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[[File:Wilhelm_Jakobs.jpg|thumb|Wilhelm Jakobs around 1900]]
'''Wilhelm Jakobs''' was a German railway engineer and construction advisor.
== Life ==
=== Early years and education ===
Wilhelm Jakobs was born on 10 February 1858 in Diezenkausen as eldest child of Wilhelm Jakobs (1832–1913) and Luise, born as Luise Simon. The father, a respected farmer and blacksmith, took public office, possessed poetic inclinations, and was known to the foresters as a "poet behind the plow."
The young Wilhelm attended the elementary school in Waldbröl, followed the higher citizen school. Since 1874 he visited the real department of the Friedrich-Wilhelm Gymnasium in [[Cologne]], until graduation on 17 July 1877. On October 9th, 1877 he enrolled on mechanical engineering at the Berlin [[Technical University of Berlin|Gewerbeakademie]] (the later Technical University). On 22 November 1882 there he passed the first state examination for mechanical engineering.l engineering.
After various practical activities in railway workshops and military service as a one-year volunteer at the railroad regiment, he then worked on locomotive construction in [[Hanover]]. In the years 1886 to 1888 he passed the locomotive examination and was from 16. July 1888 Railroad official at the railway directorate in Cologne.
On 28. August 1895 he married Else Luyken and founded his first household in St. Johann. With Else he had a total of 5 sons, who were born in the years 1896 to 1905. In 1896 Wilhelm was called back to Cologne, but in 1900 he retired from civil service, after he was the head of the [[Rastatt]] [[Waggonfabrik Rastatt|wagon factory]] had taken over On 10. April 1901 the Imperial Patent Office granted the "passenger car consisting of several articulated sections, two of which each rest on a common bogie with the ends facing each other". The later named after him [[Jacobs bogie|Jakobs bogie]].<ref name="at11726B"/> Today it is used by many railcars and multiple units all over the world. In this construction, two adjacent car body ends of railway vehicles are based on a common [[bogie]] from which effort and weight can be saved.
In the spring of 1914, the Association of German wagon factories was founded in Berlin. Jakobs became one of the two managing directors and moved with family [[Dahlem (Berlin)|Berlin-Dahlem]].
=== First World War ===
Wilhelm Jakobs advanced at the beginning of the [[World War I|First World War]] on the second day of mobilization as [[Hauptmann|Captain of the reserve]] and Company Leader of the Reserve Railroad Company 9, and in the middle of August with his company [[Belgium]] where the train station [[Libramont-Chevigny|Libramont]] was restored.
From September to November 1914, the war railway bridges over the [[Meuse|Mesh]] at [[Charleville-Mézières|Charleville Mezieres]], about the [[Scheldt]] at [[Ename]] and at [[Oudenaarde|Audenarde]] built, the railway Sodeghem [[Kortrijk]] restored with stations and made operational. Then the train was from [[Roeselare]] after [[Moorslede]] and [[Ypres|Ypern]] put into operationAt the turn of the year 1914/15 were the railways [[Torhout]] – [[Ostend]] and Thourout Ypres taken over and expandedAt Ostend the heavy guns were brought to the dunes and the lighthouse was set up for blastingIn April 1915, Wilhelm Jakobs led the railway business to [[Second Battle of Ypres|Attack on Ypres]] and during the subsequent battles.↵In July 1915 he became the 5th. Army (Crown Prince Army) transferred and appointed chief of the Baudirektion of this army; on the 30th November 1915 he was promoted to [[major]] in reserve.
In the winter of 1915/16, with the subordinate tram companies and temporarily assigned troop departments, the supply and attack routes to attack Verdun in the area of the 5th Army prepared and maintained during the time of the attack and the fighting before Verdun. Also was started by repairing the locks, the Maas canal after [[Verdun]] to become operational againIn the autumn of 1916, Wilhelm Jakobs, the the [[Iron Cross]] II and I. Class and that [[Order of the Zähringer Lion|Ritterkreuz I]] was recalled from the field to re-enter the leadership of the Association of German Wagon Factories, as the need for new railway wagons became necessary for the war. At the same time Wilhelm was also active in the vehicle committee until its dissolutio
The further development of the war filled him with bitterness increasing bitterness and anxiety and, all those who gave the [[Pan-German League|All-German Association]] and its far-reaching war aims. So he supported the appearance of the so-called 1917/18 [[German Fatherland Party|Fatherland Party]]. On 28. October 1918, a few days before the end of the monarchy, he was awarded by becoming the "Royal Building Council". As "Jakob's Building Council" he remained in the memory of the Waldbröler until after death.
The lost war, the revolution and the [[Treaty of Versailles|the Versailles Treaty]] hit him hardly. Still in December 1918 he participated in the founding of the [[German National People's Party]] he also ran for office at parliamentary elections without gaining a seat. In March 1921, the Association of German wagon factories was dissolved and the association of German wagon factories was founded and also dissolved in October 1923 and lay of Wilhelm Jakobs. He already was in the age of 65, but forced retirement made him hard to deal with for a long time. The 1920s production based on his invention ''[[Tram#Articulated|Jakob joint car]]'' was a certain satisfaction on which he occasionally participated.
=== Death ===
In October 1926, Wilhelm Jakobs sold his house in Berlin-Dahlem and moved with his wife [[Bensheim]] Bergstraße, but already in 1931 he moved to his home village Diezenkausen. In 1939, at the age of 80, Wilhelm Jakobs also gave up the house in Diezenkausen and moved to a pension with his wife [[Bonn]] where he succumbed to a stroke on 3. February 1942.
== Further reading ==
* (German) Karl Sachs: ''Elektrische Triebfahrzeuge.'' Huber, Frauenfeld 1953.
== References ==
<references>
<ref name="at11726B">Gelenkwagen für Eisenbahnzüge, Patentnummer: [https://ift.tt/2YajdCN AT 11 726 B]</ref>
</references>
== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/2DEZAcQ (German) Biografie Wilhelm Jakobs]
[[Category:1942 deaths]]
[[Category:1858 births]]
[[Category:Railroad engineers]]
[[File:Wilhelm_Jakobs.jpg|thumb|Wilhelm Jakobs around 1900]]
'''Wilhelm Jakobs''' was a German railway engineer and construction advisor.
== Life ==
=== Early years and education ===
Wilhelm Jakobs was born on 10 February 1858 in Diezenkausen as eldest child of Wilhelm Jakobs (1832–1913) and Luise, born as Luise Simon. The father, a respected farmer and blacksmith, took public office, possessed poetic inclinations, and was known to the foresters as a "poet behind the plow."
The young Wilhelm attended the elementary school in Waldbröl, followed the higher citizen school. Since 1874 he visited the real department of the Friedrich-Wilhelm Gymnasium in [[Cologne]], until graduation on 17 July 1877. On October 9th, 1877 he enrolled on mechanical engineering at the Berlin [[Technical University of Berlin|Gewerbeakademie]] (the later Technical University). On 22 November 1882 there he passed the first state examination for mechanical engineering.l engineering.
After various practical activities in railway workshops and military service as a one-year volunteer at the railroad regiment, he then worked on locomotive construction in [[Hanover]]. In the years 1886 to 1888 he passed the locomotive examination and was from 16. July 1888 Railroad official at the railway directorate in Cologne.
On 28. August 1895 he married Else Luyken and founded his first household in St. Johann. With Else he had a total of 5 sons, who were born in the years 1896 to 1905. In 1896 Wilhelm was called back to Cologne, but in 1900 he retired from civil service, after he was the head of the [[Rastatt]] [[Waggonfabrik Rastatt|wagon factory]] had taken over On 10. April 1901 the Imperial Patent Office granted the "passenger car consisting of several articulated sections, two of which each rest on a common bogie with the ends facing each other". The later named after him [[Jacobs bogie|Jakobs bogie]].<ref name="at11726B"/> Today it is used by many railcars and multiple units all over the world. In this construction, two adjacent car body ends of railway vehicles are based on a common [[bogie]] from which effort and weight can be saved.
In the spring of 1914, the Association of German wagon factories was founded in Berlin. Jakobs became one of the two managing directors and moved with family [[Dahlem (Berlin)|Berlin-Dahlem]].
=== First World War ===
Wilhelm Jakobs advanced at the beginning of the [[World War I|First World War]] on the second day of mobilization as [[Hauptmann|Captain of the reserve]] and Company Leader of the Reserve Railroad Company 9, and in the middle of August with his company [[Belgium]] where the train station [[Libramont-Chevigny|Libramont]] was restored.
From September to November 1914, the war railway bridges over the [[Meuse|Mesh]] at [[Charleville-Mézières|Charleville Mezieres]], about the [[Scheldt]] at [[Ename]] and at [[Oudenaarde|Audenarde]] built, the railway Sodeghem [[Kortrijk]] restored with stations and made operational. Then the train was from [[Roeselare]] after [[Moorslede]] and [[Ypres|Ypern]] put into operationAt the turn of the year 1914/15 were the railways [[Torhout]] – [[Ostend]] and Thourout Ypres taken over and expandedAt Ostend the heavy guns were brought to the dunes and the lighthouse was set up for blastingIn April 1915, Wilhelm Jakobs led the railway business to [[Second Battle of Ypres|Attack on Ypres]] and during the subsequent battles.↵In July 1915 he became the 5th. Army (Crown Prince Army) transferred and appointed chief of the Baudirektion of this army; on the 30th November 1915 he was promoted to [[major]] in reserve.
In the winter of 1915/16, with the subordinate tram companies and temporarily assigned troop departments, the supply and attack routes to attack Verdun in the area of the 5th Army prepared and maintained during the time of the attack and the fighting before Verdun. Also was started by repairing the locks, the Maas canal after [[Verdun]] to become operational againIn the autumn of 1916, Wilhelm Jakobs, the the [[Iron Cross]] II and I. Class and that [[Order of the Zähringer Lion|Ritterkreuz I]] was recalled from the field to re-enter the leadership of the Association of German Wagon Factories, as the need for new railway wagons became necessary for the war. At the same time Wilhelm was also active in the vehicle committee until its dissolutio
The further development of the war filled him with bitterness increasing bitterness and anxiety and, all those who gave the [[Pan-German League|All-German Association]] and its far-reaching war aims. So he supported the appearance of the so-called 1917/18 [[German Fatherland Party|Fatherland Party]]. On 28. October 1918, a few days before the end of the monarchy, he was awarded by becoming the "Royal Building Council". As "Jakob's Building Council" he remained in the memory of the Waldbröler until after death.
The lost war, the revolution and the [[Treaty of Versailles|the Versailles Treaty]] hit him hardly. Still in December 1918 he participated in the founding of the [[German National People's Party]] he also ran for office at parliamentary elections without gaining a seat. In March 1921, the Association of German wagon factories was dissolved and the association of German wagon factories was founded and also dissolved in October 1923 and lay of Wilhelm Jakobs. He already was in the age of 65, but forced retirement made him hard to deal with for a long time. The 1920s production based on his invention ''[[Tram#Articulated|Jakob joint car]]'' was a certain satisfaction on which he occasionally participated.
=== Death ===
In October 1926, Wilhelm Jakobs sold his house in Berlin-Dahlem and moved with his wife [[Bensheim]] Bergstraße, but already in 1931 he moved to his home village Diezenkausen. In 1939, at the age of 80, Wilhelm Jakobs also gave up the house in Diezenkausen and moved to a pension with his wife [[Bonn]] where he succumbed to a stroke on 3. February 1942.
== Further reading ==
* (German) Karl Sachs: ''Elektrische Triebfahrzeuge.'' Huber, Frauenfeld 1953.
== References ==
<references>
<ref name="at11726B">Gelenkwagen für Eisenbahnzüge, Patentnummer: [https://ift.tt/2YajdCN AT 11 726 B]</ref>
</references>
== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/2DEZAcQ (German) Biografie Wilhelm Jakobs]
[[Category:1942 deaths]]
[[Category:1858 births]]
[[Category:Railroad engineers]]
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