Konrad Grebe (7 June 1907 – 12 July 1972) was a German mining engineer and inventor.
Life
He worked as a mining engineer in
Ibbenbüren
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Geography
Ibbenbüren is on the Ibbenbürener Aa river at the northwest end of the ...
for German company
Preussag
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. In 1937, Grebe invented the ''Kohlenhobel'' (coal plow). Grebe was married with Luise Grebe. He was buried at central cemetery in Ibbenbüren.
Awards
* 1943: ''Ehrenzeichen'' pioneer of labour
* 1962:
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Literature
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Hans Röhrs
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: ''Die Wiege des Kohlenhobels'' (with short biography of Konrad Grebes)
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Klaus Rotte: ''Kohlenhobel revolutionierte Bergbau: Konrad Grebe – Pionier der Arbeit''. in: Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung, 30 December 1998
External links
Wilhelm Löbbe and Konrad Grebe (coal plow) to be inducted into the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame
References
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People from Neunkirchen (German district)
German mining engineers
German coal miners
20th-century German inventors
1907 births
1972 deaths
20th-century German engineers
Engineers from Saarland