Albert Friedrich (designer)

Albert Friedrich (born January 19, 1902 in Munich ; † 1961 ) was a German engineer.

Friedrich spent his youth on his parents' farm. After completing his engineering studies, he started an apprenticeship with Max Friz at Bayerische Motorenwerke . He then successfully built air-cooled aircraft engines for Argus , passenger cars ( Horch 8 and Horch 12 ) and trucks for FBW-Wetzikon-Switzerland .

In 1933 he started at Daimler-Benz as the first designer and rose to become chief designer and technical director. He was in charge of aircraft engine production and the construction of jet engines. While Arthur Berger retained the development of the DB 604 , Friedrich and his deputy Karl Kollmann took over the development of the engines DB 601 , DB 603 , DB 605 as well as all further developments that resulted from them.

After the end of the war he had to leave Daimler-Benz due to allied law. There he had met Heinrich Rößler again in the summer of 1945. Friedrich founded a development company and designed the Unimog . On November 21, 1945, he received the production order for ten test vehicles, whereby his daughter Ursula (1931–2009) spoke English which was helpful. Reinhold Freitag and Hans Zabel joined them in winter. The farmer Erich Graß was also helpful. Production took place initially at Erhard & Söhne and from 1949–1951 at Gebr. Boehringer . For this construction he was awarded the Max Eyth commemorative coin in 1956 .

On November 1, 1955, Director Friedrich joined Heinrich Lanz AG as a deputy technical board member , where he was appointed a full board member in early 1958.

literature

• Agricultural engineering research ; Volumes 6-8 (1956); P. 86
• Technology and agriculture: agricultural technology adviser ; Volume 10 (1958); P. 239