Hermann Karl von Bertrab

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Hermann Karl Josef Ludwig Wilhelm von Bertrab (born September 15, 1857 in Glatz , † January 24, 1940 in Berlin ) was a German lieutenant general and geodesist .

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Hermann Karl von Bertrab was from 1904 to 1911 head of the trigonometric department of the Prussian land registry . In addition, Colonel von Bertrab taught mathematics and geodesy at the Royal Prussian War Academy .

In 1911, von Bertrab became head of the Prussian Land Registry. In this office he was also one of the chairmen of the "German Antarctic Expedition" association, which was founded to raise sponsorship funds and logistical issues for the Second German Antarctic Expedition (1911–1912) led by Wilhelm Filchner .

After the assassination in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 and then carried escalation of the conflict situation between the five major European powers, and Serbia ( July crisis ), Emperor Wilhelm II. On July 6, 1914 departure to Kiel at its Nordland Cruise with Eduard von Capelle as representatives of Secretary of the Navy Tirpitz , with the Prussian war Minister Erich von Falkenhayn and Hermann Karl von Bertrab that because of the spa stay from Helmuth von Moltke the Younger in Carlsbad and the absence of the upper Quartermaster in the General staff Georg von Waldersee the General staff initiated.

As a result of the discussions and for information for the General Staff, von Bertrab noted:

“The Emperor of Austria was determined to enter Serbia. His Majesty approves this decision in agreement with the Foreign Office and the War Ministry. "

When the First World War broke out in 1914, the Prussian land registry was dissolved except for the cartographic department and Hermann von Bertrab served as commander of the 39th division during the war from December 21, 1914 to April 24, 1917 . After the re-establishment of the Prussian Land Survey on April 29, 1917, in particular to better support war surveying, Lieutenant General Hermann von Bertrab was again head of the Prussian Land Survey.

After the end of the war, in 1919, he became Reich Commissioner for the reorganization of surveying.

The Royal Technical University of Berlin appointed him an honorary doctorate (Dr.-Ing.hc) in 1916 . On December 17, 1917, Karl Hermann von Bertrab was accepted into the Leopoldina as a member ( matriculation no. 3396 ) . The Bertrabnunatakker in Antarctica and the Bertrab Glacier in South Georgia were named in his honor.

literature

  • Albert Wangerin (Ed.): Leopoldina . Official organ of the Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists. 53rd issue. On commission at Wilh. Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1917, p. 82 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
  • Karlheinz Schonauer: 1914 - Protocol of a wanted war. Pro Business, Berlin, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86386-225-1
  • Wolfgang Torge: History of geodesy in Germany . Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019056-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Kleinschmidt, Stefan D. Boger, The Bertrab, Littlewood and Moltke Nunataks of Prinz-Regent-Luitpold-Land (Coats Land) - Enigma of East Antarctic Geology. In: Polarforschung 78 (3), 2009, pp. 95-104. Accessed November 1, 2018 (PDF, 4.9 MB; English).
  2. ^ Wilhelm Filchner, To the sixth continent , Verlag Ullstein, Berlin, 1922, pp. 12-13. Retrieved from the Internet Archive on November 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ Karlheinz Schonauer, 1914 - protocol of a deliberate war. Pro Business, Berlin, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86386-225-1 , p. 190. Retrieved from Google Books on November 1, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Bertrab, Hermann Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bertrab, Hermann Karl Josef Ludwig Wilhelm von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lieutenant general and geodesist
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Bald
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1940
Place of death Berlin