Karl Schwien

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Karl Schwien (born August 27, 1894 in Seedorf , ( Segeberg district ); † October 21, 1961 in Hanover ) was a German hydraulic engineer , bridge builder and construction official.

life and work

Stylized bridge on the tombstone for Karl and Klara Schwien at the Engesohde city cemetery

Karl Schwien was born in 1894 in the early days of the German Empire . After graduating from school, he studied at the road research center under Curt Risch in Hanover at the Technical University there , where he did his dissertation in 1932 under the title On the Propagation of Vibrations .

Also in Hanover, Schwien was appointed head of the water and bridge department of the municipal civil engineering office.

After the seizure of power by the National Socialists in 1933 and the plan for the construction of the Maschsee, which was then redrafted by city building officer Karl Elkart and the securing of financing by Mayor Arthur Quantity , a rapid expansion took place with initially 100, later with up to 1650 unemployed under the direction of Schwien of the Maschsee. To employ as many unemployed people as possible, Schwien only used machines such as excavators or conveyor belts where it was unavoidable.

Also in the 1930s, Karl Schwien built the "Ihmebrücken I and II" over the Ihme , the Legion Bridge, later named between the Calenberger Neustadt and the Hanoverian district Linden-Süd , and the stadium bridge .

Honors

The Schwienbrücke over the Leine in the southern part of Hanover , built in 1963, was posthumously named after the senior building councilor Schwien who was involved in the planning and construction of the Maschsee.

Fonts (selection)

  • About the propagation of vibrations (= messages from the research institute of Professor Doctor Engineers C. Risch, Technical University of Hanover , Issue 1), Hanover [W. Welfengarten 1]: [Street Research Center ...], Borna-Leipzig: Noske, 1932
  • River regulations and bridge construction in Hanover , part C. The Ihmebrücken. In: The construction technology. Specialized publication for civil engineering as a whole , 17th year, issue 42 of September 29, 1939, pp. 561–564; as a PDF document with construction drawings and historical photographs

Web links

Commons : Karl Schwien  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Helmut Zimmermann : Schwienbrücke , in ders .: The street names of the state capital Hanover . Hahnsche Buchhandlung Verlag, Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 225
  2. ↑ Christian-Alexander Wäldner: The Technical University of Hanover and the withdrawal of academic titles during the Nazi era. Results of Hanoverian processes taking into account the case of Walter Dux (= history , vol. 112), also master's thesis 2012 at the University of Hanover, Berlin; Münster: Lit Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-643-11908-7 , p. 102; Preview over google books
  3. ↑ Compare the information and cross-references from the German National Library
  4. ^ Waldemar R. Röhrbein : Maschsee. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 430ff .; Preview over google books
  5. ↑ Karl Schwien: River regulations and bridge construction in Hanover , Part C. The Ihmebrücken. In: The construction technology. Specialized publication for civil engineering as a whole , 17th year, issue 42 of September 29, 1939, pp. 561–564; as a PDF document with construction drawings and historical photographs
  6. ↑ Helmut Zimmermann: Legionsbrücke , in which: The street names ... p. 157
  7. ^ Helmut Zimmermann: Stadionbrücke , in which: The street names ... p. 233
personal data
SURNAME Schwien, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hydraulic and bridge construction engineer, civil servant and chief officer
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Seedorf (Segeberg district)
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1961
Place of death Hanover