Anton Heinrich Dammert

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Anton Heinrich Dammert (born January 13, 1765 in Hameln , † February 27, 1829 in Lingen (Ems) ) was a German hydraulic engineer .

Life

His parents were the Hamelin lock master Christian Ludwig Dammert (1719–1786) and Sophie Margarethe Hillebrecht (1731–1801). His grandfather Johann Conrad "Cord" Dammert (* 1662 in Hannoversch-Münden ; † 1759 in Hameln) was a carpenter , sawmill, lock master , hydraulic engineer and bridge architect who invented the Mudde mill around 1756.

His brothers included:

His sons were:

  • Ezekiel Adolf Dammert (1801-1856);
  • Anton Heinrich Dammert (junior), chief engineer

Anton Heinrich Dammert has been in charge of making the Ems navigable on the Upper Elbe since 1816 .

In 1824 he led the construction of the Ems-Hase Canal .

In 1825 he took over the management of the repair of the East Frisian dykes damaged and destroyed by the February flood of 1825 , then he returned to Lingen in poor health in June 1828 to complete the work to make the Ems navigable, so that the first ships in December 1828 were able to drive on the Ems-Hase Canal.

At the time of his death, he was a royal Hanoverian senior building officer and a senior dichgrave.

Awards

He was a Knight of the Guelph Order .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Nekrolog der Deutschen, 7th year, 1829, 1st part, p. 200 . Voigt, 1831 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2018]).
  2. ^ Ulrich Bücholdt: Register of Architects Dabbert - Daxelhoffer | archthek | Ulrich Bücholdt, building and architecture historian. Retrieved on March 14, 2018 (German).
  3. Historic Leine excavators. The Mudde Mill deepens the little leash | Neustadt am Rübenberge. Retrieved March 14, 2018 .
  4. Lars Ulrich Scholl: Engineers in early industrialization: state a. private technician in the Kingdom of Hanover a. at d. Ruhr (1815-1873), p. 132 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1978, ISBN 978-3-525-42209-0 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2018]).
  5. Jenaische Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung: Intellektivenblatt, p. 242 . 1829 ( google.de [accessed on March 14, 2018]).