Götz Heidelberg (1 March 1923 in

Bergisch Gladbach Bergisch Gladbach () is a city in the Cologne/Bonn Region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and capital of the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis (district). Geography Bergisch Gladbach is located east of the river Rhine, approx. 10 kilometers east of ...

-Bensberg near

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

– 22 April 2017) was a

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

constructing

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the l ...

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.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). The 7-meter-long vehicle, weighing 6 tons, is now at the

Deutsches Museum The Deutsches Museum (''German Museum'', officially (English: ''German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology'')) in Munich, Germany, is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with about 28,000 exhibited objects from ...

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