Carl Herbert Zikesch
Carl Herbert Zikesch (born March 27, 1897 in Elsterwerda ; † January 13, 1979 in Rosenheim ) was a German engineer , entrepreneur and manufacturer of high-pressure fittings.
Life
Carl Herbert Zikesch took part in the First World War as a soldier after he had obtained the secondary school diploma at the beginning of it. In 1916 he was promoted to lieutenant in the reserve. During the war he was awarded the EK II. Immediately after the end of the war, he began studying general mechanical engineering at the TH Berlin-Charlottenburg from January 1919 . As early as 1921, he obtained his degree in engineering with distinction. Until the outbreak of the Second World War , in which he participated as a major in the reserve, he held various positions in the pressure vessel and valve industry. After the war he founded in 1954 at the age of 57 years in Wesel for use in conventional power plants and nuclear power plants and in the chemical and petrochemical industries, the CH, which today Zikesch Valves GmbH to the British a company for the production of high pressure and high temperature valves IMI plc belongs . With his entrepreneurial spirit, Zikesch was involved in the industrial reconstruction of Germany after the Second World War.
Carl Herbert Zikesch was a nephew of the architect Robert Leibnitz . Like his uncle, he was a member of the Corps Saxonia-Berlin, which he already joined in 1917 while on home leave.
literature
- Carl Weigandt: History of the Corps Saxonia-Berlin to Aachen 1867-1967 . Aachen 1968.
- Joachim Grub: Contributions to the history of the Corps Saxonia-Berlin to Aachen 1967-1992 . Aachen 1993.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zikesch, Carl Herbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zikesch, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elsterwerda |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1979 |
| Place of death | Rosenheim |