Carl Hellmut Fritzsche

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Carl Hellmut Fritzsche (born July 18, 1895 in Gelsenkirchen ; † March 15, 1968 in Kreuth ) was a German mining engineer and professor of mining science .

Life

education

Carl Hellmut Fritzsche was born in Gelsenkirchen in 1895 as the son of a senior degree director. After graduating from a secondary school, on April 1, 1913, he worked his first shift as a mining enthusiast in the Dortmund District Mining Authority . In 1914 Fritzsche began studying natural sciences at the Technical University of Zurich , which he had to finish for the time being when the First World War broke out. After leaving Switzerland, Fritzsche reported as a war volunteer , but was postponed so that he could finish his studies at the University of Bonn and then at the Bergakademie in Freiberg . After a short military service, he obtained his doctorate in philosophy in Bonn in December 1918 with his thesis on “New Chalk Faunas in South America” . He then became an assistant at the Geological Institute, later at the Mineralogical Institute at the University of Bonn.

As a government advisor in South America

In September 1920 Fritzsche accepted an offer from the Chilean government as a consultant for geological and geological issues. In Chile examined and appraised deposits of all kinds, especially coal mines and metal deposits. His work was so successful that private companies also sought advice from him on geological, depository, mining and mining issues. After the two-year contract with the Chilean state expired, he continued his work as a freelance expert and consultant in Chile and Bolivia until May 1926 .

Return to Germany

In May 1926 Fritzsche returned to Germany. For a short time he worked as a steiger and then went to the Technical University of Berlin . In November 1927 he passed a diploma in mining with distinction. In February 1928 he entered the service of the Mining Association in Essen to deal with questions relating to the technical and economic rationalization of the Ruhr mining industry. He examined the prospects and requirements of underground electrification, the improvement of the backfill management, the possibility of longwall construction and the mechanization of the tunneling.

Habilitation and professor at the TH Aachen

In December 1928 Fritzsche completed his habilitation and became a private lecturer at the Technical University of Aachen . In May 1929 he also received his doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin as Dr.-Ing. In December 1930 he was appointed full professor of mining studies at the Aachen University and in April 1931 he took over the chair from his predecessor, the secret mountain Dr.-Ing. E. h. August Schemann.

At the same time he was an appraiser for mining issues at home and abroad. In autumn 1938 he edited the first volume of the textbook on mining science founded by Fritz Heise and Friedrich Herbst .

At the end of the Second World War he took over the management of the Bruchstrasse colliery in Bochum for a year .

Research and consulting trips abroad

After returning to college, he made several trips to Great Britain to advise the National Coal Board on modernization projects. In 1952 Fritzsche was in Japan for almost six months . Further trips to the hard coal region of southern Brazil followed and in 1960 an appraisal of the Chilean coal mining industry followed. In the USA he gave guest lectures.

His expert work in Germany increased in scope. After the founding of the coal mining association, Fritzsche worked from 1953 to 1964 in the committees for mining, rock pressure research and rock backfilling.

After he was retired as professor emeritus on September 30, 1963 , further publications and trips to South Africa and the Soviet Union followed. In 1965 he gave up the management of the Association of Alter Aachener Bergakademiker, which he had held since 1938.

In 1968 Carl Hellmut Fritzsche died unexpectedly of a heart attack while taking a cure in Kreuth am Tegernsee.

Honors

Publications (selection)

  • Introduction to the study of mining (= winter study guide. ) Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, Heidelberg 1951, OCLC 163146053 .
  • The Westfalia ironworks 1826–1951. Bielefeld 1951, OCLC 229909900 .
  • Textbook of mining science - with a special focus on hard coal mining. Founded by F. Heise and F. Herbst, 2 volumes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg 1938–1962.

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personal data
SURNAME Fritzsche, Carl Hellmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mining engineer and professor of mining science
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Gelsenkirchen
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1968
Place of death Kreuth