Martin Bahr

Johannes Paul Martin Georg Bahr (born August 16, 1889 in Bergen on Rügen , † March 29, 1967 in Pinneberg ) was a German hydraulic engineer.

Life

Martin Bahr was the son of pastor Georg Bahr (1862–1945) and his wife Emmi, nee Steinbach (1861–1961). He first attended an elementary school for four years and then a grammar school in Greifswald . After graduating from high school in 1908, he studied engineering at the Technical University of Danzig-Langfuhr until 1912 and completed his studies with a degree in engineering.

From 1913 to 1914 Bahr worked as a government construction manager in the Melorationsamt Gdansk. During the First World War he fought as a soldier. He then passed the second state examination and from 1919 worked as a government master builder in the Waterways and Shipping Office based in Tönning . Until 1926 he was in charge of the construction of the fishing port in Büsum .

On December 17, 1927, Bahr married Margarethe Raeder (* 1901) from Schwarzenberg . The couple had two daughters and four sons. In 1934 the engineer took over the management of the reconstruction and expansion of bank protection and port facilities on Heligoland . In the same year he moved to the board of directors of the Tönning Waterways and Shipping Office. In 1937 he received his doctorate from the TH Charlottenburg with distinction as Dr.-Ing. In his doctoral thesis he dealt with processes in nature and practical measures to protect the Heligoland dune. He had carried out the necessary scientific investigations alongside his work.

In 1954, Bahr retired. He then headed the new municipal building office for the reconstruction of Heligoland for twelve years.

In addition to his professional activity, Bahr was involved in public life as well as in the church in Büsum, on Helgoland and in Tönning. The Büsum community made him an honorary citizen.

Scientific work

Bahr was regarded as a practically gifted hydraulic engineer. Thanks to his knowledge about the forces of water, especially on Heligoland, he was able to make precise estimates. With his analyzes of the dynamic processes on the high seas and the resulting images of forces, he gave important impulses for practical coastal protection and morphological coastal research.

From 1920 to 1924 Bahr wrote two treatises on the condition and development of the sea around Trischen . As a board member of the Waterways and Shipping Office, he was particularly concerned with the expansion and further development of the Büsum fishing port. He also dealt with the problems of the Eider . His work laid the foundations for solving the problems that had arisen as a result of the damming of the Eider in 1936.

After the destruction of the Heligoland harbor and bank protection systems in 1947, Bahr played an important role in their reconstruction. Later he dealt in critical studies with the morphological development of the Wadden area near Dithmarschen . These writings were considered to be important sources for recording recent developments in this region.

literature

• Johann M. Lorenzen: Bahr, Martin . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 2. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1970, pp. 50–51