Paul Boess

Paul Böss (born December 24, 1890 in Idstein , † June 18, 1969 in Karlsruhe ) was a German civil engineer and university lecturer for hydraulic engineering and hydromechanics at the TH Karlsruhe .

After graduating from high school in Kattowitz in 1908, Böss studied civil engineering at the TH Stuttgart and at the TH Karlsruhe from 1910 until he graduated in 1915. He was a brief soldier in the First World War before he became assistant to Theodor Rehbock at the river engineering laboratory in Karlsruhe in 1916 . In 1918 he received his doctorate (calculation of the water level when the flow state changes). In 1919 he became a lecturer for practical hydraulics and in 1921 a government building officer and operations manager of the river engineering laboratory. In 1924 he completed his habilitation (the calculation of non-stationary water movements taking into account the type of water flow). In 1930 he became an adjunct professor and in 1947 an associate professor. Since he was married to a half-Jewish woman according to the National Socialist view , he was almost released in 1933. From 1949 until his retirement in 1959 he was a full professor for hydraulic engineering and hydromechanics and from 1949 to 1964 director of the institute for hydromechanics, dams and water supply. After his retirement he managed the chair until his successor Max Breitenöder could take up his position and after his death in 1967 he jumped in again for lectures until Eduard Naudascher took over the chair.

In 1955/56 he traveled to Egypt and Iran on behalf of the federal government, as large hydropower plants were planned there (Aswan Dam and in the Elbrus Mountains).

In 1939 he received a Grand Prix at the World Exhibition in Brussels. In 1935 he was a founding member of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR). In 1952 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the TH Stuttgart.

A street in Karlsruhe-Rintheim is named after him.

literature

• Klaus Stiglat : Civil engineers and their work , Ernst and Son 2004
• Jörg Wauer: Mechanics and their specialist representatives at the University of Karlsruhe , KIT Scientific Publishing 2017, p. 77