berlin. In 1938 Hans Baumann became president of the Reichsbahndirektion in Königsberg (Pr.) . After the Second World War he first worked for the Deutsche Bundesbahn in Frankfurt am Main and in 1949 became managing director of the German National Tourist Board.
Hans Baumann founded the magazine Die Reichsbahn , as well as the Reichsbahn calendar and the German traffic book . He also edited all three publications for several years. He was also the editor of the International Transport Archives and the German-English magazine Deutschland-Revue .
family
Hans Baumann married Helene, née Niederdräing, on October 16, 1923. The sons Hans-Jürgen (* 1924) and Hans-Gerd (* 1927) emerged from their marriage.
literature
- Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? , Berlin 1935, page 72.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baumann, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baumann, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer, railway worker, editor and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Landsberg on the Warta |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1967 |