Otto Baensch (engineer)
Otto Baensch , from 1895 actually Otto von Baensch , (born June 6, 1825 in Zeitz ; † April 7, 1898 in Berlin ; full name: Otto Friedrich Bernhard Baensch ), was a German civil engineer and Prussian construction officer who worked in the field of the Hydraulic engineering emerged .
Life
Otto Baensch studied surveying technology and mathematics at the University of Halle from 1842 to 1847 and entered the Prussian civil service after attending the Berlin Building Academy . In the early days he was mainly busy building churches in the Pomeranian province . After leading the renovation work on the Camminer Dom , he took over the management of the new building for the Heringsdorf Church (1848) on Usedom . In 1855 he became a master builder in the Liegnitz administrative region . From 1858 he was the construction manager of the Ruhr-Sieg Railway . Between 1852 and 1871 Otto Baensch was a hydraulic engineering inspector in Stralsund and Köslin . During this time he wrote about port construction , beacons and dyke construction .
After his transfer to the Prussian Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Public Works in Berlin that belonged regulation of the Elbe and the Rhine , the channeling of Main underflow from Frankfurt to Mainz (1882-1885) and the dikes in the province of Schleswig-Holstein to his duties. From 1886 he was in charge of building the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal (1887–1895), today's Kiel Canal .
Baensch was an honorary citizen of the city of Zeitz and was awarded the honorary title of Privy Building Officer.
In the Kingdom of Bavaria Otto Baensch was awarded the personal title of nobility in 1895, but he did not use it.
Fonts (selection)
- The storm surge on 12./13. November 1872 on the Baltic coast of the Prussian State . In: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen , Volume 25, Berlin 1875, Column 155–220.
literature
- Walther Killy , Rudolf Vierhaus : German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 1, KG Saur, Munich / Leipzig 1999, ISBN 3-598-23186-5 , p. 258.
- Carl Graf von Klinckowstroem: Baensch, Otto Friedrich Bernhard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 523 ( digitized version ).
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| SURNAME | Baensch, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baensch, Otto von; Baensch, Otto Friedrich Bernhard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German civil engineer and Prussian construction officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Time |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1898 |
| Place of death | Berlin |