Ferdinand Eduard Groschupp
Ferdinand Eduard Groschupp (born February 12, 1850 in Braunsdorf , † December 7, 1933 in Stahnsdorf ) was a German engineer for locomotive construction , a secret government councilor and a member of the Reich Patent Office .
Life
Ferdinand Eduard Groschupp, son of the farmer Friedrich Groschupp, learned mechanical engineering practically after attending schools and worked for a year as a technician in the office of the GW Julius Blancke fittings factory in Merseburg . On October 1, 1871, as a one-year-old, he joined the newly formed railway battalion. After the end of his service, he drove two years on the locomotive for the Thuringian Railway and passed the exam as a train driver . From the winter semester of 1874 to 1877 he studied mechanical engineering at the industrial academy in Charlottenburg , where he joined the Association of Saxons, later the Corps Saxonia-Berlin. For several semesters he was a member of the student body's committee of nine.
After completing his studies, he passed the mechanical engineering supervisor exam and was employed in the mechanical engineering office of the Berlin Railway Directorate. On September 1, 1884, after having passed the government master builder exam, he was appointed to the construction office of the Erfurt Railway Directorate to build heavy hot-air locomotives. After working for a long time in Erfurt, he initially returned for a short time to the Anhalter Bahn works office in Berlin, from where he was transferred to the main railway workshop in Tempelhof. He took over the department for locomotive construction and was promoted to railway construction inspector.
In 1894 he resigned from the state railway service and was appointed Imperial Councilor and member of the Imperial Patent Office. After a few years he moved to the complaints department and was promoted to the higher government council. In 1904 he was promoted to the secret government council. In 1923, at the age of 73, he retired. Groschupp is buried in the Wilmersdorfer Waldfriedhof Stahnsdorf .
Awards
- Royal Bavarian Order of Merit of St. Michael IV Class (1889)
- Red Eagle Order IV Class (1908)
- Prussian Cross of Merit for War Aid
- Iron Cross 2nd class on a white ribbon
literature
- Richard Krügner: Words of Remembrance for AH Groschupp † , obituary in Sachsenblatt, Volume 18, March 28, 1934, Number 2, pp. 27–28.
- Carl Weigandt: History of the Corps Saxonia-Berlin to Aachen 1867-1967 , Aachen 1968
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official notices . In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 14, No. 42 (October 20, 1894), p. 441
- ↑ Official notices . In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 24, No. 57 (July 16, 1904), p. 357
- ↑ Official notices . In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 9, No. 4 (January 26, 1889), p. 33
- ↑ Official notices . In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 28, No. 7 (January 25, 1908), p. 49
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Groschupp, Ferdinand Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Engineer, Privy Councilor, member of the Reich Patent Office |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunsdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1933 |
| Place of death | Stahnsdorf |