Konrad Grebe
{{short description|German mining engineer and inventor (1907–1972)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|6|7}}
| birth_place = Schiffweiler, Saarland, Germany
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|7|12|1907|6|7|df=yes}}
| death_place = Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
| nationality = German
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| occupation = Engineer, inventor
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Konrad Grebe (7 June 1907 – 12 July 1972) was a German mining engineer and inventor.
Life
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He worked as a mining engineer in Ibbenbüren for German company Preussag.{{Cite book |last1=Dyczko |first1=Artur |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-OaH3DJQkOYC |title=New Techniques and Technologies in Thin Coal Seam Exploitation: International Mining Forum 2011 |last2=Kicki |first2=Jerzy |last3=Myszkowski |first3=Michal |last4=Stopa |first4=Zbigniew |last5=Tor |first5=Andrzej |date=2011-12-16 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-415-68938-0 |pages=3 |language=en}} In 1937, Grebe invented the Kohlenhobel (coal plow).{{Cite web |last=Paschedag |first=Uli |title=Plow Technology — History and the State of the Industry |url=https://www.empire-cat.com/sites/default/files/products/documents/C10339072.pdf |access-date=2024-06-20}} Grebe was married with Luise Grebe. He was buried at central cemetery in Ibbenbüren.
Awards
- 1943: Ehrenzeichen pioneer of labour
- 1962: Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille{{Cite web|url=http://www.dieselmedaille.de/dieselmedallie/medallientrager/|title=Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille:Konrad Grebe}}
Literature
- Hans Röhrs: Die Wiege des Kohlenhobels (with short biography of Konrad Grebes)
- Klaus Rotte: Kohlenhobel revolutionierte Bergbau: Konrad Grebe – Pionier der Arbeit. in: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung, 30 December 1998
External links
- [http://im-mining.com/2014/10/21/wilhelm-lobbe-and-konrad-grebe-coal-plow-to-be-inducted-into-the-international-mining-technology-hall-of-fame/ Wilhelm Löbbe and Konrad Grebe (coal plow) to be inducted into the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame]
References
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Category:People from Neunkirchen (German district)
Category:German mining engineers
Category:20th-century German inventors