Carl Oskar Ursinus
Oskar Ursinus (born March 11, 1878 in Weißenfels ; † July 7, 1952 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German engineer , aviation pioneer and publisher . He is the namesake of the Oskar Ursinus Association .
Life
Oskar Ursinus was born as the son of master engineer Friedrich-Karl Ursinus, who worked in a brewery. After finishing school, he studied mechanical engineering at the Mittweida technical center from 1896 to 1899 . In 1899 he was granted a patent for a diamond drill. From 1901, Oskar Ursinus published the technical weekly Vulkan in Frankfurt am Main.
Aviation magazine
His growing interest in aviation culminated in the establishment of the magazine Flugsport in 1908 , which he headed as publisher and editor-in-chief until 1944. Ursinus tried to get readers interested in the design and construction of aircraft. On the occasion of the ILA aviation exhibition in Frankfurt in 1909 he presented his ideas to the public for the first time. In 1908 he met his future wife Hedwig Römer, who supported him professionally, from 1914 to 1919 in the role of editor-in-chief of "Flugsport". The couple had four children together, three of whom were pilots.
Model and glider aviation
During the First World War, Ursinus developed reconnaissance planes and bombers for the Gothaer Waggonfabrik . He was also interested in model aircraft and glider aviation. In his magazine “Flugsport” in 1919 a column appeared regularly on how one can practice gliding . Together with other aviation enthusiasts, he initiated the first Rhön gliding competition in 1920 on the Wasserkuppe in the Rhön (see below). For his contribution to the development of aviation, especially gliding and the Rhön competition, he was recognized with appreciation of the Rhön father Ursinus .
Rhön competition
On March 24, 1920, Ursinus supported issue no. 6/7 of his magazine Flugsport a call from the Flugtechnischer Verein Dresden , which in 1920 led the Association of German Model and Gliding Clubs, for the 1st Rhön gliding competition on the Wasserkuppe . The goals of the event were the “flawless, professional and comparable evaluation of gliding performance”, the “rational practice of gliding and studying gliding” and “solving the problem of gliding”. At the first events, Ursinus himself was in charge of the organizational "management of the Rhön glider flight". The Rhön competitions were held annually until 1939 and helped significantly to develop gliding into gliding. The competitions were financially supported by the patron Karl Kotzenberg .
Rhön Rossitten Society
In August 1924, on the initiative of Ursinus and Kotzenberg, the Rhön-Rossitten-Gesellschaft was founded, which saw itself as a link between aviation and aeronautical research and development and, among other things, organized the Rhön competitions from 1925 to 1931.
Honors
The Rhön-Rossitten-Gesellschaft erected a permanent building on the Wasserkuppe in 1925, in which the flight technology and aerodynamics departments of the company's research institute, the management and organization of the Rhön competitions and a weather station of the Prussian Meteorological Service were housed. In honor of the co-founder of the Rhön sailing competition, this building was named Ursinus House .
The Oskar Ursinus Association (based in Bingen in the Sigmaringen district ) , founded on March 9, 1968, bears his name in his honor, an association that supports the development and in particular the hobby self-construction of aircraft with a maximum of two seats. The association is a member of the international umbrella organization Experimental Aircraft Association based in Oshkosh (Wisconsin) .
In Frankfurt am Main , Nuremberg , Fulda , Manching , Gersfeld and Kiel-Holtenau streets were named after Oskar Ursinus.
He is buried in the Südfriedhof in Frankfurt am Main. His grave is a listed building . The tomb consists of a storage-like rectangular stele made of polished yellow Jura. In the recessed central field there is a scratch of an eagle. The tomb comes from the sculptor Carl Stock . His professional estate is in the Deutsches Museum .
literature
- Jan-Peter Domschke, Sabine Dorn, Hansgeorg Hofmann, Rosemarie Poch, Marion Stascheit: Mittweida's engineers all over the world . University of Applied Sciences Mittweida (Ed.): Mittweida 2014, pp. 120f.
- Heinz Schomann, Volker Rödel, Heike Kaiser: Monument topography city of Frankfurt am Main. Revised 2nd edition, limited special edition on the occasion of the 1200th anniversary of the city of Frankfurt am Main. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-7973-0576-1 ( Materials on Monument Protection in Frankfurt am Main 1), p. 191
- Flugsport - illustrated aviation magazine for the entire flight being . In: Carl Oskar Ursinus (Ed.): Flugsport . Verlag für Flugsport, Frankfurt am Main 1920 ( Flugsport in the luftfahrt-bibliothek.de [accessed on March 7, 2020]).
Web links
- Homepage of the Oskar Ursinus Association
- Literature by and about Carl Oskar Ursinus in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Oskar Ursinus. In: whoswho.de. Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
- ↑ DNB: Aviation: ill. techn. Magazine u. Indicator for d. entire aviation. Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
- ^ Naval Marine Archives; Aviation: Illustrated technical magazine and gazette. In: navalmarinearchive.com. Retrieved July 26, 2017 .
- ^ Marton Szigeti: Rhönvater Oskar Ursinus. In: Classics of Aviation No. 2/2016, pp. 46–49
- ↑ a b Aviation 1920 No. 6/7, March 24, 1920 , pp. 153, 154
- ^ Rhön glider flight . In: Carl Oskar Ursinus (Ed.): Flugsport . No. 15 . Verlag für Flugsport, Frankfurt am Main July 21, 1920, p. 339 to 341 ( aviation in the luftfahrt-bibliothek.de [accessed on February 29, 2020]).
- ↑ aeh7e9r65 German Glider Museum Timeline
- ↑ Sabine Hock : A rich man who could never say no. In: sabinehock.de. Retrieved on July 26, 2017 (published in the FAZ on October 11, 1990, p. 42).
- ↑ Table Ursinus House in the series of references to the historical Gersfeld town of Gersfeld (Rhön) ; at the front of the building to the left of the stairs to the front door.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ursinus, Carl Oskar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ursinus, Oskar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German civil engineer and aviation pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weißenfels , Thuringia |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 7, 1952 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |