About Götz Heidelberg
Lived 1923 – 2017 (aged 94). Götz Heidelberg was a German physicist, engineer, design engineer and entrepreneur.
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.
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Who was Götz Heidelberg?
German engineer
When was Götz Heidelberg born?
Götz Heidelberg was born on 1 March 1923 in Bensberg.
When did Götz Heidelberg die?
Götz Heidelberg died on 22 April 2017.
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Götz Heidelberg was a physicist, engineer, design engineer and entrepreneur.
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Götz Heidelberg was German.
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