Max Contag

Max Contag (left) & Christian Havestadt

Max Contag (born June 4, 1852 in Numeiten ( East Prussia ), † June 15, 1930 in Berlin ) was a German civil engineer .

Life

Born in East Prussia, Contag moved to Berlin at a young age. Here he attended the grammar school of the gray monastery (Abitur 1870) and then the building academy , where he was active in the academic association Motiv . After successfully passing the state examination to become a government architect in 1878, he first worked in the state service in the Prussian hydraulic engineering service on the Netze . On October 8, 1882, together with his college friend and federal brother Christian Havestadt, he founded the engineering company Havestadt & Contag , which specialized in the processing and construction management of engineering structures. The Teltow Canal , which was built under the construction management of Havestadt & Contag, is considered the most important work of the very successful company . In 1920 he withdrew from the company, but remained active as a specialist author and reviewer.

Contag was a city councilor in the borough of Berlin-Wilmersdorf .

Family grave Contag in the Wilmersdorf cemetery

Contag's grave is in the Wilmersdorf cemetery .

Honors

• 1904: Grand Prix at the World's Fair in St. Louis
• 1917: Awarded the title of Secret Building Councilor
• 1919: Elected to the Prussian Academy of Building.
• Honorary member of the Academic Association Motiv

literature

• Max Contag †. In: Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 50, No. 27 (July 9, 1930), p. 494.
• Max Contag †. In: Die Bautechnik , Volume 8, Issue 30 (July 11, 1930), p. 473.

Web links

• Literature by and about Max Contag in the catalog of the German National Library