Bernhard Pattenhausen

Bernhard Nikolaus Philipp Pattenhausen (born July 7, 1855 in Hamburg , † August 25, 1926 in Darmstadt ) was a German geodesist .

Bernhard Pattenhausen, photographed by Ursula Richter around 1920

Life

As the twelfth child of a merchant family, Pattenhausen studied engineering from 1872 to 1876 at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic . He then worked for Wilhelm Jordan as an assistant for two years . His habilitation took place in 1889. He worked for several years as a surveying engineer at the Ducal Forestry Facility in Braunschweig and in 1893 was appointed Braunschweig Land Surveying Director. In the same year Pattenhausen was appointed full professor of geodesy at the Technical University of Dresden , of which he was also rector in 1907/1908.

From 1894 Pattenhausen also held the office of director of the Mathematical-Physical Salon in Dresden. From 1904 to 1919 he was chairman of the Geography Association in Dresden. In 1906 he was appointed Privy Councilor. The Technical University of Braunschweig awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1926. Pattenhausen died of a stroke on August 25, 1926. His grave is on the Tolkewitz urn grove .

Edited fonts

Compilation of the publications on land surveying, as well as the maps and plans of the Duchy of Braunschweig and the Harz Mountains. A contribution to the literature on regional studies, Braunschweig around 1887.

literature

• Horst Rößler: TUD owes its observatory in the Beyer building to him: for the 150th birthday of Professor Dr.-Ing. Eh Bernhard Pattenhausen. In: Dresdner Universitätsjournal 16, No. 12, 2005, p. 9 ( online as PDF; 1.1 MB).

Web links

• Horst Rößler: Pattenhausen, Nikolaus Philipp Bernhard . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Work data and download from the Digital Library Braunschweig / University Library Braunschweig