Principals, directors and rectors from the Technical Educational Institution to the Technical University of Dresden

Principals and directors

1828 - 1840

Prof. Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann
*31.01.1796 in Dresden
†20.02.1840 in Dresden
Professor of land surveying, astronomy

Curator (head) of the Technical Educational Institute Dresden

1840 - 1849

Prof. Dr. phil. August Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm Seebeck
*27.12.1805 in Jena
†19.03.1849 in Dresden
Professor of physics and mechanical science

Director of the Technical Educational Institute until his early death in 1849

1849/50

Prof. Johann Andreas Schubert
*19.03.1808 in Wernesgrün i.V.
†06.10.1870 in Dresden
Professor of road, railroad, water and bridge construction







 

1850 - 1873

Prof. Dr. phil. Ambrosius Julius Hülsse
*02.05.1812 in Leipzig
†26.06.1876 in Dresden
Professor of Mechanical Technology and Economics

 

1873 - 1890

Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. h. c., Dr.-Ing. E. h. Gustav Anton Zeuner
*30.11.1828 in Chemnitz
†17.10.1907 in Dresden
Professor of mechanics and theoretical machine science

- last director
- Easter 1890 the elective rectorate was introduced

Rectors

1890

Prof. Dr. phil. Ernst Hartig
*20.01.1836 in Stein near Rochlitz (Saxony)
†23.04.1900 in Dresden
Professor of Mechanical Technology

 

1891 - 1893

Prof. Dr. phil. Dr.-Ing. E. h., Dr. phil. et med. h. c. Walther Matthias Hempel
*05.05.1851 in Pulsnitz
†01.12.1916 in Dresden
Professor of Inorganic and Inorganic-Technical Chemistry

- second mandate 1902/03

1893/94

Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Rudolph Heyn
*22.09.1835 in Görlitz
†01.06.1916 in Dresden
Professor of building construction, building forms, style teaching




 

1894 - 1896

Prof. Dr. phil. Martin Johann Krause
*29.06.1851 in Wildkuit / East Prussia
†02.03.1920 in Dresden
Professor for differential and integral calculus

- second mandate 1919/20

1896

Prof. Civiling. Alexander (also Alexis) Freiherr von Oer
*26.08.1841 in Dresden
†20.04.1896 in Dresden
Professor for tunnel construction










 

1896 - 1898

Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Dr. d. techn. Wiss. E. h. Hubert Engels
*25.01.1854 in Mühlheim a.d. Ruhr
†29.10.1945 in Jena
Professor of hydraulic engineering





 

1898 - 1900

Prof. Dr. phil. Ernst von Meyer
*25.08.1847 in Kassel
†11.04.1916 in Dresden
Professor of Organic Chemistry and Organic Technology

- second mandate 1912/13

1900

Prof. Dr. phil. Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Rohn
*28.01.1855 in Schwanheim / Hessen-Darmstadt
†04.08.1920 in Leipzig
Professor of Descriptive Geometry








 

1901

Prof. Georg Christoph Mehrtens
*31.05.1843 in Bremerhaven
†09.01.1917 in Dresden
Professor of Structural Analysis

 

1902/03

Prof. Dr. phil. Dr.-Ing. E. h., Dr. phil. et med. h. c. Walther Matthias Hempel
*05.05.1851 in Pulsnitz
†01.12.1916 in Dresden
Professor of Inorganic and Inorganic-Technical Chemistry

- first mandate 1891-1893

1903/04

Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Leonidas Johann Lewicki
*05.11.1840 in Wien
†27.08.1907 in Dresden
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Design




 

1904/05

Prof. Dr. phil., Dr. theol. h. c., Dr.-Ing. E. h. Cornelius Gustav Gurlitt
*01.01.1850 in Nischwitz / Sachsen
†23.03.1938 in Dresden
Professor of history of architecture, history of art

- second mandate 1915/16

1905/06

Prof. Dr. phil. et Dr.-Ing. E. h. Richard Mollier
*30.11.1863 in Triest
†13.03.1935 in Dresden
Professor of Theoretical Mechanical Engineering

- second mandate 1918/19

1906/07

Prof. Dr. phil. Oskar Drude
*05.06.1852 in Braunschweig
†01.02.1933 in Dresden
Professor of Botany


 

1907/08

Prof. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Bernhard Nikolaus Philipp Pattenhausen
*07.07.1855 in Hamburg
†25.08.1926 in Darmstadt
Professor for Geodesy




 

1908/09

Prof. Dr. phil. Richard Bernhard Julius Möhlau
*02.09.1857 in Köln
†08.09.1940 in Dresden
Professor for color chemistry and dyeing technology




 

1909/10

Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Hugo Hartung
*19.08.1855 in Jena
†21.12.1932 in Groß-Jena near Naumburg
Professor of structural engineering and design

1910/11

Prof. Dr. phil. Georg Ferdinand Helm
*15.03.1851 in Dresden
†13.09.1923 in Dresden
Professor of Analytic Geometry, Mechanics and Math. Physics





 

1911/12

Prof. Dr. d. techn. Wiss. E. h. Georg Edmund Lucas
*01.06.1853 in Dresden
†28.05.1931 in Klotzsche
Professor of Railway, Road, Earthworks and Tunnel Engineering



 

1912/13

Prof. Dr. phil. Ernst von Meyer
*25.08.1847 in Kassel
†11.04.1916 in Dresden
Professor of Organic Chemistry and Organic Technology

- first mandate 1898-1900

1913/14

Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Max August Wilhelm Robert Foerster
*09.06.1867 in Grünberg / Silesia
†12.06.1930 in Dresden
Professor of Civil Engineering, Iron Construction


 

1914/15

Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Johannes Görges 
* 21.09.1859 in Lüneburg
†07.10.1946 in Aue
Professor of electrical engineering



 

1915/16

Prof. Dr. phil., Dr. theol. h. c., Dr.-Ing. E. h. Cornelius Gustav Gurlitt
*01.01.1850 in Nischwitz / Saxony
†23.03.1938 in Dresden
Professor of history of architecture, history of art

- first mandate 1904/05

 

1916/17

Prof. Dr. phil. Theodor Elsenhans
*07.03.1862 in Stuttgart
†03.01.1918 in Dresden
Professor of philosophy, pedagogy



 

1917/18

Prof. Dr. phil., Dr.-Ing. E. h. Fritz Friedrich Foerster
*22.02.1866 in Grünberg / Silesia
†14.09.1931 in Dresden
Professor of Inorganic and Inorganic Chemical Technology



 

1918/19

Prof. Dr. phil. et Dr.-Ing. E. h. Richard Mollier
*30.11.1863 in Triest
†13.03.1935 in Dresden
Professor of Theoretical Mechanical Engineering

- first mandate 1905/06

 

1919/20

Prof. Dr. phil. Martin Johann Krause
*29.06.1851 in Wildkuit / East Prussia
†02.03.1920 in Dresden
Professor for differential and integral calculus

- first mandate 1894-1896

 

1920/21

Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Martin Dülfer 
*01.01.1859 in Breslau
†21.12.1942 in Dresden
Professor of architecture

1921/22

Prof. Dr. phil. nat. Wilhelm Franz Ludwig Hallwachs 
* 09.07.1859 in Darmstadt
†20.06.1922 in Dresden
Professor of Theoretical Experimental Physics

 

1922/23

Prof. Dr. phil. Harry Heinrich Jakob Gravelius
*22.05.1861 in Frankfurt a.M.
†07.02.1938 in Dresden
Professor of Water Management, Hydrology


 

1923 - 1925

Prof. Dr.-Ing., Dr. d. techn. Wiss. E. h. Adolph Friedrich Philipp Nägel 
*16.12.1875 in Döhlen/Saxony
†17.09.1939 in Dresden
Professor for piston machines

- Third mandate 1928/29

1925/26

Prof. Dr. phil., Dr.-Ing. Alfred Robert Heiduschka
*22.03.1875 in Dresden
†07.11.1957 in Königswinter / Rhn.
Professor of Chemistry and Food Technology






 

1926/27

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Richard Müller
*18.02.1877 in Reps-Hungary (Transylvania)
†19.11.1930 in Dresden
Professor of structural engineering

 

1927/28

Prof. Dr. phil. Robert Bruck "der Jüngere" 
*16.09.1863 in Offenbach
†29.01.1942 in Dresden
Professor of art history

1928/29

Prof. Dr.-Ing., Dr. d. techn. Wiss. E. h. Adolph Friedrich Philipp Nägel 
*16.12.1875 in Döhlen/Saxony
†17.09.1939 in Dresden
Professor for piston machines

- first/second mandate 1923 - 1925

1929/30

Prof. Dr. phil. habil., Dr.-Ing. E. h. Erich Max Müller 
*17.02.1870 in Chemnitz
†20.11.1948 in Dresden
Professor of Physical & Electrochemistry
 

1930/31

Prof. Dr. phil. Walter Ernst Paul Ludwig
*10.06.1876 in Breslau
†20.12.1946 in Dresden
Professor of Descriptive Geometry




 

1931/32

Prof. Dr.-Ing., Dr.-Ing. E. h. Ludwig Binder 
* 26.05.1881 in Ingolstadt
†12.09.1958 in Dresden
Professor of Power Engineering



 

1932 - 1934

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oskar August Reuther
*20.10.1880 in Hermer / Westphalia
†05.08.1954 in Heidelberg
Professor of the history of architecture.

From 1941 to 1945 prorector under Rector Jost.

1934/35

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Otto Kirschmer 
* 24.03.1898 in Ingelfingen / Wuerttemberg
†09.01.1967 in Darmstadt
Professor of Hydromechanics, Flight ...


 

1935 - 1937

Prof. Dr. phil. Gerhard Hermann Waldemar Kowalewski 
*27.03.1876 in Altjährshagen / Pomerania
†21.02.1950 in Gräfelfing
Professor of Pure Mathematics

Was granted leave of absence by the Reich Minister of Education at his "own request" in early 1937.

1937 - 1945

Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Wilhelm Jost 
*28.02.1887 in Zwickau
†22.08.1949 in Saratow (Russian Internment camp)
Professor of Building Science and Design

 

Mai - August 1945

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karl Hahn
*26.02.1899 in Ulm
†07.11.1960 in München
Professor of Fluid Machinery, Fluid Mechanics

 

1945 - 1947

Prof. Dr.-Ing., Dr.-Ing. E. h. Enno Wilhelm Tielko Heidebroek
*15.11.1876 in Hannover
†01.02.1955 in Dresden
Professor for machine science and machine elements
 

1947 - 1949

Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Werner Adolph Theodor Straub
*14.07.1902 in Stuttgart
†25.01.1983 in Dresden
Professor of psychology


 

1949 - 1953

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kurt Ernst Koloc
*14.05.1904 in Dresden
†02.12.1967 in Dresden
Professor of General Industrial Engineering and Standardization

 

1953 - 1956

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Horst Karl Peschel
*29.09.1909 in Dresden
†11.04.1989 in Dresden
Professor for Geodesy and Cartography

Honorary Senator of the TU Dresden

1956 - 1958

Prof. Dipl.-Ing., Dr.-Ing. E. h. Kurt Pommer
*05.05.1904 in Gera
†13.08.1993 in Dresden
Professor for electrical engineering

Honorary Senator of the TU Dresden

1958 - 1961

Prof. Dr.-Ing., Dr.-Ing. E. h. Werner Gruner
*07.06.1904 in Terpitsch Grimma county
†29.06.1995 in Dresden
Professor for agricultural machinery technology

Honorary Senator of the TU Dresden

Rektoren der Technischen Universität Dresden

1961 - 1965

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil., Dr. rer. nat. h. c. Kurt Walter Schwabe
*29.05.1905 in Reichenbach / V.
†04.12.1983 in Berlin
Professor for Electrochemistry and Physical Chemistry

Honorary Senator of the TU Dresden

1965 - 1968

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil., Dr. h. c. Lieselott Herforth
*13.09.1916 in Altenburg
+30.11.2010 in Dresden
Professor of Experimental Physics










 

1968 - 1980

Prof. Dr. rer. oec. h. c., Dr. h. c., Dr.-Ing. E. h. Fritz Wilhelm Liebscher
*13.11.1914 in Elstra near Kamenz
†19.02.2009
Professor of Economics, Organization and Planning of the Construction Industry










 

1980 - 1986

Prof. Dr. rer. nat., Dr. h. c. Rudolf Karl Knöner
*04.01.1929 in Leipe /Spreewald
†25.02.1990 in Dresden
Professor for Experimental Physics (Low Temperature Physics)

 

1986 - 1990

Prof. Dr.-Ing., Dr. sc. techn., Dr. sc. oec. Hans-Jürgen Jacobs
*06.04.1936 in Parchim
† 09.12.2019
Professor of manufacturing design


 

1990 - 1994

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil., Dr.-Ing. E. h. Günther Landgraf
*14.09.1928 in Kriegern/ CSR
†12.01.2006 in Dresden
Professor of Engineering Mechanics (Plasticity Theory)

Honorary Senator of the TU Dresden

1994 - 2003

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Achim Mehlhorn
*22.02.1939 in Rabenstein/ Chemnitz county
Professor for Special Organic Chemistry

Honorary Senator of the TU Dresden

2003 - 2010 

Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Kokenge
*12.05.1949 in Cappeln/ Oldenburg, Niedersachsen
†25.12.2014
Professor of Landscape Architecture/ Open Space and Green Planning



 

seit 2010

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. DEng/Auckland Hans Müller-Steinhagen
Dr. h.c./Brno Dr. h.c./Dankook
*22.02.1954 in Karlsruhe
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Process Engineering

2020 - today

Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Ursula M. Staudinger
*03.04.1959 in Nuremberg
Professor of Interdisciplinary Science of Aging