Max Baumberg
Max Baumberg (born March 12, 1906 in Arnstadt , Thuringia; † November 8, 1978 in Halle ), as a German railway engineer and locomotive designer, had a decisive influence on the development of steam locomotive traction at the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR).
Life
Max Baumberg grew up in a simple family and was able to attend high school with a scholarship from his hometown. After completing his Abitur in Arnstadt in 1926, Baumberg studied mechanical engineering at the TH Munich , then completed a one-year internship at RAW Meiningen and graduated from the TH Danzig in 1933 . On August 1, 1932, he joined the NSDAP .
In 1934 he successfully passed the test as a train driver for steam locomotives in Erfurt , and in 1935 he obtained authorization to drive electric locomotives in Nuremberg . He became technical manager at RAW Glückstadt , from 1940 he was operations manager at RAW Stendal . During the Second World War he headed the repair shop in the occupied Belgian Namur and was able to gain experience there with the four-cylinder composite technology of French steam locomotives, after which he returned to the RAW Stendal. There he dealt with construction work for coal dust tenders under the direction of Hans Wendler . In 1949 he was dismissed for political reasons - because he had kept quiet about his NSDAP membership. After a short time he was able to work first as a locomotive driver and later again after an intervention by Hans Wendler in his old job.
In 1952 he was appointed head of the newly founded vehicle and test institute in Halle (FVA Halle) by the general director of DR Erwin Kramer . In 1960 this was converted into the testing and development center for machine management of the Deutsche Reichsbahn ( VES-M Halle ). In 1971 Max Baumberg was appointed Reichsbahndirektor and shortly afterwards retired.
power
Max Baumberg is still regarded as the father of the traditional locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the GDR. It is thanks to his work that a considerable park of operational and non-operational locomotives could be preserved for posterity.
Max Baumberg is known for being able to exchange the former Baden four-cylinder compound steam locomotive 18 314 for the Bavarian 18 434 found in the area of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, through the mediation of his friend Theodor Düring, the head of the Federal Railway Testing Office in Minden . He essentially planned the conversion of DR 18 201 .
As the first manager of the VES-M hall , he influenced the new construction and reconstruction of steam locomotives for the Deutsche Reichsbahn, their testing and use significantly. In the years up to 1960, he repeatedly argued about their design with Hans Schulze from the Central Technical Office , who was responsible for the development of the new and Reko locomotives at the headquarters of the Deutsche Reichsbahn .
The locomotives include, among others
- New construction locomotives
- Recolocomotives
The regular locomotives of VES 18 201, 19 015 and 19 022 also bore Baumberg's signature unmistakably. In the hall branch of the DB Museum there is a permanent exhibition about the VES-M hall with its director Max Baumberg.
Web links
- 07 1001, 08 1001, 79 001: The steam locomotive circus. GeraNova Bruckmann Verlagshaus GmbH, accessed on September 23, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Gottwaldt : Max Baumberg - the last great and impressive figure in German steam locomotive development. In: Bahn-Epoche, summer 2014 p. 46
- ↑ Alfred Gottwaldt : Wagner's standard locomotives: The steam locomotives of the Reichsbahn and their creators . EK-Verlag , Freiburg 2012, ISBN 978-3882557381 , p. 170
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baumberg, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German railway engineer, Reichsbahndirektor at the Deutsche Reichsbahn |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arnstadt , Thuringia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1978 |
| Place of death | Hall |