Ludwig Klein (mechanical engineer)
Ludwig Klein (born October 16, 1868 in Augsburg ; † July 26, 1945 in Bevensen , Uelzen district ) was a German mechanical engineer and, as professor of materials handling technology at the TH Hannover, Rector of the Technical University of Hanover from 1931 to 1933 .
Life
In 1901, Ludwig Klein was appointed professor for general mechanical engineering at the Royal Technical University of Hanover. He held lectures on general engineering, machine drawing, hoists and pumps, water management, conveying and blower machines and construction machinery. From 1910 a new lecture entitled Conveyor Systems for Bulk Goods was added. This topic formed a new focus of the chair, which in 1930 resulted in the renaming of the institute for conveyor systems. From 1931 to 1933 Ludwig Klein was rector of the Technical University of Hanover. He welcomed the seizure of power by the National Socialists, promoted the Nazification of the university and showed an anti-Semitic attitude, e.g. B. in the appointment process Hugo Kulka for the chair of iron construction and statics 1932/33. In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler . In 1935 he retired . Albert Vierling was his successor .
Awards
- 1917: Appointed privy councilor
- Honorary doctorate
Fonts (selection)
- Lectures on lifting equipment. Hellwing, 1921. 4th edition 1929.
- with Josef Maercks: Textbook of mechanical engineering. Vol. 1: The mechanical engineering building materials. Engelmann, Leipzig 1926.
- Investigations of bearings with "grid metal" and "regular metal" spouts. Braunschweig ironworks, Braunschweig-Melverode 1927.
- The centrifugal pump as a boiler feed pump. Ziemsen, Wittenberg 1929.
- with Erich Falz: The most economical bearing metal. A practical-scientific study on an operational basis based on the expert opinion of Prof. Klein and the basics of lubrication technology by Ober-Ing. Fold. Braunschweig ironworks, Braunschweig-Melverode 1933.
- The calculation of the wire ropes. Ziemsen, Wittenberg 1937.
literature
- Catalogus professorum 1831-1981 . Festschrift for the 150th anniversary of the University of Hanover, Vol. 2, Stuttgart 1981, p. 149.
- Michael Grüttner : Biographical Lexicon on National Socialist Science Policy (= Studies on Science and University History. Volume 6). Synchron, Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-935025-68-8 .
- For the 75th birthday of Geh. Reg.-Rat Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Ludwig Klein, Hanover on October 16, 1943.
- Paul Trommsdorff: The faculty of the Technical University of Hanover 1831-1956. Hanover 1956
- Michael Jung: Our hearts beat with enthusiasm towards the Führer. The Technical University of Hanover and its professors under National Socialism. BOD, Norderstedt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8482-6451-3
Web links
- Literature by and about Ludwig Klein in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Rector's speeches in the 19th and 20th centuries - online bibliography: Ludwig Klein , accessed on March 10, 2010
- ↑ Michael Jung: Our hearts beat enthusiastically to the Führer. The Technical University of Hanover and its professors under National Socialism. Pp. 89 ff., 115-119
Directors: Karl Karmarsch (1831–1875) | Wilhelm Launhardt (1875–1880)
Rectors: Wilhelm Launhardt (1880–1886) | Karl Dolezalek (1886-1892) | Wilhelm Kohlrausch (1892–1895) | Albert Frank (1895–1898) | Heinrich Köhler (1898–1901) | Ludwig Kiepert (1901–1904) | Georg Barkhausen (1904–1907) | Hermann Ost (1907–1910) | Franz Frese (1910–1911) | Karl Mohrmann (1911–1913) | Robert Otzen (1913–1915) | Carl Heim (1915–1917) | Ludwig Troske (1917–1919) | Conrad Müller (1919–1923) | Ernst Vetterlein (1923–1925) | Fritz Oesterlen (1925–1927) | Friedrich Quincke (1927–1929) | Otto Blum (1929–1931) | Ludwig Klein (1931–1933) | Otto Franzius (1933–1934) | Horst von Sanden (1934–1937) | Hanns Simons (1937–1939) | Alexander Matting (1940-1943) | Helmut Pfannmüller (1943–1945) | Conrad Müller (1945–1947) | Otto Flachsbart (1947–1950) | Walter Großmann (1950–1951) | Hermann Deckert (1951–1952) | Walter Hensen (1952–1954) | Hans Schönfeld (1954–1956) | Johannes Schlums (1956–1957) | Walter Theilacker (1957–1958) | Wilhelm Nicolaisen (1958–1959) | Egon Martyrer (1959–1960) | Wilhelm Wortmann (1960–1961) | Hans-Oskar Wilde (1961–1963) | Albert Vierling (1963–1964) | Walter Renard (1964–1966) | Theodor Kaluza (1966–1968) | Alf Pflüger (1968–1969) | Eduard Pestel (1969–1970) | Hermann Böhrs (1970–1971) | Jürgen Wehrmann (1971–1972) | Lothar Hübl (1973–1974) | Gerhart Laage (1974–1975) | Hinrich Seidel (1975–1977) | Otwin Massing (1977–1978) | Klaus Schäfer (1978–1979)
President: Hinrich Seidel (1979–1997) | Ludwig Schätzl (1997–2005) | Erich Barke (2005–2014) | Volker Epping (since 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klein, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mechanical engineer, rector of the TH Hannover |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1945 |
| Place of death | Bevensen , Uelzen district |