Albrecht Tischbein
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Johann Heinrich Albrecht Tischbein (born November 15, 1803 in Sternberg , † March 22, 1881 in Rostock ) was a German engineer, machine and shipbuilder. He was one of the designers of the first German iron screw steamer.
Life
Albrecht Tischbein was born as the son of the painter and drawing teacher August Albrecht Christian Tischbein in the small town of Sternberg in Mecklenburg . He spent his childhood and youth in the seaside town of Rostock, where his interest in shipbuilding was aroused. From 1821 he completed a degree in mechanics in Rotterdam and then worked at the Rotterdam shipyard as an engineer and mechanical engineer in the construction of steam ships . For a stay in England , he gained great experience in the construction steamships. In 1837, Albrecht Tischbein constructed a wooden paddle steamer for the Magdeburg Elb-Dampfschiff-Fahrts-Compagnie . From 1838 to 1849 he worked as the company's technical director. In Magdeburg, 33 ships were built under his leadership, including 14 made of iron.
In 1850 the "Rostocker Dampfschiff-Fahrt-Gesellschaft" was founded. This wanted to start a regular service between Rostock and Saint Petersburg with two iron steamships . Albrecht Tischbein found out about this and returned to Rostock to found the shipyard and machine factory of Wilhelm Zeltz and Albrecht Tischbein with the shipbuilder Wilhelm Zeltz, “... for the construction of steam and iron ships”. On this the order to build two iron screw steamers was realized. Until then, only wooden ships had been built in Rostock. The first ship to be completed was the Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz in 1851. This ship was propelled by a 60 hp Magdeburg steam engine. It reached a speed of 9.25 knots . Until 1855 the ship was in liner service between Rostock and St. Petersburg, then it was sold for financial reasons. In 1852 the "Grand Duke Constantin" was launched.
The co-founder of the shipyard, Wilhelm Zeltz, left the shipyard soon after to turn to the construction of wooden sailing ships. Now the shipyard operated under the name "Maschinenbauanstalt und Schiffswerft A. Tischbein, Rostock", which was later converted with several other companies into the "Aktien-Gesellschaft Hansa Werft für Eiserneschiff und Maschinenbauanstalt". From this, on December 23, 1890, the Actien-Gesellschaft “Neptun” shipyard and machine factory in Rostock emerged. The Neptun Werft GmbH still exists today as a shipbuilding operation.
Tischbein's technical inventions were not limited to shipbuilding technology. He also designed and built gas processing systems and steam pumps. He has received several awards for his achievements at the “Landes-Gewerbe-Ausstellung” in Rostock.
Albrecht Tischbein was the shipyard director until 1876.
literature
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 .
Web links
- Literature about Albrecht Tischbein in the state bibliography MV
- Tischbein, Johann Heinrich Albrecht , bibliography, University of Magdeburg
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tischbein, Albrecht |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tischbein, Johann Heinrich Albrecht (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer, machine and shipbuilder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sternberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1881 |
| Place of death | Rostock |