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German constructing engineer and entrepreneur
Götz Heidelberg

Götz Heidelberg (1 March 1923 in Bergisch Gladbach-Bensberg near Cologne – 22 April 2017) was a German constructing engineer and entrepreneur known for the development of Maglev magnetic transportation systems.

He implemented the first functional magnetic vehicle at 1:1 scale at a 600-meter long test track in Ottobrunn. The 7-meter-long vehicle, weighing 6 tons, is now at the Deutsches Museum.

References

  1. "Traueranzeige Götz Heidelberg". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 29 April 2017.
  2. Glückauf, Zeitschrift für Technik und Wirtschaft des Bergbaus (Sonderdruck), Jahrgang 121 (1985) Nr. 12, 27. Juni 1985, Verlag Glückauf GmbH, Essen, Dipl.-Ing. Harald Spinka, Integriertes Förder- und Transportsystem in Linearmotortechnik und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten für Magnetmotore (in German).
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