German University of Technology Brno

German University of Technology Brno

The German Technical University Brno was a university founded in Brno in 1849 .

history

a building of the former German Technical University Brno

Extension opened in 1910

The origins of the university go back to the founding of an academy for knightly exercises, including excellent engineering skills, in 1724 at the University of Olomouc . In May 1843 the academy was relocated to Brno, and in 1849 the university was established. In 1899, the Czech TH Brno ( Vysoké učení technické v Brně ) was founded in parallel because the originally planned bilingual teaching and research operation had turned out to be impractical.

In October 1899 an extension was completed on the occasion of the 50th anniversary. At the beginning of November 1910, an extension designed by the architect Ferdinand Hrach (1862–1946), who has been a member of the local professorship since 1896, was opened by laying the keystone .

After the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918, the DTH Brno remained in place despite some liquidation plans. The self-government of the universities, which originated from the imperial-royal period, was largely retained. The DTH Brno comprised the following chairs (= faculties): mathematics , physics , mineralogy , mechanical engineering , agriculture, water and road construction, chemistry , agriculture , accounting and commodity science. The students represented in their origin and religion the old multi-ethnic state of the Habsburg monarchy and its cultural catchment area.

After the destruction of the rest of Czech Republic and the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia , the DTH Brno was to be relocated to Linz , but this did not happen due to the outbreak of war. The introduction of the university regulations based on the Berlin model was seen as a step backwards in Brno (and Prague). After the war ended in 1945, the DTH Brno was closed. Its facilities were taken over by the Czech Technical University , which was re-established in 1945 and which was dissolved from 1939 during the protectorate period.

See also : Czech Technical University Prague  and German Technical University Prague

Professors

• Ludwig Anschütz (1889–1954), full professor of organic chemistry
• Vinzenz Baier (1881–1955), full professor of architecture
• Berthold Bretholz (1862–1936), historian and archivist
• Ernst Chwalla (1901–1960), full professor of civil engineering
• Josef Dell (1859–1945), full professor of architecture
• Rudolf Dub (1873–1938), full professor of mechanical engineering
• Heinrich Fanta (1877–1941), full professor of building construction and architecture
• Franz Frimmel (1888–1957), full professor of agriculture
• Rudolf Girtler (1877–1952), full professor for elasticity and strength theory as well as building materials
• Georg Hamel (1877–1954), full professor of mechanics
• Leopold von Hauffe (1840–1912), full professor of mechanical engineering and rector
• Alfred Hawranek (1878–1951), bridge builder
• Franz Heinl (1880–1950), ao. Professor of Mechanical Engineering
• Gustav Jaumann (1863–1924), professor of physics
• Viktor Kaplan (1876–1934), professor of mechanical engineering
• Lothar Koschmieder (1890–1974), full professor of mathematics
• Karl Kriso (1887–1972), full professor of mechanics
• Karl Friedrich Kühn (1884–1945), full professor of architecture and art history
• Anton Lissner (1885–1970), full professor for chemical technology
• Erwin Lohr (1880–1951), full professor of physics
• Hans Löschner , full professor of geodesy
• Hannes Mohr (1882–1967), full professor of geology and mineralogy
• Alfred von Musil, professor of mechanical engineering (father of Robert Musil )
• Oswald Richter , full professor of botany
• Benno Schachner (1902–1987), professor of building construction
• Armin Schocklitsch , full professor for hydraulic engineering
• Othmar Spann (1878–1950), full professor of economics and statistics
• Oskar Srnka , full professor for low-voltage technology
• Emil Tranquillini (1884–1955), professor of architecture
• Josef Weinhold (1906–1994), full professor for elasticity and strength theory
• Joseph Wolfschütz (1860–1933), professor of river engineering, waterways and inland navigation

Alumni

• Student associations at the TH Brno
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  Corps Marchia

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  ATV Brno

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  Austria Brno

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  Corps Frankonia

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  Moravia fraternity

→ Main article : List of student associations in Brno

• Heinrich Blum
• Otto Eisler
• Franz Fiala
• Hans Foschum
• Anton Karl Wilhelm Gawalowski
• Theodor Hayek
• Rudolf Kratochwill
• Edmund Lober von Karstenrod
• Gustav Meretta
• Robert Musil, exam 1901
• Elly Oehler-Sonnenschein
• Leopold Karl Pick
• Hermann von Rittler
• Joseph Sablatnig , II state examination in 1909
• Alois Schwarz (chemist)
• Endre Steiner
• Karl Weinbrenner
• Joseph Wolfschütz

literature

• K. k. German Franz Joseph Technical University in Brno. Annual report for the academic year… K. k. German Franz Joseph Technical University, Brno 1916/17, ZDB -ID 2349847-X .
• Lothar Selke : The Brno University of Technology and its corporate structure . Einst und Jetzt , Vol. 44 (1999), pp. 71–112 (profound history of the university).
• Pavel Šišma, Josef Smolka (transl.): On the history of the German Technical University Brno. Professors, lecturers and assistants 1849–1945. Series of publications history of natural sciences and technology, Volume 13, ZDB -ID 2134119-9 . (Edited by Franz Pichler and Gerhard Pohl). Rudolf Trauner University Press, Linz 2009, ISBN 978-3-85499-451-0 . - Table of contents (PDF; 8 kB).

Web links

• "Science Policy in National Socialism and the University of Prague" (Gerd Simon / Society for Interdisciplinary Research Tübingen) ( Memento from September 21, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
• Masaryk University Gallery (Faculty of Science)
• History of the University (1849–1945) (English).
• Some bearers of German culture in Brno
• Teachers of physics and chemistry at the German Technical University in Brno . (PDF file; 567 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Festschrift of the German Technical University in Brno to celebrate its seventy-five years of existence in May 1924 . Published by the college of professors. Publishing house of the German Technical University, Brno 1924.
2. ^ Festschrift of the KK Technical University in Brno to celebrate its 50th anniversary and the completion of the extension in October 1899 . Published by the college of professors. Imperial and Royal Technical University of Brno, Brno 1899.
3. ↑ Ferdinand Hrach. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
4. ^ Extension of the German technical university in Brno. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 16598/1910, November 6, 1910, p. 12, top center. (Online at ANNO ). .
5. ↑ Sablatnig, Joseph. (PDF; 172 kB) In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950. Retrieved July 6, 2010 .