Franz Xaver Dorsch | |
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 Franz Xaver Dorsch (left) with Albert Speer (right), November 1942 | |
| Head of Organisation Todt | |
| In office 14 April 1944 – 8 May 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Albert Speer |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 December 1899 Illertissen, German Empire |
| Died | 8 November 1986 (aged 86) Munich, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Known for | Founder of Dorsch Consult / Dorsch Gruppe |
| Awards | Blood Order Golden Party Badge Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords[1] |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  German Empire |
| Branch/service |  Imperial German Army |
| Years of service | 1917–1919 |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Franz Xaver Dorsch (24 December 1899 – 8 November 1986) was a German civil engineer who became the chief engineer of the Organisation Todt (OT), a civil and military engineering group in Nazi Germany that was responsible for a huge range of engineering projects at home and in the territories occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. He played a leading role in many of the Third Reich's biggest engineering projects, including the construction of the Siegfried Line (Westwall), the Atlantic Wall and numerous other fortifications in Germany and occupied Europe. Following the war, he founded the Dorsch Consult consulting engineering company in Wiesbaden.