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Friedrich Bassler (21 June 1909, Karlsruhe - 7 September 1992, Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German hydraulic engineer. From 1961 to 1977 he was director of the ''Institut für Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft'' (Department of water engineering and management) at the Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historie des Instituts und der Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau )〕 From 1964 till 1973 Bassler helped to develop the hydro-solar energy project at the Qattara Depression further. He directed the "Board of Advisers" which was responsible for the planning and financing of the project. For the Egyptian government he served as an advisor on the project. ==Life== Friedrich Bassler descended from Alemannic-Swiss forefathers paternally. His mother's family however originated from the Neumark (now in Poland). His father, Fritz Bassler, was employee with the local newspaper while his mother took on the role of housewife. In World War 2 he conscripted into the Wehrmacht and was stationed in Egypt in 1941 and 1942. During the German North Africa Campaign he served as an Luftwaffe officer under Rommel in the Libyan Desert near the Qattara Depression. He sustained a war injury and was captured as a prisoner of war by the Americans. He returned to Karlsruhe in 1947, where he became the founder of an engineering company and started working for Schluchseewerk AG at Freiburg. For twelve years he was in charge of planning activities and oversaw construction of tunnels and powerplants. Simultaneously he took up the position of Operating Director of a three-stage pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant in the Black Forest. In this Freiburg period he also got married with his Janine in 1951 and his two children, Michael (1952) and Sibylle (1957), were born. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Friedrich Bassler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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