DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NAVIGATION, HYDROLOGY, AND SOIL SCIENCE

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• Publication Date: April 19, 1954
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
East Germa47
Development of the Research Institute for
Navigation, Hydrolog7, and Soil Science
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Department of Foundation
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the former Experimental Plant for hydraulic
r'suchariste1t fuer Wasserbau und Schiffahrt;
iergarten. Most of the experimental installati
d- troyed during World War II; facilit).es
ineerirAg (Grundbauabteilung) were
? were tested and calibre
From 1946 to 1948 the
? ily in several buildings
Military Administration) to
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taliations in PotS
was extraordinarily poor. This
because the Research Institute
the general manager of the-Gene
Institute was subordinate, had no re or scientif
Institute completely.
ana net
3. The General Management appointed Dr, Lee (fnu), an SED member, as first Director
of the Research Institute. In 1946 the following organization was in effect:
a. Management, including Administration - Dr. Lee
b. Department of Hydrology Prof. Wechmann (Thu)
c. Department of Hydraulic Engineering - Ing. Zschiesche (fnu)1
(with branches in Potsdam and Karlshorst)
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e. Department of Maritime Signals - Ing. Stoehn (fnu)
f. Department of Ship inspection - Ing. Halbhuber (fnu)
4. In 1946
number
practice
several
esearch Institute employed app
The most impo
ntire Institute.
4struct1on of m
ely 70 workers but by 1949 the
ment, Hydraulic Engineering,
work. The am assigned
sian rivere. T T
on Eng neee as reconstructed completely and Prof. Ohde
th the cooperation of seven co-workers, began to re-equip
ment of Maritime Signals, with its shops and installations . da",ed on
ggelsee, began to reconstruct and repair all maritime signals along the
Baltic Sea Coast. The Department of Ship Inspection, with three members, worked
on the incoming calibration certificates from the East Zone.
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5. The Research Institute was email and unimportant until 1949. In 1950 basic
changes were made. For the first timelthe Research Institute received fixed and
adequate Mode through abe regular Government budget. The yearly allocation of
funds was DME 800,000. Also additional funds were made available for resee-ce
assignments. The administration became an indepeedent department conaLsi?nv of
three groups: budget, taterial procurement and general administration. i=caselt
(fnu), who had been transferred from the General Management Office, became head
of the entire administration.
6. T,72,,,,telflet4-401049Z0134141.45aptitiar ,?aTiker 199% The-DR act-iSlanned severj
construe ion projects, including the Eisenhuetten Kombiaat Oaf, tbn 7Tied,!r.iy.:-.
Canal, Stalinallee and the so-called Baltic fishing porta, and needede c-
ation of the Institute. In Order to obtain this scientific coopern
necessary to keep the Ialtstitnte in operation, The Department of Hr3rn-71oi!:, Y-(1
the Department of Foendatien Engineering developed most rapidly* The tee=ini,1.
equipment, especially of the Department of Foundation Engineering,
TA May 1950 the West Berlin magistrate took over the installatiens loeutAs
Sehleusenineel_ the Tiergarten and attached the to the Tee 1' HorlhHelle,
Charlottenb :. The loss of e model basin was a heavy blo w to the RefT;eerch
urge the
Institute because MD other model basin existed in the entire DDR. in adf.ttien,
the personnel of Schleueeninsel refused to resume work in East Berlin PrO
in West Berlin. A substitute installation was quickly constructed in
AdditiPP41 flnada for the procurement of machinery were made avaaleble imir,edIetly
so that, at present, the technical equipment of theLarlshorst belr, 7_
However, okilled pereoneel are st414 leeking. -
7. In 1.952eSeYeral chAngea were made at the Research Institute. The Dapartmn-,, en'
Hydrology became the Main Office for Hydrology (Hauptant fuer Byerreogie) ?_-,1 e-e,
subordinated to the Meteorological-Hydrological Service of tee DDR.
remained as Director. The Department of Neritime Signals was reratved from iLEJ
jurisdiction of the Research Institute and subordinated to the-Hyd=graphLe
Service (Seepo). Dr. Beene (fnu) became the new Director. Two new departments
were attached to the Institute - the Department of Machine Technique and llirfnl
Techlique, directed by lng. Roebke (fnu) and the Department of Traffic ReEearch,
directed by Dr. Pnsch (fnu), an SED member. In addition, an indepeadent group Thr for geophysics ume formed from the Department of Foundation aeeleeeejee.
Dr. Di 1.-Geophysicist Schumann (fnu) was appointed Director of thie gr0up. T17.47-,
the Department of Hydrology, located in Karlshorst and Potedt_m, were
ntal Piantso Ing. Giese (fnu) became Director of ',he Exicnta]
t and Ing. Thomsen (fnu) became Director of the Experieeetaa
n . In the meantime Dr. Lee died and Ing. Zschiesehe was appoinLed
the new Director of the Research Institute, Dipl.-Ing. Blau (fnu) became
Director of the Department of Hydraulic Engineering. The Research Institute then
had the following structure which was still in existence in September 19e3:
a. Director: Ing. Zschiesehe
b. Assis
Fisc
: Iffeasikelfd0. After fl Seletember 1953 Frau Greta
st and an SED member, took over this positien.
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c. Personnel Director: Kotchate (Thu), replaced by Frau Fischer in the summer
of 1953.41;
d. Budgetir_ rau Beng (fnu), a Coiinist who acquired the position after
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e. Material Priciarement: Hering (Thu)
f. General Administration: Frau Fischer
1) Librarians
2) Interpreters
3) Photographers
4) Translators
5) Ozalid Operators
6) Drivers
7) Messengers, etc.
g. Department of Hydraulic Engineering and Navigetion: Ehim
h. Experimental Plant, Karlshorst: Ing. Giese
i. Experimental Plant, Potsdam: Ing. Thomsen
j. Department of Machine Tedmaxisstion and TOmmmal Technique: Ing. Roebk
k. Department of Ship Inspection: Ing. Heise (Thu)
1. Department of Traffic Research: Dr. rer. poi, Pi.
m. Geophysics Group: Pr. Sehumann
tely 200 workers, 7rri of
. The bu get o Q0OO which included DME 11300000 for 1477es anet
salaries. MET provided another DM- 400,000 for research assignments. Funds fo.i.
investments amounted to D? 41004000, - -lounts of money were ant-Teted
for 1954 but the amount for invest:. to DME 800,000
several large constructtOmPrPiata', were completed in
These were:
a. An office building in Alt-Strahlau with 80 roomsoincluding large isberatory
rooms, drafting rooms and simAlar facilities. The building was to be beelYpied
by by the and of 1955.
b. A large, heated, testing basin for hydraulic models in Karishorst, covering
appareamnfe1y8000 sqlare meters.
c. A testing basin for smaller hydraulic models and for foundation re,sa-r( in
Potsdam-Marquardt, covering approximately 700 square meters; two
testing channels, 60 meters and 20 meters long and 3 meters 31., a
pump house with three large pumps, having a tetal capacity of 3,00
per second.
d. A testing station for the Department of Machine Technique and 7aerm1 Teohniciue
in Alt-Strahlau concistiag of one machine hall for two ship-pro-01i-, -
installations, one :Laboratory and several smaller rooms.
e. A temporary model basin (not roofed) for calibration floats in PotsdAra..
1 rquardt, approximAtely 60 meters long and 2 meters wide, and a service
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booth for the electrical installation modern
basin is being built in Potedam-Marqua ts Office
for Navigation which will remain, the owner. However, the eseartn Institute
will be permitted to use the basin. The first part of the construction
program for this channel, which was to be completed by the end of 1953,
provided for the following dimensions: length of channel, 60 meters; length
of building, 75 meters; width of channel, 9 meters; depth of channel, 4.5
meters. Plans have been made to lengthen the channel in 1954 to 300 meters.
The total project will east approximately DME 2,0000000.
9. In addition, several installations were planned for Alt-Strahlau for 1954 including
the enlargement of the experimental station of the Department of Machine Technique
and Thermal Technique and the construction of a central shop, a central warehouse
and two apartments for officials. The estimated total cost was DME 600,000. The
new construction is progressing but machinery and instruments are difficult to
procure. The Department of Foundation Engineering was requested to set up a
mobile laboratory at the begiOning of 1953. They succeeded in providing a bus
trailer but the necessary instruments could not be obtained and the trailer has
not been used.
10. The greatest problem was the procurement of personnel. Well-trained, experienced
scientists were rarely available and the Research Institute had to rely on younger
people whe lacked tratnlag. The most Weetent men in the field of hydraulic
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ti even worse. Prof. hde's death tauscl a loss which
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