Fritz Spies

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Friedrich Wilhelm (Fritz) Spies (born January 17, 1884 in Michelfeld ; † July 31, 1965 in Colares ) was a German- Argentinian civil engineer .

Education and professional career

Fritz Spies was the son of the master butcher Heinrich Wilhelm S. (1858–1936) and of Friederike Katharina born. Jenne (1859-1928). He attended secondary school in Mannheim and received his Abitur in 1903 . After an internship, he studied civil engineering at the TH in Karlsruhe and in Berlin . In 1907 he passed his diploma examination in Karlsruhe. From 1908 to 1953 he worked as a civil engineer in Mannheim, Berlin , South America , Portugal and Africa .

Until 1910 he worked for Dyckerhoff & Widmann in Berlin . From 1911 to 1922 Spies worked in Buenos Aires , including for Dyckerhoff & Widmann, and acquired Argentine citizenship. In Argentina he built, among other things, the Puerto Belgrano naval base , the largest naval base of the Argentine Navy, and a bridge over the Río de la Plata .

He later moved to Portugal and received a permanent residence and work permit in 1941. He worked for Grün & Bilfinger and the Sociedade Metropolitana e Colonial de Construçoes , among others . In Portugal , for example, he built the Alfeite naval port near Lisbon , the quay walls of Vila Nova de Gaia and the fishing port of Póvoa de Varzim . In Angola he built the port enlargement in Lobito , as well as the jetties in Lândana , Noqui and Cabinda .

In 1928 he married Hilde Margarete Johanna geb. Mahlau (* 1903) in Breslau . The marriage resulted in a son, Klaus (Claudio) Theodor S. (1929–1994).

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  • German Gender Book , Volume 189, 1984, pp. 45-49

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of German Engineers Journal , Volume 54, Part 2, 1910, p. 1960
  2. ↑ Memoria , Ministerio de Obras Públicas, Volume 2, 1922, p. 139f under the name "Federico Spies"
  3. ^ Journal of the Association of German Engineers , Volume 58, 1914
  4. ^ Also in Memoria , 1922, pp. 139f
  5. ↑ See list of patents
  6. ↑ account of the XVIIth Congress , Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses, 1949, p 42
  7. ↑ Boletím Geral do Ultramar , issues 347–351, 1954. S, 156 under the name "Frederico Spies"

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personal data
SURNAME Spies, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Spies, Friedrich Wilhelm; Spies, Federico (pseudonym); Spies, Frederico (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Argentinian civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Michelfeld
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1965
Place of death Colares