Walter Haasler

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Bernhard Walter Haasler (born August 2, 1885 in Lindicken, Insterburg district , East Prussia , † March 9, 1976 in Vienna ) was a German civil engineer and university professor.

family

Haasler's parents were the landowner Matthias Haasler , who came from Salzburg exiles , and his wife Louise, nee. Jenet. His first marriage was childless with Frieda Schierholz. From the relationship with his long-time partner and later wife Ernestine Anna Maria Bowe, geb. Weinstabel, comes a son. In addition, the daughter from his partner's first marriage lived as a foster child in the family.

Career

Haasler attended the Tilsiter secondary school . After graduating from high school, he studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Charlottenburg from 1905 to 1910 . At this university he was awarded a Dr.-Ing. PhD.

From 1910 to 1911 he taught as a lecturer at the municipal trade academy in Friedberg (Hesse) in the departments for mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , civil engineering and architecture . Haasler then worked as an engineer at the Hamburg construction deputation until 1915 . Subsequently, he was chief engineer for a number of construction companies. During the First World War , Haasler, who was involved in essential military structures, was exempt from military service.

In 1928 Haasler was appointed full professor at Tongji University in Jiading near Shanghai in China . There he held the chair for hydraulic engineering , foundation engineering , urban civil engineering and road construction until 1938 . He also advised the Chinese government on hydraulic engineering issues. The destruction of the university in the Second Sino-Japanese War forced lecturers and students to flee to the interior of China and put an end to teaching. After his return to Germany in 1939, Haasler temporarily took over the chair for foundation engineering and waterway construction at the German Technical University in Brno in what was then the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia . In the same year he completed his habilitation at the Technical University of Hanover ., He did not have to submit a habilitation thesis because the Technical University of Hanover considered the specialist publications he had already published to be sufficient to enable him to do independent scientific work. In 1940 he became a full professor of foundation engineering and waterway construction at the Brno University of Technology.

When Haasler had to flee Brno with his family at the end of the Second World War in 1945, he settled in Vienna. The search for adequate follow-up employment in German-speaking countries proved to be difficult, for example in 1946 Haasler applied unsuccessfully for a teaching position at the Faculties of Construction at the Technical Universities of Braunschweig and Hanover. However, the expertise of the hydraulic engineering specialist was in demand outside of Europe. In 1949 he had offers as a lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Mérida in Venezuela and for a chair in port construction at the University of Alexandria in Egypt. To enable him to leave the country, Haasler applied for a passport from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Innsbruck . In the same year he was able to travel to Egypt via Genoa . In addition to the full professorship, Haasler managed a dam project on behalf of the War Ministry. In 1951 he became a full professor of port construction and hydraulics at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción in Paraguay . Haasler returned to Europe in 1965 with his family, who had accompanied him to Egypt and Paraguay , and settled in Vienna. At the Faculty of Construction at RWTH Aachen University , he received a full professorship for port construction and hydraulics. In 1966 he retired .

Walter Haasler's grave in the urn grove of the Simmering fire hall

Walter Haasler was buried in the cemetery of the Simmering fire hall (Dept. E16, No. 377).

Award

Fonts

  • Supply of coal storage at train stations . In: Organ for the progress of the railway system in technical relation. New series, vol. 52, CW Kreidel's Verlag, Wiesbaden 1915, p. 52.
  • The locomotive coaling plants . Transport technology week and railway technology magazine. Volume 10 (1916/1917), Verlag W. Moeser, Berlin 1916, No. 40/42, pp. 365-376 and No. 46/48, pp. 411-423.
  • The locomotive coaling plants. A criticism of the existing systems in technical and economic terms . Technical dissertation at the Technical University of Berlin. Berlin 1914 (Verlag W. Moeser, Berlin 1917).
  • As a university professor in China . In: The German Abroad. Edited by Fritz Wertheimer on behalf of the Deutsches Auslands-Institut. Vol. 15 (1932), No. 9/10, Karl Weinbrenner & Sons, Stuttgart 1932, p. 237.
  • Origin and development of Greater Shanghai . In: Die Bautechnik, vol. 15, issue 21, published by Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1937, pp. 274–278.
  • The first hydraulic engineering laboratory in China . In: The construction technology. Volume 17, Issue 22, published by Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1939, pp. 305–307.
  • The development of weir and lock construction in China . In: The civil engineer. Journal for the entire construction industry. Vol. 20, published by Julius Springer, Berlin 1939, pp. 595-600.
  • The port of Alexandria . In: Hansa. Shipping - Shipbuilding - Ports. Vol. 89 (1952), Schiffahrtsverlag Hansa, Hamburg 1952, pp. 321-324.

literature

  • Haasler, Walter. In: Werner Schuder (Ed.): Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar. Ninth edition (1961). Volume 1: A - N. Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1961, p. 634.
  • Walter Haasler. In Pavel Šišma: Učitelé na německé technice v Brně 1849–1945. Práce z dějin techniky a přírodních věd. Vydala Společnost pro dejiny věd a techniky ve spolupráci s Výzkumným oddělením pro dějiny techniky a exactních věd NTM v Praze. Volume 2. Společnost pro dějiny věd a techniky, Praha 2004. Digitized

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g RWTH Aachen University Archive: RWTH Aachen personnel files. Personnel files of the scientific staff. Walter Haasler (Sign. PA 2108) .
  2. ↑ Max Seliger / Königliches Realgymnasium Tilsit (ed.): Annual report of the Königliches Realgymnasium in Tilsit. School year from Easter 1904 to Easter 1905. Program No. 19 . Otto von Mauderode, Tilsit 1905, p. 49 .
  3. ↑ a b Pavel Šišma: Učitelé na německé technice v Brně 1849-1945. Práce z dějin techniky a přírodních věd. Vydala Společnost pro dejiny věd a techniky ve spolupráci s Výzkumným oddělením pro dějiny techniky a exactních věd NTM v Praze. tape 2 . Společnost pro dějiny věd a techniky, Praha 2004, p. 103 .
  4. ↑ a b Pavel Šišma: Učitelé na německé technice v Brně 1849-1945. Práce z dějin techniky a přírodních věd. Vydala Společnost pro dejiny věd a techniky ve spolupráci s Výzkumným oddělením pro dějiny techniky a exactních věd NTM v Praze. 2004, accessed May 20, 2016 (Czech).
  5. ↑ Dissertation: The locomotive coal systems. A criticism of the existing systems in technical and economic terms .
  6. ↑ Walter Hasler: The locomotive coal systems. A criticism of the existing systems in technical and economic terms. Technical dissertation at the Technical University of Berlin. Verlag W. Moeser (printed 1917), Berlin 1914.
  7. ^ Paul von Salvisberg (Ed.): Hochschul-Nachrichten. tape 21 (winter semester 1910/1911 - summer semester 1911). Academia, Munich 1910, p. 173, 246, 247, 408 .
  8. ^ Paul Otto / German Association of Technical and Scientific Associations (ed.): Technical Literature Calendar. Vol. 2. Publisher of R. Oldenbourg, Munich / Berlin 1920, p. 239 .
  9. ^ Archive of the Technical Information Library / University Archive Hanover, Hann. 146 A, Acc. 10/85, No. 7 .
  10. ↑ Prussian Ministry of Finance (Ed.): Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung. Associated with "Zeitschrift für Bauwesen". With messages from the Reich and state authorities. Vol. 60 (1940), No. 30/31 . Verlag Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 1940, p. 478 .
  11. ^ Thomas Stolle: University archive of the TU Braunschweig: files of the university administration 1745–1955. Holdings repertory A I. University archive of the TU Braunschweig: files of the university administration 1745–1955. AI 12. Applications from professors. (I.1.35) 1945-1949. No. 116/117. Typewritten, Braunschweig 1987, p. 16 .
  12. ^ Thomas Stolle: University archive of the TU Braunschweig: files of the university administration 1745–1955. Holdings repertory A I. University archive of the TU Braunschweig: files of the university administration 1745–1955. AI 12. Applications from professors. (I.1.35) 1945-1949. No. 116/117. 1986, accessed May 20, 2016 .
  13. ↑ a b Gerald Steinacher: Nazis on the run. How war criminals escaped overseas via Italy. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-596-18497-2 , pp. 289-290 .
  14. ^ German University Handbook (FRG + GDR). Universities of Aachen - Hanover. Edition 1969/70. Consultverlag, Munich 1969, p. 4 .
  15. ↑ Federal Minister of Justice (ed.): Federal Gazette of January 12, 1966. Vol. 18, No. 7 . Verlagsanzeiger Bundesanzeiger-Verlag, Bonn 1966, p. 1 .
personal data
SURNAME Haasler, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haasler, Bernhard Walter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil engineer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Lindicken , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1976
Place of death Vienna , Austria