Helmut Härtig

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Helmut Härtig (born March 24, 1902 in Pirna ; † November 10, 1997 in Kassel ) was a German mining scientist .

Life

Härtig graduated from high school in Pirna in 1921. In the same year he went to study at the Bergakademie Freiberg , where he obtained two diplomas: as a Markscheider (1924) and as a mining engineer (1925). He studied geophysics for one semester (1924/25) at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg .

After completing his studies, he worked in various opencast mining companies. In 1930 he received his doctorate from the Clausthal mining academy . In 1933 he joined the NSDAP .

In 1953 he became professor for opencast mining and first director of the institute for opencast mining at the Bergakademie Freiberg. In 1955 he co-founded the Fuel Technology Society in the GDR and in 1956 co-founded the German Fuel Institute .

From 1957 to 1959 Helmut Härtig was Rector of the Bergakademie. In 1961 he became a corresponding and in 1964 a full member of the German Academy of Sciences . In 1967 he retired.

Fonts (selection)

  • The profitability of the types of coal extraction in lignite opencast mining . Clausthal Mining Academy, Diss., 1930.
  • Calculation bases for open-cast lignite mining . German publishing house for primary industry Leipzig, 1962.
  • Basics for the calculation of lignite opencast mines . German publishing house for primary industry Leipzig, 1966.

Honors (selection)

Memorial plaque in Freiberg
Helmut-Härtig-Bau
  • Patriotic Order of Merit of the GDR in bronze (1956) and silver (1959)
  • Honored miner of the GDR (1954)
  • Honorary Senator of the Bergakademie Freiberg (1973)
  • Gold Medal of Merit of the Coal Industry of the GDR (1973)
  • Honorary Citizen of the City of Freiberg (1979)
  • Memorial plaque on the Helmut-Härtig-Bau named after him (Institute for Opencast Mining, Freiberg, Gustav-Zeuner-Str. 1)

literature

  • Klaus Strzodka ; R. Steinmetz: Prof. em. Dr.-Ing. Helmut Härtig on his 75th birthday . In: New mining technology . 7/1977/5, pp. 394-395
  • Carsten Drebenstedt : Prof. Dr. Helmut Härtig - the first German professor for opencast mining on his 100th birthday . In: Journal for friends and sponsors of the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg . 9/2002, pp. 19-22
  • Short biography for:  Härtig, Helmut . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harry Waibel : Servants of many masters. Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 , p. 122.
personal data
SURNAME Tough, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mining scientist
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Pirna
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1997
Place of death kassel