Martha Schneider-Bürger

Martha Schneider-Bürger (21 October 1903 in Sterkrade (Oberhausen) – 25 September 2001 in Gelnhausen) was a German civil engineer.

Early life and education Martha Schneider-Bürger was the eldest of four daughters born to engineer Hugo Bürger. thumb Martha Schneider-Bürger-Square in Oberhausen-SterkradeAfter graduating from high school in 1923, Martha Schneider-Bürger began studying structural engineering at the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe (now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and after her intermediate diploma in 1925 she transferred to the Technische Hochschule Munich, a predecessor of Technical University of Munich, where she was the first German female civil engineer to graduate in 1927.

Career Martha Schneider-Bürger began her professional career in a Düsseldorf engineering office before joining the Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl - Beratungsstelle für Stahlverwendung (an association giving advice on the deployment of steel) in 1929 for ten years. She married Max Schneider and after the birth of two children she continued to work for this association as a freelancer.

Publication Martha Schneider-Bürger: Stahlbau-Profile. 23. edition, Verlag Stahleisen, Düsseldorf 2001,