Heinrich Bechtel (economic historian)

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Heinrich Wilhelm Paul Bechtel (born January 4, 1889 in Halle (Saale) , † December 16, 1970 ) was a German economic historian and university professor .

Life

He was the son of the businessman Paul Bechtel and his wife Emma nee Kyritz. After attending the city high school in Halle , he studied at the Technical University in Gdansk , because this is where his mother came from. His subjects were architecture , general engineering and economics . In June 1913 he became a qualified engineer and then began practical work at the Poznan Railway Directorate . There he was appointed government architect in October 1919 .

From 1915 to 1917 he also studied at the University of Greifswald and graduated as Dr. rer. pole. In 1921 he completed his habilitation at the University of Breslau as a private lecturer for economics and finance . In March 1927 he became associate professor and in October 1933 full professor at the University of Göttingen . Before that, he had taught at the University of Göttingen in 1927/28.

In 1937 Heinrich Bechtel moved to the Technical University of Munich , where he taught until his retirement at the end of 1954, despite having been a member of the NSDAP since March 1, 1933 (membership number: 2.031.610). He was also a member of the National Socialist Teachers' Association (NSLB).

On January 31, 1938, Heinrich Bechtel gave the keynote lecture on the subject of the demands of our time on economic history in the congress hall of the Deutsches Museum in Munich on the occasion of the foundation ceremony of the Munich universities .

family

He was married to Hedwig Schulz from Danzig. From the common marriage three daughters were born.

Fonts (selection)

  • Economic history of Germany from prehistoric times to the end of the Middle Ages , Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann, 1941.
  • Economic and social history of Germany , Munich: Callwey, 1967.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Detlef J. Blesgen: Erich Preiser: Work and economic policy effects of a German economist (1900-1967) , Berlin, Heidelberg, 2000, page 313.
  2. ↑ Irene Raehlmann: Ergonomics in National Socialism , 2005, page 212.
personal data
SURNAME Bechtel, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bechtel, Heinrich Wilhelm Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German economic historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1970