Fritz Boden

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Fritz Boden (born July 4, 1845 in Einbeck ; † November 12, 1920 there ) was a German hydraulic engineer . He was the architect of the Kiel Canal .

Life

Fritz soil studied at the Technical University of Hanover Engineering . In 1865 he became a member of the Corps Slesvico-Holsatia . After completing his studies, he entered the Prussian civil service as a hydraulic engineer. Here he worked as a hydraulic engineering inspector and technical assistant for the royal government in Schleswig. In 1890 he was appointed to the position of hydraulic engineering inspector in Glückstadt . In 1893 Fritz Boden was promoted to the Royal Baurath, later to the Royal Government and Building Council.

On the initiative of the Hamburg shipowner Hermann Dahlström, Boden developed the plan for the construction of a canal from Kiel-Holtenau to Brunsbüttel , which he presented in 1878. After Otto von Bismarck had succeeded in convincing Kaiser Wilhelm I of the strategic necessity and the requirements for the canal had been clarified, the Reichstag approved a law for the construction of the Kiel Canal in 1886, which largely corresponded to the plan in its route Boden followed. The foundation stone was laid on June 3, 1887 by Kaiser Wilhelm I. On June 21, 1895, after eight years of construction, the canal was ceremoniously opened by Kaiser Wilhelm II .

Awards

  • In 1895, four weeks after the opening ceremony of the Kiel Canal, Fritz Boden was awarded the 4th Class Red Eagle Order .
  • The Corps Slesvico-Holsatia made him an honorary boy in 1871.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Corps Slesvico-Holsatia, Corpsliste , winter semester 1981/82, p. 24, no. 111.
  2. ↑ Official communications in: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 10, No. 13 (March 29, 1890), p. 125.
  3. ^ Official notifications In: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, 13th year, No. 51 (December 23, 1893), p. 533.
  4. ↑ Official communications in: Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, Volume 15, No. 29 (July 20, 1895), p. 309.
personal data
SURNAME Boden, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hydraulic engineer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Einbeck
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1920
Place of death Einbeck