Julius Ludwig Quassowski

Julius Ludwig Quassowski , also Louis Quassowski , (born October 14, 1824 in Posen ; † October 8, 1909 in Naumburg (Saale) ) was a German railway civil engineer and Prussian construction clerk , he is considered the builder of the Potsdamer Bahnhof in Berlin.

Life

Julius Ludwig Quassowski was the sixth child of the royal Prussian war commissioner and steward Friedrich Ludwig Quassowski and his second wife Juliane Luise Henriette, born. Briesen, born. After graduating from the Höhere Bürgererschule zu Küstrin in March 1842 and training as a surveyor , he attended the Royal General Building School in Berlin from 1845 , passed the examination as an agricultural and hydraulic engineering inspector in 1852 and began his career as a railroad builder when he took over the post of the builder and director of the technical office for the construction of the Altenbekener railway to Paderborn . On July 4, 1853, he married Erna Marie Julie, b. Hagemann, with whom he had seven children. From August 1855 to July 1866 he was responsible for the construction of various German railway lines as a railway builder. In addition, he was temporarily active in various military roles.

In September 1866 he resigned from the Prussian civil service and became the first technician and chief operations director of the Berlin-Potsdam-Magdeburger Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , as which he took over the station building of the new Potsdamer Bahnhof in Berlin, the south-west Augusta Bridge on from 1868 to 1872 Landwehr Canal and the Wannseebahn , completed in 1876 . The station and bridge were destroyed in World War II. After the state took over the company, he became a Prussian civil servant again.

Appointed a secret government councilor in 1880, Quassowski was initially railway director in the Magdeburg Works Office in Berlin, then became director of the Royal Railway Works Office in Aachen in March 1881, before he was transferred to the Railway Directorate in Erfurt from 1883 to 1889 as head of department III. In his last position he was President of the Railway Directorate in Magdeburg from 1889, succeeding Hermann Loeffler . In 1890, the senior construction and secret government councilor Quassowski in Magdeburg was appointed President of the Railway Directorate after initially implementing it by order. As such, it was initially made available on April 1, 1895 on the basis of the law of June 4, 1894 (collection of laws p. 89) and entered into final retirement on April 1, 1900.

From 1871 to 1880 Julius Ludwig Quassowski was a member of the board of directors of the Berlin Architects' Association , which he took over as chairman in 1872, but gave up in the following year due to too many official business, and was a member of the Berlin Railway Association .

Awards

1887 Commander's Cross 2nd class of the Duke Saxony-Ernestine House Order
1888 Red Eagle Order III. Class with the ribbon on the occasion of the coronation and order festival
1890 Commander's Cross of the Grand Ducal Saxon House Order of Vigilance or of the White Falcon
1892 Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Duke of Anhalt House Order of Albrecht the Bear
1893 Red Eagle Order II. Class with oak leaves on the occasion of the Coronation and Order Festival
1894 Commander's Cross 1st Class of the Duke of Brunswick Order of Henry the Lion

Individual evidence

^ School Chronicle and Miscelles . In: General school newspaper . tape 1 , no. 119 , 1843. Digitized
^ ^A ^b Eva Börsch-Supan : Berlin architecture according to Schinkel 1840–1870. (= Studies on the Art of the Nineteenth Century , Volume 25) Prestel, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7913-0050-4 , p. 654.
↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 1st year 1882, No. 1 (from April 2, 1882), p. 4.
↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 9th year 1889, No. 42 (from October 19, 1889), p. 387, Der Geheime Regierungsrat Früh, hitherto in Hanover, will be his successor as a conductor (by order) of the III. Department moved to Erfurt.
↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 10, 1890, No. 12 (from March 22, 1890), p. 113.
↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 30, 1910, No. 29 (from April 14, 1910), p. 173.
↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 7th year 1887, No. 24 (from June 11, 1887), p. 229. Permission from the Prussian King to accept and wear a foreign order.
↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 8, 1888, No. 4 (from January 28, 1888), p. 41.
↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 10, 1890, No. 22 (from May 31, 1890), p. 217. Permission from the Prussian King to accept and wear a foreign order.
↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 12th year 1892, No. 10 (from March 5, 1892), p. 101. Permission from the Prussian King to accept and wear a foreign order.
↑ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 13th year 1893, No. 3 (from January 21, 1893), p. 25.
^ Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 14th year 1894, No. 25 (from June 23, 1894), p. 253. Permission from the Prussian King to accept and wear a foreign order.

personal data
SURNAME	Quassowski, Julius Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Quassowski, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German railway civil engineer and Prussian construction officer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 14, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH	Poses
DATE OF DEATH	October 8, 1909
Place of death	Naumburg (Saale)

[1] School Chronicle and Miscelles . In: General school newspaper . tape 1 , no. 119 , 1843. Digitized

[Supan654-2] A ^b Eva Börsch-Supan : Berlin architecture according to Schinkel 1840–1870. (= Studies on the Art of the Nineteenth Century , Volume 25) Prestel, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7913-0050-4 , p. 654.

[3] Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 1st year 1882, No. 1 (from April 2, 1882), p. 4.

[4] Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 9th year 1889, No. 42 (from October 19, 1889), p. 387, Der Geheime Regierungsrat Früh, hitherto in Hanover, will be his successor as a conductor (by order) of the III. Department moved to Erfurt.

[5] Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 10, 1890, No. 12 (from March 22, 1890), p. 113.

[6] Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 30, 1910, No. 29 (from April 14, 1910), p. 173.

[7] Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 7th year 1887, No. 24 (from June 11, 1887), p. 229. Permission from the Prussian King to accept and wear a foreign order.

[8] Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 8, 1888, No. 4 (from January 28, 1888), p. 41.

[9] Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 10, 1890, No. 22 (from May 31, 1890), p. 217. Permission from the Prussian King to accept and wear a foreign order.

[10] Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 12th year 1892, No. 10 (from March 5, 1892), p. 101. Permission from the Prussian King to accept and wear a foreign order.

[11] Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung , 13th year 1893, No. 3 (from January 21, 1893), p. 25.

[12] Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung. 14th year 1894, No. 25 (from June 23, 1894), p. 253. Permission from the Prussian King to accept and wear a foreign order.