Albert Schneider (railroad worker)
Albert Schneider (born November 30, 1833 in Trautenstein , † April 29, 1910 in Bad Harzburg ) was the secret building officer and railway director of the ducal-Braunschweig region .
Life
Albert Schneider was born in Trautenstein in 1833 as the son of the pastor . From 1873 to 1886 he was railway director in Blankenburg (Harz) , until 1892 board member of the Halberstadt-Blankenburg railway (HBE) and from 1893 chairman of the supervisory board. As the person responsible for the construction of the Harz Railway between Blankenburg and Elbingerode (Harz) , he enforced the use of a standard gauge instead of a narrow gauge railway in order to avoid the otherwise necessary reloading work in Blankenburg. In collaboration with the builder of the Swiss Rigibahn , he designed a hybrid of gear and adhesion operation, which was used here for the first time in the world and which enabled gradients of up to 6.1% to be overcome.
Albert Schneider died in Bad Harzburg in 1910, where he is commemorated with Albert-Schneider-Strasse . In Blankenburg and Trautenstein there is also an Albert-Schneider-Straße that was named after him.
A memorial was erected near the goat's head . There are also memorial plaques on his birthplace in Trautenstein and at the train station in Blankenburg, where he lived for a long time.
Varia
Schneider was also a co-founder and first chairman of the main board of the Harz Club in 1886 .
Albert Schneider was also a member of the Braunschweig fraternity, Alemannia, and the Halberstadt Freemason lodge, Zu den drei Hammern .
Web links
- The Rübelandbahn ( Memento from February 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Braunschweiger Geschichtsverein (ed.): Braunschweigisches Jahrbuch , Volume 70. E. Appelhans. 1989. p. 176
- ↑ The builder of the Harz cog railway died. In: Prager Tagblatt , May 1, 1910, p. 16, left column (online at ANNO ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schneider, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German railroad director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trautenstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1910 |
| Place of death | Bad Harzburg |