This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed.(July 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Hermann Ganswindt" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(July 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Hermann Ganswindt
Born
Johann Hermann Ganswindt
(1856-06-12)12 June 1856
Died
25 October 1934(1934-10-25) (aged 78)
Berlin, Germany
Nationality
German
Occupation(s)
Inventor, scientist
Hermann Ganswindt (12 June 1856, Voigtshof bei Seeburg, East Prussia – 25 October 1934) was a German inventor and spaceflight scientist, whose inventions (such as the helicopter) are thought to have been ahead of his time.[1]
Lettering of the Hermann Ganswindt bridge in Berlin-Schöneberg
He was born in Voigtshof near Seeburg, East Prussia. During his youth, he showed an interest in technology. As a student he developed a freewheel for bicycles, which he later produced in Berlin-Schöneberg. Following a suggestion by his parents he attended law school at the universities of Zurich and Leipzig. After completion of his military service he enrolled at the University of Berlin. However, he was exmatriculated for not undertaking his studies.
After 1880 he developed concepts for a space vehicle based on the principle of repulsion. His two-stage vehicle was designed to be driven by a series of dynamite explosions.[citation needed] Since it was to be taken aloft by way of a carrier vehicle, he designed a helicopter as early as 1884.[citation needed]
On 27 May 1891, he gave a public speech at the Berlin Philharmony in which he introduced his concept of a galactic vehicle (Weltenfahrzeug). In July 1901 the maiden flight of his helicopter took place in Berlin-Schöneberg, which probably was the first heavier-than-air motor-driven flight carrying humans[citation needed]. A movie covering the event was taken by Max Skladanowsky, but it remains lost.
In 1902, Ganswindt was accused of fraud and arrested because he had added a safety bar to his vehicle[which?] to prevent it from rolling. After spending eight weeks in pre-trial custody he was released after a flight demonstration proved his innocence. Nevertheless, his business was ruined. He died in Berlin in 1934.
^Ley, Willy (1968). Rockets, Missiles and Men in Space. New York: Viking Press. pp. 115-124.
HermannGanswindt (12 June 1856, Voigtshof bei Seeburg, East Prussia – 25 October 1934) was a German inventor and spaceflight scientist, whose inventions...
helicopter.[citation needed] In July 1901, the maiden flight of HermannGanswindt's helicopter took place in Berlin-Schöneberg; this was probably the...
similar ideas were developed independently by the German engineer HermannGanswindt. After WWII, Stanislaw Ulam proposed a nuclear pulse propulsion scheme...
Schaafhausen) is considered to be the father of paleoanthropology. HermannGanswindt: Inventor and spaceflight scientist, whose inventions (such as the...
Institute for Medical Research) in Heidelberg in 1935. Ganswindt was the daughter of HermannGanswindt and his first wife Anna Minna (née Fritsche, 1866-1911)...
street in Munich named for her. Max Valier - A pioneer of space travel HermannGanswindt Investigation of wing vibrations in the wind tunnel Technology on...
not included in the previous planning. In addition, there are the HermannGanswindt Bridge (adjoining Möbel Höffner) to the east as the road bridge, then...
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (German: [ˈkɔnʁaːt ˈʔaːdənaʊɐ] ; 5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a German statesman who served as the first chancellor...
Jürgen Erich Schmidt. Unter Mitarbeit von Hanna Fischer und Birgitte Ganswindt. Volume 30.4 of Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft...
Hermann Berg (29 August 1905 – 21 October 1982) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and former member of the German Bundestag....
Hermann Kopf (29 May 1901 – 5 May 1991) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag. He...
Hermann Ehren (October 17, 1894 – November 30, 1964) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag...
Hermann Lindrath (29 June 1896 in Eisleben – 27 February 1960 in Mannheim) was a German politician (CDU). From 1957 to 1960 he was Federal Minister of...
other Western countries as justifying his action." Searle agrees with Hermann Balck's comment that such a trial would be "unthinkable" for a French or...
Hermann Ehlers (1 October 1904 – 29 October 1954) was a German politician. He was the second president of the Bundestag from 19 October 1950 to 29 October...
head of state, either imperial or elected.[citation needed] with Karl-Hermann Flach and Werner Maihofer: Die Freiburger Thesen der Liberalen. Rowohlt...
Global Information
