Franz Brenthel
Franz Brenthel (born June 19, 1891 in Liebertwolkwitz ; † May 9, 1957 in Reutte ) was a German metallurgical engineer and university lecturer at the Freiberg Mountain Academy .
Life
Brenthel studied from 1910 to 1919 at the Bergakademie Freiberg up to a Dipl.-Ing. From 1919 to 1930 he worked at the Halsbrückner Hütte , most recently as director from 1924. From 1930 until his release in 1946 by the Soviet occupation, he taught metallurgy, electrometallurgy and trial studies at the Freiberg Mining Academy as a professor . From 1940 to 1945 the NSDAP member was dean of the Faculty of Mining and Metallurgy and from 1939 to 1944 rector. In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler . During the World War he opened the Freiberg Research Center for Smoke Damage, which dealt with environmental poisoning by metal factories and took the interests of farmers and foresters into account.
From 1947 to 1952 he worked - like his dismissed colleague Friedrich Schumacher - as a technical advisor to the Trepča lead works in southern Serbia . In 1952–1957, Brenthel set up a research institute at Hermann C. Starck AG in Nuremberg on behalf of the Society for Electrometallurgy , which he also took over as head. From 1952 he held a teaching position as a visiting professor at RWTH Aachen University .
literature
- Norman Pohl: The Bergakademie Freiberg under National Socialism , in: Günther Heydemann u. a. (Ed.): Saxony and National Socialism , Göttingen 2014, 251ff
- Martin Bemmann: Damaged vegetation and dying forest: On the emergence of an environmental problem in Germany 1893 to 1970 , Göttingen 2012, esp. P. 272ff
- Carl Schiffner : From the life of old Freiberg mountain students , second volume, Freiberg 1938, 300f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brenthel, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brenthel, Carl Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German metallurgical expert and professor at the Bergakademie Freiberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liebertwolkwitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1957 |
| Place of death | Reutte |