Konrad Grebe Explained

Konrad Grebe
Birth Date:	7 June 1907
Birth Place:	Schiffweiler, Saarland, Germany
Death Place:	Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nationality:	German
Occupation:	Engineer, inventor

Konrad Grebe (7 June 1907  - 12 July 1972) was a German mining engineer and inventor.

Life

He worked as a mining engineer in Ibbenbüren for German company Preussag.^[1] In 1937, Grebe invented the Kohlenhobel (coal plow).^[2] Grebe was married with Luise Grebe. He was buried at central cemetery in Ibbenbüren.

Awards

• 1943: Ehrenzeichen pioneer of labour
• 1962: Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille^[3]

Literature

• Hans Röhrs: Die Wiege des Kohlenhobels (with short biography of Konrad Grebes)
• 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

1. Book: Dyczko, Artur . New Techniques and Technologies in Thin Coal Seam Exploitation: International Mining Forum 2011 . Kicki . Jerzy . Myszkowski . Michal . Stopa . Zbigniew . Tor . Andrzej . 2011-12-16 . CRC Press . 978-0-415-68938-0 . 3 . en.
2. Web site: Paschedag . Uli . Plow Technology — History and the State of the Industry . 2024-06-20.
3. Web site: Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille:Konrad Grebe.