Georg Schnadel

Georg Schnadel (born December 9, 1891 in Rechtis near Kempten (Allgäu) ; † April 26, 1980 in Hamburg ) was a German shipbuilder and professor of ship statics and ship elements at the Technical University of Berlin (from 1945 Technical University of Berlin ).

Life

Schnadel studied mechanical engineering at the technical universities in Munich and Danzig from 1912 to 1914 and 1919/20. In 1920 he graduated as a qualified engineer specializing in shipbuilding. From 1920 to 1922 he worked in the shipbuilding industry. In 1923 he became an assistant at the TH Danzig . After graduating as Dr.-Ing. (1925) he was also a private lecturer in Gdansk from 1926, then worked again in industry until 1928. From April 1, 1928 to October 31, 1945 Schnadel was a full professor for statics of ships and ship elements in the field of ship and marine engineering at Faculty III for mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin and from the beginning of June 1945 to October 1945. Rector of this college. The reconstruction committee of the Technical University Berlin-Charlottenburg consisted of the following professors in August 1945:

Rector: Georg Schnadel
Vice-Rector: Walter Kucharski
Faculty of General Engineering Sciences: Hans Heinrich Franck
Faculty of Civil Engineering: Georg Garbotz
Faculty of Architecture: Werner Hahmann
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering: Fritz Horn
Faculty of Electrical Engineering: Carl Ramsauer
Faculty of Mining and Metallurgy: Erich Siebel

Schnadel worked as an honorary professor at the University of Hamburg from 1952. As in 1939, when Schnadel was appointed chairman of Germanischer Lloyd as the successor to Professor Schütte , Schnadel held this office from 1952 to 1959.

Honors

In 1954 Schnadel became a Dr.-Ing. E. h. of the TH Hannover is doing his doctorate.
1956 Medal of the Shipbuilding Society in gold
1961 honorary member of this society
1959 bearer of the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1960 Honorary Senator of the Technical University of Berlin.

literature

Karl-Eugen Kurrer : The History of the Theory of Structures. Searching for Equilibrium , Ernst & Sohn 2018, p. 600, p. 602f and p. 1060 (biography), ISBN 978-3-433-03229-9 .

Individual evidence

^ Articles and documents on the history of the Gdansk University of Technology 1904-1945 . Hanover 1979, p. 159
↑ ^a ^b ^c Werner Hahmann : How the Technical University of Berlin came about. Chronicle of the time from May 2, 1945 to April 9, 1946, recorded from Werner Hahmann's own experience , Druck H. Heenemann KG , 1 Berlin 31 Wilmersdorf
↑ Shipbuilding Society e. V .: Chronicle. The years 1931–1960

personal data
SURNAME	Schnadel, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German shipbuilder and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	December 9, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rechtis near Kempten (Allgäu)
DATE OF DEATH	April 26, 1980
Place of death	Hamburg

[1] Articles and documents on the history of the Gdansk University of Technology 1904-1945 . Hanover 1979, p. 159

[hahmann-2] Werner Hahmann : How the Technical University of Berlin came about. Chronicle of the time from May 2, 1945 to April 9, 1946, recorded from Werner Hahmann's own experience , Druck H. Heenemann KG , 1 Berlin 31 Wilmersdorf

[3] Shipbuilding Society e. V .: Chronicle. The years 1931–1960