Karl Jenschke

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Karl Jenschke (also Jentschke ) (born March 31, 1899 in Vienna , † August 6, 1969 in Tegernsee ) was an Austrian vehicle designer and aviation pioneer.

Life

Karl Jenschke attended elementary school in Strebersdorf and secondary school in Linz . He completed a commercial apprenticeship in his parents' grocery store.

During the First World War he signed up for the aviation force. In 1917 he received the international pilot's license , making him one of the first thousand pilots worldwide. Initially as a one-flyer, he was then deployed on the airmail route Vienna- Krakow - Lemberg . After the war he graduated from the Technikum Mittweida and graduated as a mechanical engineer in 1921.

In 1922 he began working as an engineer in the Steyr works under Hans Ledwinka . Karl Jenschke married in the same year, he had a daughter and two sons. From 1929 to 1931 he worked under the chief designer Ferdinand Porsche and became his successor after Porsche left. The Steyr 30 was developed under him and then the Steyr 40 , 430 and 530 were developed. The Steyr Baby achieved the largest number of units with 13,000 units.

Jenschke co-founded a group of glider pilots in Steyr in 1931. He was given membership number 2. He immediately started designing a powered airplane and a suitable engine. It was a 2-cylinder boxer engine with 15 hp. He also helped to design other sports aircraft.

From 1935 to 1945 he was the technical director and chief designer of the Adlerwerke in Frankfurt. This is how the Adler 2.5 liters was created under his leadership . During the war, in particular, he designed off-road vehicles, tractors, but also special designs, including for the Air Force.

In 1946 Jenschke returned to Steyr as a consultant. From 1951 to 1954 he worked as chief designer at Auto Union in Ingolstadt , but had to quit for health reasons. From 1957 he became the technical manager at Boge GmbH in Eitorf and was granted power of attorney in 1960 . After his retirement he moved to Bad Wiessee am Tegernsee, where he died in 1969.

literature

  • Reinhard Keimel : Aircraft Construction in Austria , 1999
  • Jan-Peter Domschke, Sabine Dorn, Hansgeorg Hofmann, Rosemarie Poch, Marion Stascheit: Mittweida's engineers all over the world . University of Applied Sciences Mittweida (Ed.): Mittweida 2014, p. 58f.
  • Reinhard Keimel : Ing.Karl Jen (t) schke 1899-1965 . In: Flight information. History - technology - research. 68th vol. III u. IV / 2018, pp. 30–36.

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Jenschke, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jentschke, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian automobile designer and aviation pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 6th August 1969
Place of death Tegernsee