Hans Otto Gericke

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Hans Otto Gericke (born March 9, 1933 in Magdeburg ; † August 25, 2016 ) was a German educator , historian and professor at the Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg .

Life

Hans Otto Gericke studied history, geography and education at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg . From 1955 to 1965 he was a high school teacher . In 1965 he became an employee of the Pedagogical Institute Magdeburg, where he received his Dr. PhD. In 1982 he was appointed professor of history at the Magdeburg University of Education, where he taught until 1997 (from 1993: Otto von Guericke University). From 1985 to 1988 he taught abroad at the Instituto Superior de Ciências da Educação in Lubango ( Angola ).

Hans Otto Gericke is the author of several publications with a focus on the mining and industrial history of Saxony-Anhalt

Publications

  • The electricity supply in Saxony-Anhalt: an outline of the regional development from the beginning to 1946/47. Medium Verl., Halle (Saale) 2012, ISBN 978-3-89812-861-2 .
  • The privileged Saxon brass works Niederauerbach i. Vogtl. : the history of an important iron and steel works from 1593 to 1926. Vogtland-Verl., Plauen-Jößnitz 2008, ISBN 978-3-92882-845-1 .
  • Magdeburg in maps, plans and views. Verl. Delta-D, Magdeburg 2007, ISBN 9783935831345 .
  • Early steam engines up to around 1800 in the greater Magdeburg area. In: Monumenta Guerickiana , Vol. 14/15 (2006), pp. 115-122. ISSN 1439-8346
  • Brown gold in Anhalt: on the history of lignite mining and processing in the Anhalt area from around 1700 to the middle of the 20th century. Funk-Verl., Dessau 2005, ISBN 978-3-936124-57-6 .
  • The use of coke in ore smelting in Central Germany around 1584 . In: Technikgeschichte , Volume 66, 1999, Issue 2, pages 87–113.
  • From charcoal to coke. The effects of the “wood crisis” on the Mansfeld copper smelters. In: VSWG , Volume 85, 1998, Issue 2, pages 156-195.
  • Operating history of the VEB Schwermaschinenbau "Karl Liebknecht" plant in Magdeburg - a combine for diesel engines and industrial plants. Part 1 to 4. Magdeburg, 1982–1985
personal data
SURNAME Gericke, Hans Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator, historian and professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 2016