Paul Francke (geologist)

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Paul Francke

Paul Francke (born March 13, 1893 in Apolda , Thuringia , † October 14, 1957 in Munich ) was a German geologist . He was a founding member of the Fraunhofer Society and a member of the accompanying and advisory auditorium of the Deutsches Museum , Munich.

Life

Paul Francke came from a trading family. He grew up with his sister Margarete with their parents Georg and Mathilde Francke in Apolda / Thuringia. Paul Francke studied mining, mining economics and business administration. In 1928 Paul Francke was sent to the Technical College for Mining and Metallurgy (Bergakademie)called in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, where he was the youngest professor at the time. From 1936 Paul Francke worked in the Reich Ministry of Economics in Berlin-Friedenau. He lived with his wife Gertrud (née Stocks, opera singer) and his daughter Brigitte, first at Handjerystraße 14 and then at Ringstraße 5 (today Dickhardtstraße). In 1944, Gertrud Francke and their child Brigitte fled from the massive bombing in the Ore Mountains. Francke stayed in Berlin-Friedenau until shortly before the end of the war in order to bring his collection of valuable writings and scores to safety. When the Allied air raids on Berlin increased, he too fled the capital and left the library to a pharmacist who lived in the house and who opened an antiquarian bookshop with Francke's bequest after the war. After the war, Francke's path led first to the University of Göttingen and then to Munich. Paul Francke died in Munich on October 14, 1957. He was buried in the Westfriedhof.

Services

Paul Francke was one of the 103 founding members of the Fraunhofer Society and a member of the accompanying and advisory auditorium of the Deutsches Museum. At the reception for the founding meeting of the Fraunhofer Society in the Bavarian State Ministry of Economics on March 26, 1949, Francke gave a brief presentation.

literature

  • “Francke, Paul. Mining studies, mining economics, business administration, Dr. Ing.habil, apl. Prof. TH Berlin-Friedenau, Handjerystraße 14. (Apolda 13.III.93.) Aachen TH P Doz. 26, Clausthal Bergakademie Doz. 28, av. Prof. 30, Amt f. German raw materials 37, Berlin TH av. Prof. 38, Reich Ministry of Economics 38, TH apl. Prof 39. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 1940/41 I; Page 446.
  2. ↑ The property in Ringstrasse 5 (today Dickhardtstrasse 5, Berlin-Friedenau), designed by architect Oscar Haustein and built in 1903, was spared from the Allied air raids and is now a listed building. It belongs to a community of owners and was completely renovated in 2014.
  3. ↑ Research for the market. History of the Fraunhofer Society by Helmuth Trischler and Rüdiger vom Bruch; Page 35
personal data
SURNAME Francke, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Apolda , Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1957
Place of death Munich