Günter Zumpe

Günter Zumpe (1929 - 2024) was a German civil engineer and a professor of statics at the Technical University of Dresden.

Zumpe was the son of a small village building contractor. He studied at the Technical University of Dresden and initially wanted to set up his own business as a structural engineer and structural planner (or rather, to work for his father's construction company, which was finally nationalised in 1972). However, due to limited job opportunities, he returned to the Technical University of Dresden as an assistant. In 1962, he became a building expert for statics and construction, but was restricted in his part-time job as a university lecturer in the GDR. In Dresden, his last position was as a professor of structural mechanics and construction informatics.