Heinrich Eduard Gruner

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Dam of the Lac de Montsalvens

Heinrich Eduard Gruner (born February 8, 1873 in Basel ; † November 28, 1947 there ) was a Swiss civil engineer, known for the construction of hydropower plants and the first European arch dam on the Lac de Montsalvens .

Life

Heinrich Eduard Gruner-Kern (1873–1947) civil engineer, grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery, Basel
Grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery, Basel

Heinrich Eduard Gruner was the son of the civil engineer Carl Heinrich Gruner (1833–1906). From 1891 to 1897 (with a two-year break) he studied civil engineering at the ETH Zurich . After traveling through Europe and the USA, he was technical director at Basler Baugesellschaft in 1904/5. He then had his own engineering office in Basel (today's Gruner AG).

From 1908 to 1913 he planned the Laufenburg power station , followed by the arch dam at Lac de Montsalvens from 1918 to 1921 (supported by Alfred Stucky , who was employed in his office). From 1929 to 1934 he planned the Albbruck-Dogern power station on the Rhine .

He initiated the founding of the Research Institute for Hydraulic Engineering at ETH Zurich, which awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1930 . He founded the Swiss Dam Commission, which included Max Ritter and Alfred Stucky , among others . He was also on the commission for the second elevation of the Aswan Dam .

Since 1894 he was married to Jenny Kern. In 1933 he became an honorary citizen of Albbruck . His sons Eduard Gruner and Georg Gruner (1908-2004) also became civil engineers.

literature

  • Karl Mommsen: Three generations of civil engineers: The Gruner engineering office and the development of technology since 1860. Gruner brothers, Basel 1962.
  • Eduard Gruner: Heinrich Eduard Gruner 1873–1947. In: Two Basel Pioneers. Association for economic history studies, Zurich 1971 ( Swiss pioneers of science and technology. Vol. 24).
  • Daniel Vischer: Hydraulic engineers and hydraulic engineers in Switzerland: short biographies of selected personalities. Swiss Water Management Association, Baden 2001, ISBN 3-85545-859-6 , p. 172 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Gruner, Heinrich Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1947
Place of death Basel