Karl Ehmann (engineer)

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Karl Ehmann (1827–1889)

Karl Ehmann (born September 24, 1827 in Berg near Stuttgart , † April 30, 1889 in Stuttgart) was a German engineer . His most outstanding achievement is the planning and execution of the first sections of the Alb water supply .

Karl von Ehmann (1827–1889), approx. 1880/1890

Ehmann studied mechanical engineering at the Stuttgart Polytechnic and worked during his training at the mechanical engineering company in Karlsruhe and at the Maffei machine factory in Munich. After graduating, he initially worked for the Kaiser-Ferdinands-Nordbahn in Olomouc , after 1847 first in England as a designer of pumps for draining mines, then in the USA as a consultant for hydraulic engineering and an engineer on sugar cane and cotton plantations. From 1857 he lived in Stuttgart again and worked as a civil engineer. He was appointed building officer by King Karl I in 1865 . As a water supply consultant , he was responsible for the construction of several waterworks in Württemberg . One of his projects was the water supply for the Heckengäu community of Eberdingen -Nussdorf, which named the primary school after him in memory .

In 1866 Ehmann submitted his "technical preliminary investigations with a plan to the feasibility of an artificial water supply to the Alborte of the kingdom" to the Württemberg Ministry of the Interior. The intention was to ensure a regulated supply of clean drinking water for the residents of the karst area, arid Alb plateau for the first time. In 1869 Ehmann became head of the newly created state water engineering authority in Württemberg and "first state technician for the public water supply system". In 1870, the successful implementation of the Alb water supply began under Ehmann's leadership.

Shortly before the end of service in 1883, Karl Ehmann was appointed building director and secret council and raised to the rank of service . He was also an extraordinary member of the Prussian Academy of Civil Engineering in Berlin and an honorary professor at the University of Tübingen . Ehmann was buried in section 4 of the Prague cemetery in Stuttgart . His cousin and successor in office, Hermann Ehmann , continued his work.

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SURNAME Ehmann, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Berg near Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1889
Place of death Stuttgart