August Green

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August Green (* 10. June 1847 in Steinbach near Schwaebisch Hall ; † 15. March 1915 ) was a German bridge construction - engineering .

Life

After Latin and secondary school , he completed an engineering degree at the Stuttgart Polytechnic from 1865–1868 . In 1869 he started working for the then leading bridge construction company, Gebrüder Benckiser in Pforzheim . Until 1871 he took part in the Franco-German War . He became construction manager for numerous projects and was one of the first in Germany to use caisson technology in the 1870s .

Grave of the Grün family in Mannheim

The collaboration with August Bernatz began in Mannheim between 1883 and 1886 . In March 1886, the two of them jointly founded the construction company Bernatz & Grün , from which Bernatz left in 1892, after which Grün took on Paul Bilfinger as a new partner . The construction company Grün & Bilfinger was converted into a stock corporation in 1906 , with Grün becoming chairman of the supervisory board .

In 1891, Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden awarded him the Order of the Zähringer Lion, 1st class, for his engineering achievements in bridge construction . In 1910 August Grün was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Darmstadt for "exemplary work in the areas of solid bridge construction, reinforced concrete construction and foundations" .

Grün was married to Elise geb. Brehm (1854-1915). The family's tomb in Mannheim's main cemetery is a block-like aedicula made of shell limestone . In the niche is a striding, barefoot, grieving marble figure larger than life, scattering roses.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Krauss, Bernhard Stier: Three roots, one company. 125 years of Bilfinger Berger AG. Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 2005, ISBN 3-89735-411-X , p. 22.
  2. ↑ Martin Krauss: Under pressure. In: Bilfinger Berger Magazin , year 2005, No. 1, pp. 22–25.
  3. ^ Deutsche Bauzeitung , Volume 44, 1910, No. 100 (from December 14, 1910), p. 832.
  4. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 30, 1910, No. 100, p. 649. ( digitized version )
  5. ^ W. Münkel: The cemeteries in Mannheim . SVA 1992, p. 227.
personal data
SURNAME Green, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German bridge construction engineer
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Steinbach near Schwäbisch Hall
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1915