Gottlieb Heinrich Legler

Gottlieb Heinrich Legler (also Gottlieb Heinrich Legier , Heinrich Legier ; * February 6, 1823 in Antwerp or Amsterdam ; † March 4, 1897 in Glarus , ref., Von Diesbach , today Gem. Luchsingen ) was a Swiss fortress builder , hydraulic engineer and specialist book author.

GH Legler belonged u. a. as Linthin engineer with Andreas Lanz (1740–1803), Jean Samuel Guisan (1740–1801), Hans Conrad Escher , Salomon Hegner , Heinrich Pestalozzi (engineer) (1790–1857), Alois Negrelli , Richard La Nicca and Adolf von Salis to the Federal experts.

Life

His parents were Thomas Legler and Katharina née Kundert. In 1851 he married Ursina Menga nee Laurer († 1897).

Publications (selection)

GH Legler published a. a. with numerous other specialists from other technical fields and under different names. Some publications have been translated into other languages.

• Report to the Tit. Building Department of the Canton of Thurgau on the runoff conditions of Lake Constance and the Rhine from Stein to Schaffhausen with projects to lower the highest water levels . Glarner Nachrichten, 1891, 94 pp.

literature

• The Linth archive in Glarus , p. 131 ff.
• "Masters of wild water: Linth engineers as federal experts in the 19th century"
• Obituary in: Schweizerische Bauzeitung , 29th year 1897, No. 11, pp. 78–79 ( digitized version )
• Hans Laupper: Gottlieb Heinrich Legler . In: Grosse Glarner . 1986, pp. 221-225
• Hans Laupper:  Legler, Gottlieb Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 64 f. ( Digitized version ).
• D. Speicher: Gottlieb Heinrich Legler . In: Schweizer Pioniere der Wirtschaft und Technik 82, 2006, pp. 69–74
• DL Vischer: hydraulic engineer and hydraulic engineer in Switzerland . 2001, p. 72 f.
• DL Vischer: The history of flood protection in Switzerland - from the beginnings to the 19th century . (Reports of the BWG, Water series - Rapports de l'OFEG, Série Eaux - Rapporti dell'UFAEG, Acque series, No. 5). Bern 2003 ( page no longer available , search in web archives: online )

Web links

• Thomas Fuchs: Legler, Gottlieb Heinrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gottlieb Heinrich Legier , accessed on September 10, 2012
2. ↑ Natural Science Society , accessed on September 10, 2012
3. ↑ Hans Laupper:  Legler, Gottlieb Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 64 f. ( Digitized version ).
4. ↑ Jahrbuch des Oberaargaus, Vol. 36 (1993) (PDF; 555 kB), accessed on September 10, 2012
5. ↑ Jürg Conzett: Salis, Adolf von (Soglio). In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz ., Accessed on September 10, 2012
6. ↑ Portrait  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 11, 2012