Conrad Dietrich Magirus
Conrad Dietrich Magirus (born September 26, 1824 in Ulm ; † June 26, 1895 there ) was a German fire service pioneer and entrepreneur. He is considered the inventor of the mobile fire escape . The name "Magirus" is derived from the ancient Greek μάγειρος "mágeiros", which means "cook". This name was adopted by the theologian Johannes Koch (then Johannes Magirus ) in the 16th century, when Greek-sounding names were fashionable among scholars of the time.
life and work
Magirus was born on September 26, 1824, the son of the grocer and manufacturer Conrad Dietrich Magirus (1783–1868) and Susanna Christina Hocheisen (1798–1836) in Ulm. His grandfather was the senator Konrad Heinrich Magirus (1745-1818). His grandmother was Magdalena Ursula Faulhaber (1752-1813), a descendant of the Ulm scholar and mathematician Johannes Faulhaber . During his commercial training, Magirus spent seven years in Naples , Italy.
In the first half of the 19th century Magirus took over the management of the Ulm gymnastics association. It was also the gymnasts from whom Magirus put together the first official fire injection train of the city of Ulm in 1846 , which from then on successfully endeavored to provide fire protection in the Danube city. In 1850 he took over his father's business in Ulm and his book "Alle Theile des Feuer-Lösch-Wesens" was published.
Due to the success of his efforts to protect fire in Ulm, Magirus was appointed commander of the Ulm fire brigade in 1853. Magirus was completely absorbed in this new task: he set up a second fire engine and worked on the technical improvement of the fire extinguishers as well as on the better organization of fire fighting. Magirus designed, among other things, various ladder constructions for fire fighting purposes . Through his work in the Ulm fire department, he came up with the idea of building mobile fire department ladders. At the latest by this he became a pioneer of modern fire extinguishing: In 1864 Magirus became a limited partner of the newly founded “Gebr. Eberhardt open trading and limited partnership ”, which manufactured and sold fire fighting equipment. After disagreements between Magirus and the Eberhardt brothers, Magirus founded his own company in 1866, which he named " CD Magirus Fire Brigade Props Factory ". There he made ladders and fire engines.
Conrad Dietrich Magirus died on June 26, 1895. At this point in time, he had already put the management of his company in the hands of his sons Heinrich , Otto and Hermann Magirus (since 1887). From 1909 the company he founded was called "Fire Brigade Equipment and Vehicle Factory CD Magirus"; In 1911 this was then converted into "CD Magirus AG". The later commercial vehicle brand Magirus-Deutz and the company Magirus GmbH , which still produces fire extinguishing technology in Ulm, emerged from this.
Early production milestones at Magirus were:
- 1872: A free-standing, climbable 2-wheel extension ladder
- 1892: The first horse-drawn Magirus turntable ladder with a rise of 25 meters
- 1903: The first self-propelled steam fire sprayer
- 1904: The first turntable ladder with fully automatic drive
German Fire Brigade Association
On July 10, 1853 , Magirus founded the German Fire Brigade Association, which is still in existence today, with ten fire service representatives from southern Germany in Plochingen in the "Gasthaus zum Waldhorn" .
On June 19, Magirus had invited the board members of all fire departments in Württemberg to a meeting in the newspaper Schwäbischer Merkur. Ten fire brigade commanders took part in the meeting and decided to found an association. A fire brigade day should take place regularly to exchange views. 45 fire brigades took part in the fourth German Fire Brigade Day in Mainz in 1860, and around 2,000 representatives from 135 fire brigades at the fifth German Fire Brigade Day in 1862 in Augsburg.
Appreciation
In his hometown of Ulm, a street is named after Magirus: Magirusstraße connects Sedanstraße with Blaubeurer Straße, where a Magirus plant was located. There are also Magirus streets in other cities, e.g. B. in Stuttgart and Berlin .
Since 2012, Magirus GmbH has awarded the Conrad Dietrich Magirus Prize to the “Fire Brigade Team of the Year” every year.
literature
- Franz Maria Feldhaus : Magirus, Conrad Dietrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, p. 770 f.
- Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 253-255 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Ulrich Planck: The social ascent from the peasant and craftsman class to the respectability of Old Wuerttemberg, in: Zeitschrift für Agrargeschichte und Agrarsoziologie, 01/2000, p. 22.
- ↑ cf. Helmut Weinand: Iveco Magirus: Fire brigades in green , in: MOTOR-INFORMATIONS-DIENST from March 1st, 2007.
- ↑ cf. Martin Burkhardt: Create, create - pioneering spirit makes industrial history , in: VDI nachrichten, September 8, 2000, p. 77.
- ^ Conrad Dietrich Magirus Award
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Magirus, Conrad Dietrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German fire service pioneer and company founder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ulm |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1895 |
| Place of death | Ulm |