Theodor Acker

Theodor Acker (born June 11, 1899 in Kusel ; † October 1986 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was President of the Mainz Federal Railway Directorate from 1949 to 1964 .

Career

Theodor Acker studied at the Technical University of Karlsruhe and graduated as a graduate engineer . He later received his doctorate as Dr. rer. pol . He passed the state examination for the higher construction service and began his professional life in 1923 with the Deutsche Reichsbahn .

He was a department head in various Reichsbahn directorates in construction and operations services and in business administration. In 1931 he headed the Karlsruhe 3 works office. At the end of the Second World War he headed the construction department of the Reich Railway Directorate in Mainz. In 1946, the railway in the French occupation zone was reorganized: the French occupying power took over the management of the railway itself, and German expertise was concentrated in the Liaison Office of the German Railways in the French Occupied Zone (VADE). Theodor Acker was head of the construction department here, a difficult task given the destruction and lack of materials. The department heads of VADE had to appoint one of their ranks to be the “Advisory Delegate of VADE”. This choice fell on Theodor Acker and was confirmed by the head of the Détachement d'Occupation des Chemins de fer Français (DOFC). The “Advisory Delegate” - and thus Theodor Acker - was in fact the head of the VADE (there was no legal regulation). From this position he helped to organize the Association of the South-West German Railways (SWDE).

President of the Board of Directors

The Deutsche Bundesbahn was founded in 1949 and Theodor Acker became President of the Mainz Federal Railway Directorate on September 2, 1949. During his term of office, the reconstruction and the subsequent modernizations, such as the start of the electrification of the route , the construction of the new management building in place of the war-torn management building in Mainz from the time of the Hessian Ludwigsbahn or the planning for the new construction of the Ludwigshafen Hauptbahnhof (opened 1969).

On reaching the age limit, he resigned as President of the Mainz Federal Railway Directorate on June 30, 1964 and retired. On this occasion and because of his services to the reconstruction of the railway after the war, the Federal President awarded him the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany . His successor was Hermann Klein .

Private

Theodor Acker was with Dr. Elisabeth Maria Gertrud, née Wulff, married. They lived in Mainz until 1962 when they moved to Wiesbaden . After he retired, he moved to Freiburg.

Worth knowing

Theodor Acker acted as a handicraft speaker .

literature

Works

• The Federal Railway Directorate Mainz, review and overview. In: Bundesbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): The Bundesbahndirektion Mainz. Festschrift for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Mainz Railway Directorate . Carl Röhrig, Darmstadt 1956 = special print from Die Bundesbahn 22/1956, pp. 9–22.
  • 60 years of the Mainz Federal Railway Directorate. In: Freedom. February 1, 1957 = excerpt from the above mentioned Festschrift.
• 60 years of the Mainz Railway Directorate. In: State newspaper for Rhineland-Palatinate. Volume 8, No. 10, March 10, 1957 and No. 11, March 17, 1957.
• The modernization of the Federal Railway in the Middle Rhine area. In: 2000 years of Mainz. 1. Special supplement for the 1962 anniversary year of the City of Mainz from May 5, 1962. [Without page counting].
• The new Hassloch station building. Address by Theodor Acker. In: The Palatinate on the Rhine. Volume 35, 1962, pp. 14f.

swell

• NN: President i. R. Dr. Field died. In: Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz. October 10, 1986, p. 12.
• NN: Dr. Acker 60 years. In: Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz. June 10, 1959, p. 2.
• NN: Dr. Acker 65 years. In: The new Mainz. June 1964, p. 16.
• NN: President Dr. Acker has served for 40 years. In: Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz. August 29, 1962, p. 9.
• NN: President Klein's successor. In: freedom. 17th July 1964.
• NN: Since 1949 president of the board. Dr. Acker 65 years old. In: freedom. June 10, 1964.
• Otto Westermann: Young Railway in 2000-year-old golden Mainz. From the good and bad days of the Mainz Railway . Federal Railway Directorate Mainz, Mainz undated [after 1962].

Remarks

1. ↑ A source speaks of his service "in the three large coal regions in Germany" (NN: Dr. Acker 60 years ), that is Saarland , Ruhr area and Upper Silesia .
2. ↑ In relation to the occupying power, he had "represented German interests safely and successfully" (NN: Dr. Acker 60 years old ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ NN: President Dr. Acker has served for 40 years .
2. ↑ NN: President i. R. Dr. Field died .
3. ↑ NN: Dr. Acker 60 years ; NN: Since 1949 president of the board .
4. ^ NN: President Dr. Acker has served for 40 years ; NN: President i. R. Dr. Field died . In connection with seniority, however, the start of service is given on September 14, 1927 (NN: Directory of the upper Reichsbahnbeamten 1931. Verlag der Verkehrswwissenschaftliche Lehrmittelgesellschaft mbH at the Deutsche Reichsbahn, Berlin 1931, p. 264).
5. ^ NN: President Dr. Acker has served for 40 years
6. ^ NN: Directory of the upper Reichsbahn officials 1931 . Verlag der Verkehrswwissenschaftliche Lehrmittelgesellschaft mbH at the Deutsche Reichsbahn, Berlin 1931, p. 264.
7. ↑ Westermann, p. 57.
8. ^ NN: President Dr. Acker has served for 40 years .
9. ↑ Westermann, p. 57.
10. ↑ Westermann, p. 57.
11. ^ NN: Since 1949 President of the Board of Directors ; NN: President i. R. Dr. Field died .
12. ^ NN: Since 1949 President of the Board .
13. ^ NN: President Klein successor .
14. ^ Information from the Mainz City Archives .
15. ^ NN: President Dr. Acker has served for 40 years ; NN: Dr. Acker 65 years ; NN: Since 1949 president of the board .