Fidel Kennerknecht
Fidel Kennerknecht (born January 29, 1880 in Memhölz , † November 2, 1960 in Mühldorf am Inn ) was a German hydraulic engineer .
Life
In 1904, after studying civil engineering at the Technical University in Munich , he worked for the Grün & Bilfinger construction company in the planning and implementation of the Laufenburg am Rhein power plant . From September 1917 he was employed by the newly founded Innwerk , Bayerische Aluminum AG, which built the Jettenbach dam, which was then the most powerful hydropower plant in Central Europe on the Inn . He designed the canal power plant to use around 100,000 hp between Jettenbach and Töging am Inn and was in charge of construction . In autumn 1920 he was elected as a deputy member of the board of directors of the Innwerk Gesellschaft. In 1922 he was a lecturer at the Technical University of Munich. In 1927 he became the technical manager of the dam structures in the western Harz, which were operated by the board of trustees of the Harzwasserwerke in Hanover, of which he was a member of the board from April 1928. In 1932 he took over the management of major repairs at the Töging power station . In 1934 he was employed again at Grün & Bilfinger. From 1935 he was again the construction director of Innwerk AG responsible for planning and construction management of the Wasserburg , Teufelsbruck and Gars power plants , with which the Inn was built into barrages . From 1945 to 1950, after his retirement, he was managing director of the Alzwerke .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Süddeutsche Bauzeitung , 1922 p. 208
- ↑ Hans-Peter Hack , Das Innkraftwerk Jettenbach-Töging, information publication from the Bavarian State Office for Water Management No. 3/1983, pp. 205–216, Munich, 1983
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kennerknecht, Fidel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hydraulic engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 29, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Memholz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1960 |
| Place of death | Mühldorf am Inn |