Jules Folly

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Jules Folly (born April 14, 1846 in Freiburg im Üechtland ; † June 10, 1906 in Bern ) was a Swiss engineer and colonel .

Life

Born as the son of the notary Xavier Folly, Jules Folly attended the municipal schools in Freiburg im Üechtland. To study engineering he went to the Polytechnic Zurich and later the Polytechnic Karlsruhe . In Zurich he joined the Corps Helvetia Zurich (WSC) .

After completing his studies, he initially managed the construction of the Toggenburgerbahn before joining the Federal Office of Genius in November 1867, which was headed by Jules Dumur at the time. Here he was responsible for the then new military telegraph systems. He was later entrusted with the planning, design and execution of fortifications in various parts of the country.

In 1872 he moved to the construction company Ott & Cie. , for which he led the construction of two spiral tunnels in Biaschina on the southern ramp of the Gotthard Railway . He then carried out the construction of the Kirchenfeld Bridge in Bern.

In 1882 he returned to the Federal Office of Genius and continued the planning and site surveys, especially in the Gotthard area. In 1886, with the decision to build Forte Airolo , he was appointed head of the fortresses office and was entrusted with the management of the fortress construction. The Gotthard and Saint-Maurice fortifications can be regarded as his life's work.

Military career

In 1867 Folly attended the recruit school, in 1870 he served as a non-commissioned officer in the border service. In 1873 he was promoted to lieutenant in the infantry . After the infantry pioneering system was introduced in 1874, he attended the Pioneer Recruiting School in Solothurn in 1875 and was then transferred to the engineering troops. In 1883 he was promoted to major , in 1888 to lieutenant colonel and in 1894 to colonel of the engineering troops. From 1895 he did not do any active service in the troops because of his civil professional obligations.

literature

  • Samuel Mühlberg: The Corps Helvetia Zurich (so-called Schwarz-Helvetia), co-founder of the WSC . In: then and now. Yearbook of the Association for Corpsstudentische Geschichtsforschung eV 50 (2005), pp. 471–493.
  • Le Colonel Jules Folly . Obituary in: NOUVELLES Etrennes Fribourgeoises, ALMANAC OF THE VILLES ET CAMPAGNES, Volume 41, 1907, p 115. Digitalisat (PDF; 16.1 MB)

Individual evidence

  1. Derck Engelberts: Dumur, Jules. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .