Philipp Kremer
Philipp Josef Kremer (born August 17, 1886 in Weilheim in Upper Bavaria , † January 11, 1965 in Hanover ) was a German engineer and university professor.
Life
Kremer was the son of the architect and ministerial advisor at the Supreme Building Authority in Munich, Philipp (von) Kremer and his wife Rosa, née Schröder. His brother was the painter Alfred Kremer (1895–1965).
After graduating from high school in 1905 at the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich, Kremer studied at the Technical University of Munich with a degree in engineering in 1922. Until 1924 he worked at Brown, Boveri & Cie. in Mannheim and Berlin, 1924 to 1929 as assistant director at the Berliner Straßenbahn-Betriebs-GmbH. In 1928 he received his doctorate in engineering. with the dissertation " Influence of the design of trams on the economic efficiency of the operational management " and became head of the technical central office of the Berliner Verkehrs-AG in the following year . From 1930 to 1935 he was the first director of the Frankfurt / Main transport company . From 1930 to 1936 he taught as a private lecturer for traffic engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt , from 1938 until his discharge on August 17, 1945 in the same position at the Technical University of Hanover . In 1953 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit as director of the overland works and trams Hannover AG . He was married to Gertrud, née Schmolz.
Fonts
- The stations of the Berlin tram in the changing times , in: Philipp Kremer, Max Osborn: Station buildings of the Berlin tram . 1927.
literature
- Traffic engineering. Central sheet for all land transport and road construction , issue 43, 44 of October 23, 1932, pp. 515, 516.
- Christa Wolf, Marianne Viefhaus: Directory of professors at TH Darmstadt , 1977, p. 114.
- Klaus Mlynek: History of the City of Hanover. From the beginning of the 19th century to the present . 1994, p.?.
- TH Hannover (ed.): Catalogus Professorum. The teaching staff of the Technical University of Hanover 1831–1856 , Hanover: Technical University of Technology 1956, p. 140.
Web links
- Kremer, Philipp. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Philipp Kremer - father of the open-plan car , in: 05 - Tram Forum
Individual evidence
- ^ Maximiliansgymnasium Munich, archive, register and annual report 1904/05.
- ↑ Wikipedia: WikiProjekt Bundesverdienstkreuz / 1953 / March: Dr. Ing.habil. Philipp Kremer
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kremer, Philipp |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kremer, Philipp Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weilheim , Upper Bavaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1965 |
| Place of death | Hanover |