Hermann Ehmann

Hermann Ehmann

Hermann Ehmann , since 1905 Hermann von Ehmann , (* 10. June 1844 in Möckmühl , † 7. December 1905 in Stuttgart ) was a German hydraulic engineering - engineering and württembergischer construction officer, Mr .

Life

Hermann Ehmann was born on June 10, 1844 in Möckmühl as the son of the city pastor. After graduating from school, he studied engineering at the Stuttgart Polytechnic from 1861 and passed the first state examination in 1866 . After an internship in railway construction, he started working as an engineering assistant at the State Hydraulic Engineering Office in Stuttgart in 1870. There his main task was the implementation of the so-called Alb water supply , that of his cousin Karl Ehmannwas planned. He was involved in this gigantic project from the start. Hydraulic engineering should become his life's profession. Hermann Ehmann dealt not only with the water supply of the Alb communities, but also with the development of the group water supply in the northern Black Forest and on the Fildern as well as with various individual waterworks for cities and communities in other parts of the country, for example in Calw , Balingen , Degerloch , Mundelsheim , Emmingen and Kayh .

Monument at the Blautopf in Blaubeuren for the creators of the Alb water supply and many other waterworks in Württemberg. Right: Hermann Ehmann.

Grave of Hermann Ehmann in the Prague cemetery

In 1877 King Karl I appointed him second state technician of Württemberg for life. From 1889 he continued the life's work of his cousin, building officer Karl Ehmann , until his death. In 1884 he was appointed first technician in Württemberg. Five years later in 1889 he was promoted to building officer and finally in 1897 to senior building officer. In the spring of 1905, King Wilhelm II awarded him the Cross of Honor of the Order of the Württemberg Crown, which is associated with the personal nobility . A few months later, on December 7, 1905, Ehmann died unexpectedly while on a business trip. He was buried in the Prague cemetery in Stuttgart (western wall).

His successor in office was building inspector Oskar Groß .

Honors

Numerous cities and municipalities awarded Ehmann honorary citizenship for his services to the water supply:
Degerloch (1885), Wangen im Allgäu (1888), Kayh (May 17, 1894), Balingen (December 17, 1896), Hausen ob Urspring , Ingstetten and Justingen .

literature

• E. Mayer: Senior building officer v. Ehmann in Stuttgart †. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 25, 1905, No. 101 (from December 16, 1905), p. 628 f.
• Lothar Schütz: Development of the Württemberger shaft system . (undated excerpt from the author's thesis, online as PDF; 546 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl Walz, Dagmar Kraus: 100 years of drinking water. Black Forest Water Supply Association 1896–1996 . Neuweiler 1996.
2. ↑ Zweckverband Filderwasserversorgung (Ed.): Water for the Filder. 100 years of Fildewater supply. Leinfelden-Echterdingen 2006.
3. ↑ Hans-Peter Winkler: Encounters with water. Development and status of the central drinking water supply in Mundelsheim. Mundelsheim 2012. ( online as PDF)
4. ↑ History - Historical Developments - Chronological Moments ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of Martin Weitbrecht Rohrleitungsbau GmbH , accessed on April 22, 2017 
5. ↑ Martina Schroeder, Martin Friess: Life in Kayh. A village and 800 years of history. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1990.