Johann Andreas Schubert

Johann-Andreas Schubert (19 March 1808 – 6 October 1870) was a German general engineer (Universalingenieur), designer and university lecturer.

In 1837 the first steamship on the Upper Elbe, the Königin Maria, was built and one year later the steamer, Prinz Albert, followed – both were designed by Schubert.

On 8 April 1839 at the opening of the first German long-distance railway between Leipzig and Dresden, Schubert drove the Saxonia, the first effective, working, steam locomotive in Germany, which he had designed.

Schubert made the attempt, for the first time in Germany, to base the design of railway bridges on theoretical calculations.

Opened on 15 July 1851, it is still standing today, only minor maintenance being needed to enable it to cope with the loading of modern-day railway traffic.