Johann Culemeyer

Johann Heinrich Theodor Friedrich " Hans " Culemeyer ( born September 16, 1883 in Hannover, † January 20, 1951 in North Wood, Cuxhaven ) was a German engineer who called through the development of road rollers, colloquially " Culemeyer " for the German Reichsbahn Company (DRG ) was known.

Life

Johann Culemeyer was born on 16 September 1883 in Hanover, the son of the merchant Otto Culemeyer. After receiving the secondary school leaving certificate, he did his military service from 1902 to 1903 from. In 1908 he finished his studies at the Technical University of Hanover, graduating with a degree in civil engineering. After that he went into training for Regierungsbauführer to Reichsbahndirektion Hanover (1909-1912), after completion of training he was track builder at construction department Celle- Braunschweig and Peine. In 1921 he was promoted to Regierungsbaurat and completed from 1922 to 1923 a one-year machine- technical special studies at the Technical University Berlin. He moved to the mechanical and technical service of the Reichsbahn to the Reichsbahn central office in Berlin, where he then worked in the Department for the construction of wagons for special purposes. In 1927 he was appointed head of the department for special wagons.

From 1930 Culemeyer was involved as Reichsbahn Oberbaurat in the central office in Berlin for mechanical engineering, among others, the development of the English rail-road cars and the French exchange vehicles. Under the name " Wheeled siding " developed by him street Scooter November 29, 1931 applied for a patent; the patent was granted on 9 November 1933. In 1933, road roller, its functions and the overcharge operations on the pickup freight station Berlin was presented to the public. This pendant made ​​possible the transportation of freight cars and heavy loads on the road.

Johann Culemeyer developed various types of road scooters for different requirements. He received his doctorate in 1934 with the thesis " The road vehicle for railroad cars, a traffic problem and its solutions." In 1935 he was Reichsbahn Director in the Department building, purchasing and operation of road vehicles for railway wagons and took over the management of motor vehicle department. 1945 Johann moved Culemeyer to Göttingen and worked after the war, together with the wagon Uerdingen in the export of street scooters to Scandinavia on.

Johann Culemeyer died on 20 January 1951 in the north woods at the age of 67 years, he was buried in Göttingen.

On November 4, 1976, a private road the administration of former Reichsbahn assets ( vThe ) in Berlin- Marie Felde ( Tempelhof district ) was named after Johann Culemeyer. The road has been approved for public transport and forms a cul de sac with several industrial residents. In the neighborhood there is also the Schwechtenstraße; this was named after the architect of the pickup station.

Writings

• The railroad into the house. Otto Elsner Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin, 1939