Friedrich Gladenbeck
Friedrich Gladenbeck (born November 21, 1899 in Friedrichshagen near Berlin; † September 13, 1987 ) was a German electrical engineer , editor , manager , university professor and ministerial official . From 1954 to 1959 he was State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Post and Telecommunications .
Life and work
After studying electrical engineering at the TH Berlin , Gladenbeck worked in the Siemens & Halske development laboratory . In 1925 he joined the Reichspostdirektion Berlin as a postal trainee and worked as a postassessor at the Telegraphenzeugamt in Berlin, the Reichspostdirektion Trier and the Berliner Fernamt, where he was promoted to telegraph director in 1931. Soon afterwards he moved to the Reichspostzentralamt and in 1933 to the Reichspostministerium , where he worked in the wide area network . In 1935 he was made senior post councilor and in 1938 ministerial advisor . During this time he is working on the introduction of high-frequency wire radio . On December 21, 1938 he became president of the research institute of the Deutsche Reichspost . There he set up the Reichspost television company , which, under his direction, constructed a television receiver that was presented at the radio exhibition in 1939 and was to cost only RM 600.
In 1941 he was appointed honorary professor at the University of Heidelberg , in 1942 he received the Dr. rer. nat. In addition, the TH Berlin awarded him the Dr.-Ing. In recognition of his services to high-frequency wire radio . eH In 1942 he moved to the board of directors of AEG , where he was responsible for telecommunications as a board member. In addition, as part of a restructuring of the Reich Research Council that took place in the same year, he was appointed representative for remote control research, to which other functions were added in the course of the war. In May 1944 he became head of the special commission for electrotechnical accessories for ammunition (SKZM) on behalf of Albert Speer . In September 1944 Speer gave him special power of attorney for the accelerated solution of the problem of the homing board-to-board missile. Alongside Waldemar Petersen and Hans Heyne, Gladenbeck was thus one of the leading people in AEG armaments research
In 1946 he joined the Reichspostoberdirektion for the British zone BZRPO, where he set up a development institute. In 1950 he became president of the Oberpostdirektion Hamburg. In 1952 he was promoted to ministerial director and received the title of chief engineer of the Deutsche Bundespost . From 1954 to 1959 he was State Secretary in the Federal Post Office. For many years, Gladenbeck was also the publisher of the Electrical Telecommunications Yearbook .
Awards
- 1942: Dr.-Ing. e. H. of the TU Berlin
- 1969: Philipp Reis badge
literature
- Burkhard Weiss: Armaments research at the AEG research institute until 1945. In: Helmut Maier (Hrsg.): Armaments research in National Socialism. Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2002, ISBN 978-3-89244-497-8 , pp. 109-144.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutsche Postzeitung November 1959
- ↑ Helmut Maier (Ed.): Armaments research in National Socialism. Wallstein-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-89244-497-8 , ( online at Google Book Search ), p. 137 f.
- ↑ ZPF issue no. 3/1970; P. 81
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gladenbeck, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German electrical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Friedrichshagen near Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1987 |