Rudolf Jung (geodesist)

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(Friedrich) Rudolf Jung (born November 10, 1909 in Stolberg (Rhineland) , † November 3, 1961 in Aachen ) was a German geodesist and rector of RWTH Aachen University .

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After graduating from high school in 1928, Jung studied geodesy at the University of Bonn , where he passed his first state examination in 1931 and his second state examination in 1935 and received his doctorate in 1937 on a geodetic-astronomical topic. Phil. With Arnold Kohlschütter . After being promoted to the building council and a short term from 1938 at the Charlottenburg State Building School, he immediately made contact with the Technical University of Berlin , where he was taken on as a private lecturer during the difficult war years and completed his habilitation in 1941. Due to the massive damage caused by the war and the resulting reduced teaching activities, Jung moved to the German Hydrographic Institute in Hamburg in January 1946 as a government councilor and head of the nautical chart department , where he was promoted to the upper government council in 1948 and, after completing his rehabilitation, again as a private lecturer at the University of Hamburg was acquired. On October 1, 1950, Jung finally accepted a call to RWTH Aachen University, where he was appointed full professor of geodesy at the Faculty of Civil Engineering . He stayed here until his retirement in 1961, where he was, among other things, head of the civil engineering department for two years, dean of the faculty for civil engineering and, in the meantime, headed the university as its rector from 1956 to 1958.

In addition, Jung was active as a member of the various bodies and associations listed below:

Jung's main areas of responsibility were engineering surveys; the Photogrammetry and Cartography and the topics leveling and severity. He was also responsible for the complete rebuilding of the Geodetic Institute with the latest technical equipment of the time such as the Zeiss rectification device SEG V, the Stereoplanigraphen C8, the Wild Autograph A8 and the Jena Stereograph 1318 as well as the creation of the prerequisites for a full geodetic degree at the RWTH Aachen. For this purpose, a new chair for “ Higher Geodesy ” should be introduced, which Jung should hold first. However, due to his unexpected early death on November 3, 1961, this could no longer be realized.

Works (selection)

  • h and _h63 Persei ; Berlin: Ferdinand Dümmlers Verl [bh.], 1937
  • The Influence of True Gravity on High Accuracy Levels ; Berlin [SW 68, Wilhelmstrasse. 9]: Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme, 1941
  • German national report and general report of Commission 3 (surveying instruments and methods, photogrammetry, cartography) of the Fédération internationale des géomètrès (Fig) for the 8th international congress in Paris 1953 ; Aachen: Geodetic Institute of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, 1954
  • The importance of photogrammetry in measuring the earth ; Essen: Girardet, 1957
  • Land consolidation and follow-up ; Düsseldorf: Agricultural department of the Thomas phosphate factories, 1964, 3rd edition (posthumous)

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SURNAME Jung, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jung, Friedrich Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geodesist and rector of RWTH Aachen
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Stolberg (Rhineland)
DATE OF DEATH 3rd November 1961
Place of death Aachen