Heinz Wedler

Heinz Wedler (born May 9, 1927 in Tilsit ; † 2012 in Ruhla ) was General Director of the Microelectronics Combine in Erfurt in the GDR until the peaceful revolution in 1989 .

Life

Wedler joined the NSDAP on April 20, 1944 at the age of 16 . In the last phase of World War II he suffered a serious war wound in the fighting that followed.

He then completed an apprenticeship in precision mechanics . He then took up engineering studies from 1949 to 1952 in Jena . From 1953 to 1956 he was the main technologist at VEB Maßindustrie Werdau . During this time he became a member of the SED .

From 1956 to 1959 he was Technical Director at VEB Material Testing Machines Leipzig . From 1959 to 1962 he was head of the research and development department at VVB Mechanik Leipzig . During these years he also completed a degree at the Industrial Institute of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig , which he graduated with a degree in economics. The doctorate to Dr. rer. oec. with the topic of analysis of the development, transfer and production processes for further qualification of the line, to achieve a high speed and a high yield: examined using the example of the microprocessor (CPU) U 880 D as dissertation A and B he obtained there together with Johann Pohl in 1981.

In 1963 he was appointed factory director of VEB Uhrenwerke Ruhla , and from 1967 he was general director of the watch combine. Since 1967 he was also a member of the district leadership of the SED in Erfurt . With the establishment of the Kombinate Mikroelektronik Erfurt in 1978, which included 24 state- owned companies (VEB), including the VEB for the watchmaking department in Ruhla and for the semiconductor plant in Frankfurt (Oder) , he became general director and held this position until the end of 1989 out.

In 1984 he was appointed honorary professor at the Technical University of Leipzig .

Awards

• 1964 National Prize of the GDR III. Science and technology class
• 1969 Honorary Title Hero of Labor
• 1977 Labor Stage II banner
• 1984 Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
• 1987 Karl Marx Order
• 1989 National Prize of the GDR 1st class for science and technology

Fonts

• The economic benefits of automation in the clock industry of the GDR: Investigated for the efficiency indicators production duration, cycle time, production capacity, production volume, labor productivity using operations research , Leipzig 1969
• The guarantee of security and order in the VEB Uhrenkombinat Ruhla with Helmut Sinnreich and Arno Axmann, in: Neue Justiz, vol. 21 (1969), p. 661 ff
• Responsibility and risk in the implementation of scientific and technical progress. In: Einheit, Heft 9, Volume 37 (1982), pp. 892 ff
• Influence of the manufacture and application of microelectronics on the qualification level of the working people. In: Sozialistische Arbeitswissenschaft Heft, 1984, p. 11 ff

literature

• Olaf Kappelt , Braunbuch DDR - Nazis in the GDR , Elisabeth Reichmann Verlag, Berlin 1981, p. 398.
• Günther Buch: Names and dates of important people in the GDR. 4th, revised and expanded edition. Dietz, Berlin (West) / Bonn 1987, ISBN 3-8012-0121-X .
• Gabriele Baumgartner, Dieter Hebig (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der SBZ / DDR. 1945–1990. Volume 2: Maassen - Zylla. KG Saur, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-598-11177-0 .
• Hagen Schwärzel:  Wedler, Heinz . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinz Wedler in the catalog of the German National Library