Christian Bartsch
Christian Bartsch (born December 1, 1928 in Klein Polkwitz , Silesia ; † July 31, 2015 ) was a German engineer , specialist journalist , author and publisher .
Life
As a teenager, Christian Bartsch was drafted into the navy during the Second World War . After a two-month imprisonment , shortly after his release in July 1945, he took a job at the Berlin-Lübeck machine factory . After an internship in mechanical engineering in Saxony-Anhalt , Bartsch passed the journeyman's examination as a car mechanic in 1947. He then attended secondary school for two years and successfully passed the Abitur exams in Weißenfels in 1949 . After studying mechanical engineering at the Technical Universities of Dresden and Berlin , Bartsch became a project engineer at Lurgi in Frankfurt am Main in 1954 . From 1955 to 1961 he worked in a Berlin engineering office, developing two-stroke engines as well as measuring, control and regulation technology .
During this time he wrote the first technical articles for VDI nachrichten . Because he was drawn to journalism , in 1961 he took a position as a technical editor at Motor Rundschau in Frankfurt am Main. There he rose to the position of deputy editor-in-chief . Subsequently, in 1970 he switched to the Scope Journal of the Hoppenstedt publishing house in Darmstadt (today Scope industrial magazine for production and technology , WEKA publishing group ) as a freelancer . At the same time, Bartsch also wrote for specialist magazines such as Automobil Revue , Krafthand , and for newspapers such as the FAZ , in particular in the supplement Technik und Motor . In 1976 he became a freelance journalist, but continued to write for the Scope Journal and for the sister journal handling of the Hoppenstedt-Verlag.
He also wrote articles in the automobile industry and kfz-Betrieb from Vogel-Verlag and various specialist books; He was editor of the textbook A Century of Motorcycle Technology (VDI Verlag, 1987, ISBN 3-18-400757-X ).
In old age he devoted himself more and more to general scientific topics. In 2007 he published z. For example, the article Against the climate hysteria: More light in the darkness of climate change , in which he warned of an impending “climate dictatorship” that would affect all areas of life and threaten democracy. The climatologist Stefan Rahmstorf criticized various false statements in the article.
Others
Christian Bartsch had also made some new developments in the field of two-stroke engines, which he had patented. Further patent work relates to mixture formation in four-stroke engines and to wheel suspensions. In the Motor Presse Club e. V. in Sulzbach am Taunus , Christian Bartsch joined in 1975 and was active there until his death. He was also active in the Association of Motor Journalists .
Private
Christian Bartsch lived in Dieburg, Hesse, for years until his death and had three children.
literature
- Christian Bartsch turned 75. In: Motorjournalist. January 2004
Web links and sources
- “On the death of Christian Bartsch”, accessed on June 2, 2016
- Jan Rosenow: “Specialist journalist Christian Bartsch has died. The doyen of German motor journalism was 86 years old ”. (wrong year of birth 1929) accessed on June 2, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Bartsch: "Against the climate hysteria: More light in the darkness of climate change" - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, April 3, 2007.
- ↑ Stefan Rahmstorf: "Everything just climate hysteria?"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bartsch, Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klein Polkwitz , Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 2015 |