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Telephone

+49 531 391 3979

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+49 531 391 8217

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Activities

The Leichtweiß-Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources at Technische Universität Braunschweig, Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, is named after the founder of the laboratory for hydraulic research, Dr.-Ing. h.c. Dr.-Ing. Ludwig Leichtweiß. The research and teaching activities of the Leichtweiß-Institute cover today the fields of hydraulic and coastal engineering, hydromechanics, hydrology, water management and protection, and waste and resource management.

The Technical University "Carolo-Wilhelmina" at Braunschweig origins from the "Collegium Carolinum" which was founded in 1745 and is considered as the oldest German Technical University (Technische Hochschule). The department of hydraulic engineering looks back on a tradition of 180 years of academic life. Lectures on hydromechanics and open channel flow, which were related to hydraulic engineering, have been started by Prof. Braun in the winter semester 1823/1824. In 1850 Prof. Ahlburg as his successor extended the teaching activity to the fields of river works, harbour engineering, irrigation and drainage, navigation channels and water conduits. He was followed by Prof. Haeseler, Prof. von Wagner, and Prof. Arnold.

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