Hermann Bissinger

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Hermann Bissinger (born March 26, 1849 in Karlsruhe , † January 11, 1918 in Munich ) was a German engineer and chairman of the Association of German Engineers (VDI).

Life

After studying at the Technical University of Karlsruhe , Bissinger worked as an engineer in various private companies until 1876. After moving to the Baden State Railway Administration, he became a building officer and member of the general management there in 1883. While bite Ingers service with the Baden State railway administration electric lighting was introduced and the construction of the Höllentalbahn were racks according to the patent Klose applied -Bissinger. Likewise, application found air brakes according to him. From 1891 to 1903 he was the technical director of the Nuremberg electricity company Schuckert & Co. in 1898 and in 1899 he was chairman of the Association of German Engineers (VDI), after having been a member of the VDI board in 1891 and 1892.

Bissinger died in January 1918 after a long and serious illness.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marie-Luise Heuser , Wolfgang König : Tabular compilations on the history of the VDI . In: Karl-Heinz Ludwig (Ed.): Technology, Engineers and Society - History of the Association of German Engineers 1856–1981 . VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1981, ISBN 3-18-400510-0 , p. 575, 577 .
  2. ↑ Hermann Bissinger † . In: Organ for the Progress of the Railway System . tape 73 , 1918, pp. 254 .
personal data
SURNAME Bissinger, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer and chairman of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1918
Place of death Munich