Otto Fischer (building officer)

Otto Karl Franz Fischer (born September 8, 1900 in Kleeberg , Arnswalde district , † June 7, 1959 in Berlin-Steglitz ) was a German hydraulic engineer and construction officer .

Live and act

Otto Fischer was a son of the chief railway secretary Carl Fischer (born November 15, 1861 in Szameitkehmen , East Prussia; † February 11, 1937 in Fichtengrund ) and his wife Johanna Fischer born. Fischer (born April 9, 1865 in Gumbinnen , † July 26, 1928 in Fichtengrund). He studied civil engineering with a specialization in hydraulic engineering at the Technical University Berlin-Charlottenburg and passed the main diploma examination in December 1923. In 1926 he became a Dr.-Ing. PhD . On February 1, 1924, he began a traineeship in the higher civil engineering administration service, he was employed at the water engineering authorities in Berlin , Eberswalde and Husum , at the office for port and bridge construction in Berlin and at the Berlin police headquarters.

In October 1927, Fischer passed the 2nd state examination for water, culture and road construction. Afterwards he worked as a government master builder ( assessor in the civil engineering administration service) at the Rheinstrombauverwaltung. On January 1, 1929, he was transferred to the Prussian State Institute for Hydrology and Main Leveling , where he worked until 1945 and rose to the rank of government building councilor.

On February 1, 1934, Fischer married Rutmaria Zastera (born November 12, 1911 in Berlin), with whom he had a daughter.

Scientific work

In 1934, the Prussian Minister of Agriculture commissioned Fischer to expand the work "The water system on the Schleswig-Holstein North Sea coast" and bring it into a print-ready state. Friedrich Müller had completed the first part “Die Halligen” and started to collect sources for a second part. Gustav Jacoby had continued to work on this second part entitled "The Islands". Fischer completed the work comprising a total of seven volumes in 1936/1938. Then he began the third part, but had to stop the work due to the outbreak of World War II .

In 1951 the Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests commissioned Otto Fischer to continue work on the third part, “The Mainland”. From 1955 to 1958 he edited seven volumes. The essential parts of the total of 16 volumes and two maps come from him.

literature

• Marcus Petersen: Fischer, Otto. In: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon. Volume 4, Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1976, pp. 70-71.