Historical Computer Engineering - Konrad Zuse
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Konrad Zuse

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Konrad Zuse (1910-1995)

Konrad Ernst Otto Zuse

was born on 22- Juni in Berlin-Wilmersdorf. He is the creator of the first freely programmable computer. When he was 2 years old, he went to Braunsberg, where he went to the humanistic gymnasium Hosianum until 9. Class. 1923 his family moved to Hoyerswerda. There he get her graduation from high school in 1928. In the following years he study mechanical engineering, but not for long time. In architecture he gets her completion as Civil in 1935. While he studies at the university, he discovered himself as a artist. He tries to combine it with his technical talent. After his graduation he established a inventor office in the house of her parents, where he build up the worldwide first mechanical computer Z1.