Karl Peglau

Karl Peglau ( born May 18, 1927 in Muskau, † November 29, 2009 in Berlin) was a German traffic psychologist and inventor of the traffic light man.

Life

Peglau was a skilled machinist and engineering draftsman. After the Second World War, he made ​​up for his high school and graduated in 1954 with a degree in psychology from. From 1957 until the end of the GDR Peglau worked as a senior psychologist transport the medical service of transport of the GDR. There he developed in 1961 Ampelmännchen that today in this form - also be marketed as a souvenir and decoration - in addition to the use for traffic control.

After the reunification, he was sent into early retirement. On November 29, 2009, he died age of 82 after a long illness in Berlin. The Ampelmännchen were imaged by the end of 2009 to more than 400 different products.

Tennis

Peglau played tennis. In 1949 he founded the division tennis at the Humboldt University in Berlin, which still exists today as a Humboldt TC. Twice Peglau was DDR seniors champion. In some Eastern European university comparison struggles, he served as athletic director.

Obituary

• Dieter Rewicki: obituary of Karl Peglau. In: match ball, official organ Tennis Association Berlin -Brandenburg eV, 02/ 2010, pp. 54