Hermann Sinnhuber

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Hermann Sinnhuber (born February 20, 1878 in Wilkoschen , Gumbinnen district ; † August 21, 1961 in Bad Honnef ) was a German engineer, manager of the German electrical industry and pioneer of wireless telegraphy .

Life

Hermann Sinnhuber studied engineering. At the Technical University of Dresden he became a member of the Corps Albingia in 1897 . After completing his studies, he began practical work in the laboratory of the AEG cable factory. As an employee of Georg Graf von Arco , he became a pioneer of wireless telegraphy. He became head of the laboratory and in 1903 authorized signatory of Telefunken, which was founded by AEG and Siemens. In 1907 he was appointed chief engineer in the "Central" department of Siemens-Schuckertwerke. In 1920 he received power of attorney. In 1924 he was appointed director of the Siemens cable factory. At the end of 1927 he was appointed General Director of Norddeutsche Kabelwerke AG in Berlin-Neukölln, which belongs to the Siemens group. After 1933 he resigned from his management duties and lived on his estate in Zülshagen in the Dramburg district in Pomerania. After being expelled from Pomerania, he lived in Pinneberg.

His son-in-law was Major General of the Bundeswehr Rudolf Jenett .

Awards

  • 1929, award of an honorary doctorate from RWTH Aachen University to a Dr.-Ing. E. h.

literature

  • Sinnhuber, Hermann. In: Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , p. 1792.
  • Horst-Günter Benkmann, Association of the Descendants of Salzburg Emigrants, Salzburg Association: Ways and Activities: Salzburg Emigrants and Their Descendants, Salzburg Association, Association of Descendants of Salzburg Emigrants, Bielefeld, 1988, pp. 206, 207.

Web links

  • We congratulate ... (PDF; 9.5 MB), in: Das Ostpreußenblatt , Volume 9, Volume 7, February 15, 1958, p. 13

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Congratulations ... (PDF; 10.9 MB), in: Das Ostpreußenblatt , 4th year, volume 5, February 15, 1953, p. 19
  2. ^ K. Rosenbach, H. Ortwig, C. Vogel: History of the Corps Marko-Guestphalia at RWTH Aachen University 1871 to 2001 , Aachen 2003, p. 299, ISBN 3-00-011065-8 .
  3. ↑ Holdings of the RWTH Aachen University Archives, No. 522 on archive.nrw.de
personal data
SURNAME Sinnhuber, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer, manager of the German electrical industry and pioneer of wireless telegraphy
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilkoschen , Gumbinnen district
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1961
Place of death Bad Honnef