Gustav Batereau
Gustav Batereau (born August 23, 1908 in Leipzig , † April 19, 1974 in Weimar ) was a German civil engineer , university professor and from 1957 to 1963 rector of the Weimar University of Architecture and Construction .
Life
The son of a lawyer Gustav Batereau attended the high school and the Petri School in Leipzig from 1915 to 1928 and graduated from high school . From 1928 to 1931 he studied civil engineering in the steel construction and welding department at the Dresden University of Technology . In 1932 he passed the main diploma examination.
Batereau joined the KPD in 1926 and was a member of the Red Aid and a socialist student group until 1933 . From 1928 to 1932 he was organized in the Union of Technicians, Employees and Officials (Butab), where he was cell manager and cashier in Dresden .
From 1933 to 1945 Batereau worked as a designer and structural engineer at the Eisenhochbau Grohmann & Frosch company in Leipzig and was deferred from military service as an engineer in industry during the Second World War . From 1936 to 1940 he completed specialist courses in welding technology and worked for the German Labor Front in Leipzig. From 1940 to 1942 he worked briefly as an expert in northern France, Paris and Belgium . According to his own statements, he was imprisoned for some time because of his criticism of the conditions in the Third Reich.
After the end of the war, Batereau became a structural engineer in the building department of the city of Leipzig and then until March 1947 trustee and director at Grohmann & Frosch . In 1946, Batereau joined the SED . From 1947 to 1949 he worked independently and was a part-time lecturer at the City Council of Leipzig. From April 1949 to March 1951 he was a lecturer and from June 1950 acting director of the engineering school for construction in Leipzig.
From 1950 Batereau worked for the Leipzig company of VVB Industrial Design Berlin, where he became director in 1951 and was involved in the manufacture of steel structures for the Leuna refinery power plant .
On July 1, 1955, Batereau became a professor with a teaching position and was given the chair for strength theory and steel construction at the Weimar University of Architecture and Architecture, and from June 1957 to 1963 he was Otto Englberger's rector as the successor . In 1963 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze. In 1969 he was for health reasons emeritus and died in 1974 in Weimar.
literature
- Astrid Volpert: Batereau, Gustav . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- A. Preiß, KJ Winkler: Weimar Concepts. The art and building college 1860–1995 . Weimar 1996.
- Dietmar Eisold (Ed.): Lexicon artists in the GDR . 1st edition. New life, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-355-01761-9 .
Individual evidence
- ^ New Germany , October 6, 1963, p. 8
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Batereau, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German civil engineer, university professor and rector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1974 |
| Place of death | Weimar |