Hermann Sternberg

Hermann Sternberg (born December 27, 1825 in Aachen , † July 18, 1885 in Karlsruhe ) was a German civil engineer. He was a senior building officer and professor at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic .

At the Polytechnic he taught hydraulic engineering and road construction and especially bridge construction as a full professor from 1861 to 1885. Sternberg used basic elements of the theory of the elastic arch when designing the Rhine bridge in Koblenz, completed in 1864, on the Koblenz-Lahnstein railway line. In 1866/67 and 1875/76 he was rector of the Polytechnic.

His students included Hermann Zimmermann , Friedrich Engesser , Reinhold Krohn , and August Föppl .

A street in Karlsruhe is named after him, Sternbergstrasse, located between Rintheimer Strasse and Gerwigstrasse.

Web links

German digital library

Individual evidence

^ Karl-Eugen Kurrer : The History of the Theory of Structures. Searching for Equilibrium . Ernst & Sohn , Berlin 2018, pp. 235f., ISBN 978-3-433-03229-9 .
^ History of the university area in KIT (formerly: Universität Karlsruhe) , KIT

personal data
SURNAME	Sternberg, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 27, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aachen
DATE OF DEATH	July 18, 1885
Place of death	Karlsruhe

[1] Karl-Eugen Kurrer : The History of the Theory of Structures. Searching for Equilibrium . Ernst & Sohn , Berlin 2018, pp. 235f., ISBN 978-3-433-03229-9 .

[2] History of the university area in KIT (formerly: Universität Karlsruhe) , KIT