Gerhard de Jonge

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Gerhard de Jonge (born June 22, 1875 in Emden , † May 1, 1945 in Brandenburg an der Havel ) was a German railway civil engineer and construction clerk as well as a university professor and temporarily rector at the Technical University of Danzig .

life and work

Gerhard de Jonge came on June 22, 1875 as the second son of the master painter Johannes de Jonge and his wife Hilkea born. Tooren in Emden to the world. He attended high school in Emden and studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Charlottenburg . During his studies he became a member of the Academic Association Motiv .

Gerhard de Jonge initially worked as a government construction manager ( trainee lawyer ) in Berlin . In March 1901 he became the Regierungsbauführer in Schinkel competition from architect-Verein zu Berlin the association's honorary gift for a task in railway construction, were submitted to the 14 designs. The task was a connection between the Rhein-Nahe-Bahn and the right bank of the Rhine . In June 1901 he was appointed government builder ( Assessor ). In 1906 he was appointed Imperial Railway Construction and Operations Inspector in the administration of the Reich Railway in Alsace-Lorraine . He worked as a government master builder in Strasbourg in Alsace, then as head of the railway operations offices in Sarreguemines and Mulhouse in Alsace, from 1913 he worked at the rank of Imperial Building Councilor. From December 1914 until his death he was a full professor at the Technical University of Danzig (on the chair for railway construction - specializing in railway construction and operation). During the First World War , he was part-time director of railway safety at the Gdansk Railway Directorate . From July 1, 1923 to June 30, 1924 he was rector of the Technical University of Danzig. In November 1933 he signed the professors' declaration of Adolf Hitler at German universities and colleges .

Gerhard de Jonge died on May 1, 1945 in Brandenburg an der Havel.

literature

  • Society of Friends of the Danzig Technical University (ed.): Contributions and documents on the history of the Danzig Technical University 1904–1945. Hannover 1979, ISBN 3-87990-032-9 , p. 50.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Politechnika Gdańska: Prof. Gerhard de Jonge (budownictwo kolejowe) , accessed on February 7, 2012
  2. ↑ The Black Ring. Membership directory. Darmstadt 1930, p. 33.
  3. ^ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung dated March 6, 1901 , accessed on February 6, 2012
  4. ^ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung: Official notices from June 1, 1901 , accessed on February 6, 2012
  5. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung: Official notices of April 7, 1906 , accessed on February 7, 2012
  6. ^ Rectorates at the Royal Technical University of Gdansk , accessed on February 6, 2012
  7. ↑ Confession, p. 132
personal data
SURNAME Jonge, Gerhard de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German railway civil engineer, construction officer and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Emden
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1945
Place of death Brandenburg on the Havel