Friedrich von Delius

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The world's first overburden conveyor bridge near Plessa
Remaining hole in opencast mine near Plessa
Grave site , Hüttenweg 47, in Berlin-Dahlem

Friedrich Ludwig Rudolf Carl Emil von Delius (born June 3, 1881 in Warburg , † October 12, 1967 in Berlin-Dahlem ) was a mine director in Plessa .

In 1924 he had the world's first overburden conveyor bridge built according to his own plans , which went into operation in 1925 in the Agnes opencast mine near Plessa. This technology, which was not considered a future by his contemporaries, revolutionized opencast lignite mining , especially in Lusatia, and left its mark on the landscape all over the world.

Life

Delius came from a Ravensberg family; his father Karl von Delius (1840–1907) was a district administrator in Warburg. He was a great-grandson of Daniel Heinrich Delius ; his stepbrother was Rudolf von Delius .

In 1910 von Delius became director of the Plessaer brown coal works founded in 1897. After severe losses in the overburden operation, he developed and constructed an overburden conveyor bridge together with engineers from ATG Leipzig. The contract for the construction was placed in 1923, construction began in May 1924 and the first trial operation began on September 26, 1924.

The commissioning of this plant temporarily cost 80 of the approximately 100 jobs in the overburden operation, but secured the future of the company and laid an important foundation stone for open-cast lignite mining in Lusatia and around the world.

A later development is the world's largest overburden conveyor bridge, the F60 .

Marriage and offspring

Friedrich was married to Katharina Louise (Isa) Schwenke (1885–1969), with her he had three sons. The second born, Ernst von Delius (1912–1937), became known as a racing driver for the Auto Union .

literature

  • Gothaisches Genealogical Pocket Book of the Noble Houses , Part B 1941, page 114, Verlag Justus Perthes, Gotha 1941

Web links

Commons : Friedrich von Delius  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes and individual references

  1. ↑ Elbe-Elster-Rundschau, June 26, 2006, page 16
personal data
SURNAME Delius, Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Delius, Friedrich Ludwig Rudolf Carl Emil von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mine director
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Warburg
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1967
Place of death Berlin-Dahlem