August von Würthenau

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August von Würthenau (born April 16, 1827 in Donaueschingen , † April 12, 1892 in Karlsruhe ) was a German railway construction engineer.

Life

August von Würthenau studied engineering at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic . In 1846 he became a member of the Corps Franconia Karlsruhe . After completing his studies, he passed the entrance examination for the Baden state service in 1850 and was initially hired as an employed "engineering intern". In 1868 he was promoted to engineer for railway construction and entrusted with the provisional administration of the railway construction inspection in Donaueschingen. 1870–1873 he was employed at the railway construction inspection in Messkirch.

From 1873 to 1877 he went to the Swiss Central Railway Company in Basel as a senior engineer , where he initially planned a marshalling yard and freight yard. Under his construction management, among other things, the Olten - Neu-Solothurn - Busswil and Neu-Solothurn - Biberist (1876) railway lines, the Bötzberg Railway from Pratteln to Brugg (1875) and the Aargau Southern Railway from Rupperswil to Immensee (between 1874 ) were built in cooperation with the Nordostbahn and 1882), in collaboration with the Nordostbahn and the Bremgarten community, the Wohlen - Bremgarten railway line (1876) and, in conjunction with the Grand Ducal Baden State Railways, the railway line across the Rhine in Basel (1873). In 1876 he was appointed by the Swiss Federal Council to a commission of experts to examine the plans and goals submitted by the Gotthard Railway Company.

In 1877 he moved back to the Grand Ducal Baden State Railways under Max Becker (engineer) , where he was appointed building officer in the Karlsruhe General Directorate in 1878, senior building officer in 1884 and building director and head of the technical department in 1886. In this function he was the direct successor of Robert Gerwig . Under his leadership, the Wutachtalbahn was built between 1887 and 1890 , which is also known as the Sauschwänzlebahn because of the winding route between Blumberg and Stühlingen and the Stockhaldekehr tunnel on this route. This tunnel is the only spiral tunnel in Germany and the only one not located in a high mountain railway.

Awards

Fonts

  • Rangirbahnhof in Basel - report of the chief engineer on the project to be submitted to the administrative council (Basel, May 25, 1874)
  • Swiss Central Railway - new construction, standard drawings and instructions 1875
  • Iron bridges engineering structures
  • Memorandum on the construction of the railways in the Baden Oberland Leopoldshöhe-Lörrach, Schopfheim-Säckingen, Weizen-Immendingen to bypass Swiss territory , Karlsruhe 1890

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Badische Biographien, Part 5, 1891−1901 , Winter, Heidelberg, 1906, p. 924 online
  2. ^ A b Corpslist of Franconia Karlsruhe 1839–1929 , No. 51
  3. ↑ a b Bernd-Alfred Kahe: Corps Franconia: 1839–1989; a chronicle. 1989, pp. 26-27
  4. ↑ This and the following biographical data from Badische Biographien, part 5, 1891−1901 , Winter, Heidelberg, 1906, p. 924 online , and Stefan M. Holzer: The Sauschwänzlebahn in the southern Black Forest. Historic landmarks of civil engineering in Germany, Federal Chamber of Engineers, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-941867-15-4 , p. 18
  5. ^ Placid Weissenbach: The Swiss Railway System , 2011, Volume 1, p. 55
  6. ↑ Swiss Federal Gazette, Volume 29, II., No. 17-21 April 1877, p. 229
  7. ^ Official notifications - Personalnachrichten-Baden In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, 4th year, No. 21 (May 24, 1884), p. 205
  8. ^ Official notifications - Personalnachrichten-Baden In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, 6th year, No. 31 (July 31, 1886), p. 301
  9. ^ Official notifications - Baden In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 10, No. 23 (June 7, 1890), p. 229
  10. ↑ Official Communications - Prussia In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 10, No. 42 (October 18, 1890), p. 429
personal data
SURNAME Würthenau, August von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German railway engineer
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Donaueschingen
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1892
Place of death Karlsruhe