Oskar Groß

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Monument at the Blautopf in Blaubeuren for the creators of the Alb water supply and many other waterworks in Württemberg. Left: Oskar Groß.

Oskar Groß (born May 10, 1875 in Stuttgart ; † March 25, 1948 in Kirchheim unter Teck ) was senior building officer and head of the building authority for the public water supply in Stuttgart.

Life

Oskar Groß started after studying at the Technical University of Stuttgart and practicing water supply at the building authority for the public water supply in Stuttgart. From 1906 until it was repealed in 1933, he was the second state technician after Hermann Ehmann, the latter's director, most recently as senior building officer. In 1929 he was awarded the honorary title of Dr.-Ing. Excellent anyway .

During his time, the construction of water supply systems in Württemberg was intensively continued. By 1933, 95 percent of the Württemberg municipalities had a central water supply.

The state water supply planned and built by him was of particular importance . Already at the turn of the century it was evident that with advancing industrialization and the associated growing population in the central Neckar region, the local water resources would no longer be sufficient to meet the water demand. The plan provided for drinking water to be conveyed via a pipeline from the Danube valley near Ulm via the Remstal valley to Stuttgart. The first German long-distance water supply was founded in 1912 by King Wilhelm II of Württemberg . In 1917 the waterworks in Niederstotzingen and the pipeline up to the Rotenberg elevated reservoir near Stuttgart were put into operation.

In 1931, Oskar Groß founded the Association of Water Supply Associations in Württemberg and Hohenzollern ( VEDEWA ), a municipal self-help organization for technical advice and operational monitoring of waterworks. Groß was managing director and technical advisor at VEDEWA from 1931 to 1948. 31 Württemberg group water supplies were involved in the establishment. VEDEWA has also received a lot of attention outside of Württemberg.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Erich Schickhardt: "Groß, Oskar" in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 7 (1966) , p. 144 f. [Online version]; URL: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd136140963.html#ndbcontent .
  2. ^ Lothar Schütz: Development of the Württemberger shaft system . (Undated excerpt from the author's thesis, online as PDF; 546 kB.)
  3. ^ Association of the water supply associations in Württemberg and Hohenzollern: 1931–1956. 25 years of VEDEWA. Stuttgart 1956.
personal data
SURNAME Great, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hydraulic engineer, senior civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1948
Place of death Kirchheim unter Teck