Willi Mönck

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Willi Mönck (born June 19, 1921 ; died December 5, 2015 ) was a German chief engineer and specialist book author for wooden structures. After completing an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, he studied civil engineering in Breslau (now Wrocław) , and later obtained a diploma in architecture in Weimar.

In 1942 he was drafted as a soldier in the Wehrmacht, a few weeks later he lost his right lower leg at the front. On October 13, 1945 he married his wife Ilse from Quedlinburg, who was five years his junior. Mönck had three children, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Mönck was an inspector in the Neustrelitz municipal building department and in 1948 the construction manager for the reopening of the Altstrelitz engineering school . At this engineering school he was initially a lecturer, from 1952 to 1954 he was director of the engineering school in Altstrelitz and thus the youngest head of such an educational institution in Germany. From 1954 to 1986 Willi Mönck worked in the central office for distance learning in Leipzig, which later became the institute for education and training in construction . Willi Mönck was considered the leading timber construction specialist in the GDR and has written more than 200 publications.

Fonts (selection)

  • Timber construction
    • Part: H. 3., roof structures: truss and solid wall trusses; Leipzig: Central Department of Technical Methodology of the Technical Schools of the Building Industry 1956
    • Basics for dimensioning in timber construction, Deutsche Bauakademie. Central department for universities and technical colleges, 1st edition 1959
    • Dimensioning and construction, VEB-Verlag für Bauwesen Berlin; 10th edition 1985
    • Dimensioning and construction, German Institute for Standardization eV (with Wolfgang Rug ); 16th edition 2015, ISBN 978-3410219088
  • Roof structures made of wood, Leipzig: Institute for training u. Further training in construction in 1977
  • Construction principles in timber construction, Leipzig: Institute for training u. Further training in construction 1979
  • Damage to wooden structures: analysis and repair, VEB-Verlag für Bauwesen Berlin; 1st edition 1987
  • Damage to wooden structures: The standard work for renovation and monument preservation, (with Klaus Erler ), Huss-Medien; 4th edition 2004, ISBN 978-3345008139
  • Timber construction. Dimensioning and construction taking into account Eurocode 5, Verlag Bauwesen Berlin 2000, ISBN 978-3345006357

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Obituary notice in the Leipziger Volkszeitung from December 19, 2015
  2. ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung, Muldental of October 15, 2015, p. M26: The marriage has lasted for 70 years
  3. ↑ Nordkurier from August 2, 2007: Former director of the engineering school visits his former place of work
personal data
SURNAME Mönck, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chief engineer and specialist book author for wooden structures
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1921
DATE OF DEATH 5th December 2015