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29. ročník - č. 4/2020

Profesor František Klepsatel bol výraznou osobnosťou tunelového sta- viteľstva na Slovensku. Ovplyvnil a zanechal nezabudnuteľnú spomienku u mnohých tunelárskych odborníkov, vrátane čitateľov tohto časopisu. Svoj profesionálny život spojil so Stavebnou fakultou STU v Bratislave, kde pôsobil päť desaťročí ako vysokoškolský učiteľ.

Narodil sa 31. mája 1935 v rodine železničného úradníka v Markušov- ciach na východnom Slovensku. Svoj dospelý život prežil v Bernolákove pri

Bratislave, kde spolu s manželkou Alenkou vychovali dve dcéry, Dan- ku a Blanku. Po štúdiu na Stavebnej fakulte SVŠT nastúpil v januári 1959 ako asistent prof. Juraja Mencla na katedru dopravných stavieb a od roku 1962 prestúpil na novovytvorenú katedru geotechniky. Viac ako desaťročná úzka spolupráca s prof. Menclom defi nitívne ovplyv- nila jeho výskumno-vývojovú činnosť, v ktorej sa zameral najmä na bezvýkopové metódy výstavby štôlní v zeminách metódami štítovania a pretláčania železobetónových potrubí, neskôr aj na metódy riade- ného mikrotunelovania. Podieľal sa na riešení technológie výstavby tlakových privádzačov PVE Čierny Váh vrátane návrhu ich optimál- nych sklonov. Po nežnej revolúcii začal intenzívne spolupracovať s ko- legami tunelármi na univerzitách vo Viedni a Grazi a dá sa povedať, že spoluzakladal rakúsko-slovenskú spoluprácu pri navrhovaní a vý- stavbe tunelov. V predstihu takto získal množstvo poznatkov, čo mu umožnilo aktívne sa zúčastňovať prípravy a výstavby prvého sloven- ského diaľničného tunela Branisko. V roku 1995 bol menovaný vyso- koškolským profesorom. V roku 2008 mu bol udelený titul čestného člena Slovenskej tunelárskej asociácie.

Skromný, pracovitý, priateľský, s typickým úsmevom na perách.

Vždy plný energie organizoval postgraduálne kurzy, orientované na výstavbu dopravných tunelov, kde dokázal spojiť tých najlepších od- borníkov, tunelárov zo Slovenska aj Čiech. Rád a dobre písal a jeho výraznou črtou bola schopnosť preniesť na papier mnohé zo svojich skúseností a vedomostí, o čom svedčí 14 publikovaných odborných monografi í a množstvo nielen vedeckých, ale najmä odborných článkov.

Vo svojej mladosti bol profesor Klepsatel, Ferko, ako ho oslovovali priatelia, výkonným športovcom – ľahkým atlétom. Okrem aktívneho športovania pracoval aj vo výbore športového klubu TJ Slávia STU.

Neskôr zamenil beh za chôdzu a stal sa z neho obdivuhodný a neú- navný turista. Do turistiky preniesol veľkú časť svojej energie a spo- znávanie nových miest mu spôsobovalo radosť a naplnenie. Navštívil takmer každý kút Slovenska, ale aj tie najkrajšie a najzaujímavejšie miesta, pohoria a prírodné rezervácie na všetkých piatich kontinen- toch. Výzvou boli pre neho aj málo dostupné a zabudnuté miesta. Pri- ateľov a kolegov vedel dlho zabávať a zároveň vzdelávať rozprávaním originálnych zážitkov a príbehov spojených s touto jeho najväčšou záľubou. Ďalšou celoživotnou láskou bola jeho záhrada s ovocnými stromami, z plodov ktorých sa tešil so svojimi dcérami a neskôr aj vnúčatami.

Iskra v jeho v očiach však po osemdesiatke začala slabnúť a po- stupne sa ho zmocňovala choroba, ktorej nakoniec 14. októbra 2020 podľahol.

Všetci, ktorí sme Ferka Klepsatela poznali, spomínajme na neho s úctou a láskou.

prof. JANA FRANKOVSKÁ Vedúca katedry geotechniky, Stavebná fakulta STU

Professor František Klepsatel was a strong personality of the tunnel construction industry in Slovakia. He infl uenced many tunnelling professionals and left unforgettable memories in them, including this journal readers. He connected his professional life with the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, where he worked as a university teacher for fi ve decades.

He was born on 31st May 1935 in the family of a railway clerk in Markušovce in Eastern Slovakia. He spent his adult life in Bernolákov near Bratislava, where he and his wife Alenka raised two daughters, Danka and Blanka. After studies at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Slovak Technical University (the STU), he started in January 1959 as an assistant to Prof. Juraj Mencl at the Department of Transport Engineering and, from 1962, he transferred to the newly established Department of Geotechnics. The more than ten years lasting close cooperation with Prof. Mencl defi nitely infl uenced his research and development activities, where he focused fi rst of all on trenchless methods of construction of galleries in soils using shields and reinforced concrete pipe jacking methods, later also controlled mictrotunnelling methods. He participated in the solution for the technology of construction of high-pressure penstocks of the Čierny Váh pumped storage power plant, including designing optimal gradients for them.

After the Velvet Revolution, he started to intensely collaborate with fellow tunnellers at the universities in Vienna and Graz, and it is possible to say that he co-founded the Austrian-Slovak cooperation in designing and constructing tunnels. In this way, he gained a lot of knowledge in advance, which allowed him to actively participate in the preparation and construction of the fi rst Slovak motorway tunnel, the Branisko. In 1995, he was appointed a university professor. In 2008, he was awarded the title of honorary member of the Slovak Tunnelling Association.

Modest, hardworking, friendly, with a typical smile on his lips.

Always full of energy, he organized postgraduate courses focused on the construction of transport tunnels, where he managed to bring together the best experts, tunnellers from Slovakia and the Czech Republic. He liked writing and wrote well, and his distinctive trait was the ability to transfer to paper much of his experience and knowledge, as evidenced by 14 published professional monographs and a number of not only scientifi c but mainly professional papers.

In his youth, Professor Klepsatel, Ferko as he was called by his friends, he was an excellent sportsman – light athlete. Apart from active sporting, he also worked in the committee of TJ Slávia STU sports club. He later exchanged running for walking and became an admirable and tireless tourist. He transferred a big part of his energy to tourism and fi nding new places gave him joy and fulfi lment. Not only did he visit nearly every corner of Slovakia. He also visited the most beautiful and more interesting places, mountains and nature reserves on all fi ve continents. Even little accessible and forgotten places were a challenge for him. He knew how to entertain his friends and colleagues for a long time and, at the same time, educate by narrating original experiences and stories and telling original experiences and stories related to this greatest liking of his. His garden with fruit trees, the fruits of which he enjoyed with his daughters and later with his grandchildren, was another lifelong love of his.

However, the spark in his eyes began to weaken after the age of eighty, and he was gradually overcome with the disease. On 14th October 2020, he succumbed to it.

Let all of us who have known Ferko Klepsatel, remember him with respect and love.

prof. JANA FRANKOVSKÁ Head of the Department of Geotechnics of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the STU

SPOMIENKA NA PROFESORA FRANTIŠKA KLEPSATELA

MEMORY OF PROFESSOR FRANTIŠEK KLEPSATEL

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