Johann Peter Blank
Johann Peter Blank (* 19th December 1925 in Berlin , † 13. January 2014 in Minden ) was a German railroad - engineer .
Life
Johann Peter Blank was born on December 19, 1925 in Berlin as one of four children. His father was Martin Blank . At the age of 17 - after having passed the emergency Abitur - he volunteered for the Navy. He was later transferred to the infantry to take part in the Battle of Berlin . After the end of the war, he began an internship in underground mining in Oberhausen and made up his final high school diploma. He then studied mechanical engineering in Karlsruhe and Hanover . There he joined the Corps Saxonia Karlsruhe and the Corps Saxonia Hanover . In 1951 in Karlsruhe he fought a length on the first day of the drum after the Second World War. After graduating, he worked for the Federal Railways in Hanover, Braunschweig, Hameln, Opladen, Wuppertal, Wiesbaden, Lübeck and Karlsruhe. He had been working in Minden since 1971, was appointed President of the Federal Railway Central Office in Minden in 1976 and held the office until his retirement in 1990. He was significantly involved in the research and development of the Intercity-Express . At the end of his professional career he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for his outstanding achievements . The development of the ICE passenger car, the new Intercity car, 2nd class, the city train for travel and freight cars for high-speed traffic were significantly influenced by him. In addition, from 1980 to 1988 he was the only German President of the Research and Testing Office (ORE) of the International Union of Railways and has maintained contacts with Eastern European railways for a long time.
Memberships
- Member of the Corps Saxonia Karlsruhe
- Member of the Corps Saxonia Hannover
- Chairman of the Weinheim Association of Old Corps Students (WVAC) from 1991 to 1993
- Member of the historical commission of the WVAC (partial chairman)
- Advisory board in the Stifterverein Alter Corpsstudenten eV
- Association of Friends and Patrons Wachenburg Weinheim eV
- Member of the Association of Former Presidents of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (thereof 13 years as chairman)
- Member of the German Machine Technology Society
Awards
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (1991)
- Honorary boy Saxonia Karlsruhe (?)
- Honorary Boy Saxonia Hannover (2010)
Publications
- Johann Peter Blank (ed.): Railway technology: development and outlook, Darmstadt, Hestra-Verlag, 1982, ISBN 3777101699
- Johann Peter Blank (Ed.): Saxenspiegel issue 1-100 (1956–1997)
- Johann Peter Blank (Ed.): 150 Years Corps Saxonia Karlsruhe, Minden, 2007
- Johann Peter Blank (ed.): Large corps list of Saxonia Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, 1973
- Co-author in "100 years of Weinheimer Verband Alter Corpsstudenten - 1903 - 2003", 2003, published by the Historical Commission on behalf of the board of WVAC eV. Wulf Thommel
literature
- Joergen Schulz: Saxenspiegel issue 129, Hachenburg, 2014
- Source: " Die Wachenburg ", 1991
- Source. "The Wachenburg", 1993
Web links
- Johann Peter Blank dies - From 1976 to 1990 President of the BZA Minden (obituary in the Mindener Tageblatt of January 15, 2014)
- Obituary notices from Johann Peter Blank on www.mt-trauer.de
- Johann Peter Blank, former Chairman of UIC's Office for Research and Experiments (ORE), has passed away at www.uic.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://gw.geneanet.org/pmlhennings?lang=en&m=N&v=blank
- ↑ Marcus Brettel: Memories of Wolfgang Kühborth . In: Jörgen Schulz (Ed.): Saxenspiegel . tape 135 , April 2017, p. 186-189 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blank, Johann Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German railway engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 2014 |
| Place of death | Minden |