Fritz H. Wolters
Friedrich Hermann (Fritz) Wolters (born July 17, 1905 in Sunstedt , Helmstedt district , † September 21, 1981 in Düsseldorf ) was a German university professor and construction clerk.
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Wolters studied architecture and civil engineering from 1926 to 1930 at the TH Braunschweig , received his doctorate in engineering. and was then a research assistant and lecturer at the chair. His main area of research was the " coefficient of expansion of concrete on runways. " In 1936 he went to Berlin and got a position as a government building officer in the newly created Reich Aviation Ministry . Here he became the specialist in airfield construction. During the Second World War he was the head of the construction staff for replenishment and supply facilities of the Air Force.
In 1950 Wolters was released from Soviet captivity. Then he went back to “his” university: habilitation and lectureship at the TH-Braunschweig. 1953 then as a construction clerk in Bonn to the Federal Building Directorate .
In 1955 the Federal Republic became sovereign, then joined NATO and Bonn became the federal capital. The military airfields in the British occupation zone (Düsseldorf-Lohausen and Cologne-Wahn) were returned to the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia , whereupon the latter founded the "State New Building Office-Airports" in Wahn in 1957 and appointed Wolters to the management board (Ltd. government building director). The task of the new building authority was the planning and construction management of the new capital airport Cologne / Bonn and the international airport Düsseldorf , as well as all regional airports in NRW. In the same year, international German air traffic was resumed and Lufthansa took off again with the most modern large aircraft for the first time after the war.
The runways were not yet designed for the intercontinental jet planes and so the State New Building Office was busy planning and monitoring the construction work for years (Münster 1968 to 1972, Düsseldorf 1969 to 1973, Cologne-Bonn 1965 to 1970).
The enormous area of responsibility of Fritz H. Wolters and his employees is also evident from the sum that his office had to be responsible for in over ten years: a total of almost half a billion DM .
From 1970 Wolters taught at RWTH Aachen University as an honorary professor for structural systems of commercial airports and their function . In 1979 he was awarded the university badge holder .
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in "Deutsches Architektenblatt" 10/81 "- personal details -.
- ↑ Photo book (with 152 pages) for the inauguration of the new airport reception building: "International Airport Cologne / Bonn" on March 20, 1970 (Copyright Greven Verlag Cologne, 1970)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolters, Fritz H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolters, Friedrich Hermann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German university professor and construction officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sunstedt , Helmstedt district |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 1981 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |