Werner Gimm
Werner August Richard Gimm (born March 20, 1917 in Elgersburg ; † December 17, 1977 in Zschadraß ) was a German geotechnical engineer . The national prize winner was Professor of Geomechanics and Founding Director of the Geotechnical and Mining Section at the Freiberg Mining Academy .
Life
As the son of the Elgersburg teacher Otto Gimm (1890-1958), who was intensively involved with the geology and palaeobotany of his homeland, Werner Gimm began studying at the Bergakademie Freiberg after graduating from the Ilmenau grammar school.
After completing his studies, he worked briefly as an appraiser for the fluorspar mine Pluto near Langewiesen . On March 10, 1948, Gimm received his doctorate from the Freiberg Mining Academy under Georg Spackeler with the thesis The Magmatic Deposits of the Thuringian Forest . On September 17, 1951, Gimm took up a position as technical director and deputy plant manager of the Bleicherode potash plant . In August 1954 he followed a call to the mining academy and took over the 2nd chair for mining science - civil engineering at the institute for mining science. On January 1, 1959, Gimm also took over as acting head of the department of deep drilling technology, which was newly formed and directly subordinated to the dean of the Faculty of Mining and Metallurgy. In 1963, Gimm initiated the "Geomechanics Colloquium", a national conference on rock and rock mechanics, which has since developed into an annual international specialist conference.
In 1968 Gimm took over the newly created chair for geomechanics at the Bergakademie and was also appointed founding director of the new geotechnical and mining section. At the beginning of the academic year 1968/69, training in the new field of geotechnics / engineering geology began under Gimm's direction . He held the post of director of the Geotechnical and Mining Section until 1972. Until his untimely death, Gimm shaped the teaching and research profile of today's chair for rock and rock mechanics / rock construction.
The most important research project under Gimms leadership was the 1963 National Prize for Research Association for Mineral- Bound Gases for the Detection and Prevention of Gas Outbreaks in Potash Mining and the Basic Technical Concept for the Markersbach Pumped Storage Plant . In addition, research was carried out on potash, rock salt, ore, spar and copper slate mining as well as on water management dam constructions, which were continued under his successors Dietrich Rotter and Tilo Döring .
Werner Gimm was a member of the SED . In addition to monographs, Gimm et al. a. several essays in tribute to his doctoral supervisor Georg Spackeler.
Awards
- 1963: National Prize of the GDR, 2nd class for science and technology (Research Association for Mineral-Bound Gases, together with Klaus Thoma, Günter Duchrow and Udo Winter)
Publications (selection)
- The igneous deposits of the Thuringian Forest , dissertation, Freiberg 1947
- together with Herbert Pforr: Rock blows in potash mining taking into account experience in coal and ore mining , Freiberg research books A 173, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1961
- together with Dietrich Eckart u. Klaus Thoma: Sudden outbreaks of rock and gas in mining , Deutscher Verlag für Grundstofftindustrie, Leipzig 1966
- The choice of mining methods and mining management , teaching letter, Bergakademie Freiberg 1969
- Mining, civil engineering , apprenticeship certificate, Bergakademie Freiberg 1969
literature
- Hartmut Schleiff, Roland Volkmer, Herbert Kaden : Catalogus Professorum Fribergensis: Professors and teachers at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg 1765 to 2015. Freiberg, 2015, ISBN 978-3-86012-492-5 , p. 222
Web links
- Literature by and about Werner Gimm in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Werner Gimm in the Saxon Bibliography
- Appreciation for the 100th birthday, Thuringian General
- Chair of Rock and Rock Mechanics / Rock Construction - Historical. tu-freiberg.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gimm, Werner |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gimm, Werner August Richard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geotechnical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elgersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th December 1977 |
| Place of death | Zschadraß |