Rudolf von Carnall

Rudolf von Carnall, approx. 1850–1874 (on album paper )

Rudolf von Carnall (born February 9, 1804 in Glatz ; † November 17, 1874 in Breslau ) was a German mining engineer .

origin

He comes from a family from Kurland that was naturalized in Sweden in 1751 under the name "de Carnall" . His parents were the Prussian major general Arwid Conrad von Carnall (1760-1840) and his wife Mathilde Le Cointe.

Life

Rudolf von Carnall learned practical mining in the Neuroder and Waldenburg districts , studied from 1823 to 1824 in Berlin and was promoted to the mining office of Tarnowitz in Silesia and in 1830 to the senior driver at the Friedrichsgrube. Here he led particularly the operation of the fiscal lead and silver mine and the then nascent in the development Galmeibergwerke so successful that he became in 1839 Bergmeister was appointed.

In addition, Carnall gave lectures at the Bergschule von Tarnowitz and published a "Mining Pocket Book" from 1843 to 1847 alone, later in conjunction with Otto Ludwig Krug von Nidda .

In 1844 he was transferred to Bonn as a senior mining authority assessor, but in 1847 he was appointed to Berlin and appointed to the secret upper mountain ridge and lecturing council in the Ministry of Commerce. Here he was essential for a contemporary transformation of the mining industry. In 1848 he was director of the trade academy for a short time; At the same time, he and Carl Karsten founded in December 1848 as deputy chairmen with Leopold von Buch (1st chairman), the secretaries Heinrich Ernst Beyrich , Julius Ewald , Heinrich Girard and Gustav Rose , the treasurer Friedrich Tamnau , the archivist Carl Rammelsberg and another 40 participants the constituent meeting of the German Geological Society , he also read about mining studies at the university from 1849 to 1855 and founded the "Zeitschrift für Berg-, Metall- und Salinenwesen" to support the reformatory efforts in the area of the coal and steel industry. He was a member of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors .

His successful work for the Silesian mining industry began in 1855 when he was transferred to the Wroclaw Mining Authority as a mining captain . The Upper Silesian mining industry took off under his leadership. Carnall initiated the establishment of the Silesian Association for Mining and Metallurgy and headed the editing of the association's yearbook and a weekly. His geognostic map of Upper Silesia (1857), although overtaken by Roman's masterpiece, was of great importance. He retired in 1861.

Honors

At its general meeting in September 1865, the Association of German Engineers (VDI) appointed Rudolf von Carnall as an honorary member.

The mineral carnallite was named after him.

The coal mine United Sellerbeck coal mine in Mülheim an der Ruhr named its main shaft, which was sunk in 1854, “Carnall”.

family

Rudolf married of Carnall Emilie of Buttner (1808-1863), a subsidiary of fürstbischöflich-breslauischen Official Hauptmann Johann Gottlieb by Büttner, and Christiane Schindler. The couple had two daughters.

literature

Wilhelm von Gümbel : Carnall, Rudolf von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 4 f.
Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old mines on the Ruhr . 4th edition, unaltered reprint of the 3rd edition in 1990. Langewiesche, Königstein im Taunus 1994, ISBN 3-7845-6992-7 , ( The blue books ), p. 273.
Wilhelm Pieper: Carnall, Rudolf von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 150 f. ( Digitized version ).

Works

Leopold von Buch. Remembrance speech, held on 6 April 1853 in the meeting of the German Geological Society of the deputy chairman, with a portrait of the departed , Berlin 1853 (printed for the members of the company) 11 S. Digitalisat
1835, The Jumps in the Hard Coal Mountains , digitized
1850, The mines in Prussia and their taxation , digitized
1857, geognostic map of Upper Silesia
1864, The Fiscal Mining Fields in Upper Silesia
1844, geognostic map of the ore deposits of shell limestone near Tarnowitz and Beuthen in Upper Silesia
1844, mining pocket book for all friends of the mining industry, especially those of Upper Silesia

Web links

Meyers Konversationslexikon - Biography of Carnall
Carnall, Rudolf von . In: Ostdeutsche Biographie (Kulturportal West-Ost) - with picture

Individual evidence

↑ Members of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors 1857
^ Eighth general meeting of the association on September 4th to 9th, 1865 in Breslau . In: Journal of the Association of German Engineers . tape 9 , no. 10/11 , 1865, pp. 644 .
^ Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr . Verlag Langewiesche Nachhaben, Königstein im Taunus, 6th, expanded and updated edition. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7845-6994-9 , p. 280.

personal data
SURNAME	Carnall, Rudolf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German mining engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	February 9, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bald
DATE OF DEATH	November 17, 1874
Place of death	Wroclaw

[1] Members of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors 1857

[2] Eighth general meeting of the association on September 4th to 9th, 1865 in Breslau . In: Journal of the Association of German Engineers . tape 9 , no. 10/11 , 1865, pp. 644 .

[3] Wilhelm Hermann, Gertrude Hermann: The old collieries on the Ruhr . Verlag Langewiesche Nachhaben, Königstein im Taunus, 6th, expanded and updated edition. 2008, ISBN 978-3-7845-6994-9 , p. 280.