Viktor Rembold (engineer)
Franz Anton Viktor Julius Rembold (born March 17, 1884 in Schwäbisch Hall ; † March 25, 1970 there ) was a German shipbuilding engineer and university professor.
Rembold studied at the Technical University of Stuttgart . In 1910 he moved to Germaniawerft ( Krupp AG ) in Kiel and was in charge of construction for marine diesel engines and, during the First World War, for submarine machines. In 1919 he moved to Deutsche Werke AG in Kiel as a later construction director. After completing his doctorate at the TH Stuttgart in 1920, he was appointed to succeed Walter Mentz in 1924 as a full professor for ship engine and steam boiler construction at the Technical University of Danzig . From 1929 to 1931 Rembold was Senator of the Free City of Danzig . In this role, he ensured the use of hydrogen as a fuel. As early as the 1930s, buses operated by the Gdansk public transport company were using it.
In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler . In February 1945 he fled Danzig and moved to Schwäbisch Hall. In 1946 he was appointed to the Technical University of Stuttgart for piston engines and steam boilers , where he taught until 1954.
Fonts
- About the starting and reversing of diesel engines to propel merchant ships using compressed air , 1921 (= dissertation)
literature
- Our Danzig , No. 5 of March 5, 1959, p. 17
- Articles and documents on the history of the Gdansk University of Technology 1904–1945 , ed. on the 75th day of foundation, Hanover 1979
Web links
- Literature by and about Viktor Rembold in the catalog of the German National Library
- Seagoing ship p. 7
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rembold, Viktor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rembold, Franz Anton Viktor Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German naval engineer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwäbisch Hall |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1970 |
| Place of death | Schwäbisch Hall |