Carl H. Ziese
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Carl H. Ziese, was a German
mechanical engineer, railway machinery manufacturer and shipbuilder of East Prussia
n origin. Ziese was the son of Alexandr Ziese, the proprietor of a great machinery workshop. After the death of his father he went with his mother to the Hanseatic
town of Kiel
, improving his workshop experience on mechanical engineering, traveling to England and Scotland and studying Naval Architecture
and Mechanical Engineering at the Arts and Industries Academy of Berlin.
In 1873, aged 25, he married a daughter of Ferdinand Schichau
, (1814–1896),a railway engines manufacturer and shipbuilder who has studied and visited prominent engineers in Berlin, and in England who had started his own company in Elbing
, a former hanseatic town, (modern Elbląg, Poland, in 1837.
He also built with his father in law a shipyard in Pillau, (present-day Baltijsk), near Königsberg
, (East Prussia) (today Kaliningrad Oblast
).
They built in 1877 the first torpedo boat ever ordered for the Russian Navy.
His only daughter, née Hildegard Ziese, married Swedish Engineer Carl Carlson, taking over as Hildegard Carlson the general running of the several thousand industrial workers from their shipyards and factories in what is now either Poland or the Russian Federation.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
mechanical engineer, railway machinery manufacturer and shipbuilder of East Prussia
East Prussia
East Prussia is the main part of the region of Prussia along the southeastern Baltic Coast from the 13th century to the end of World War II in May 1945. From 1772–1829 and 1878–1945, the Province of East Prussia was part of the German state of Prussia. The capital city was Königsberg.East Prussia...
n origin. Ziese was the son of Alexandr Ziese, the proprietor of a great machinery workshop. After the death of his father he went with his mother to the Hanseatic
Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League was an economic alliance of trading cities and their merchant guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe...
town of Kiel
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
, improving his workshop experience on mechanical engineering, traveling to England and Scotland and studying Naval Architecture
Naval architecture
Naval architecture is an engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction, maintenance and operation of marine vessels and structures. Naval architecture involves basic and applied research, design, development, design evaluation and calculations during all stages of the life of a...
and Mechanical Engineering at the Arts and Industries Academy of Berlin.
In 1873, aged 25, he married a daughter of Ferdinand Schichau
Ferdinand Schichau
Ferdinand Gottlob Schichau was a German mechanical engineer and businessman.- Biography :Schichau was born in Elbing, West Prussia to a smith and iron worker. He studied engineering in Berlin and visited the Rhineland and England. In 1837 he started his own company in Elbing...
, (1814–1896),a railway engines manufacturer and shipbuilder who has studied and visited prominent engineers in Berlin, and in England who had started his own company in Elbing
Elblag
Elbląg is a city in northern Poland with 127,892 inhabitants . It is the capital of Elbląg County and has been assigned to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. Before then it was the capital of Elbląg Voivodeship and a county seat in Gdańsk Voivodeship...
, a former hanseatic town, (modern Elbląg, Poland, in 1837.
He also built with his father in law a shipyard in Pillau, (present-day Baltijsk), near Königsberg
Königsberg
Königsberg was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945 as well as the northernmost and easternmost German city with 286,666 inhabitants . Due to the multicultural society in and around the city, there are several local names for it...
, (East Prussia) (today Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast
Kaliningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia situated on the Baltic coast. It has a population of The oblast forms the westernmost part of the Russian Federation, but it has no land connection to the rest of Russia. Since its creation it has been an exclave of the Russian SFSR and then the...
).
They built in 1877 the first torpedo boat ever ordered for the Russian Navy.
His only daughter, née Hildegard Ziese, married Swedish Engineer Carl Carlson, taking over as Hildegard Carlson the general running of the several thousand industrial workers from their shipyards and factories in what is now either Poland or the Russian Federation.