Adolf Leidlmair

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Adolf Leidlmair (born June 5, 1919 in Linz , Upper Austria ; † September 19, 2010 in Innsbruck , Tyrol ) was an Austrian geographer and university professor.

Live and act

Adolf Leidlmair graduated from the Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster and took part in World War II as a mountain hunter , but was partially on leave to study geography and history at the University of Innsbruck . After passing with distinction teaching degree, he completed his probationary year in Innsbruck and was there with a geomorphological work in 1950 when Hans Kinzl doctorate .

He became Hermann von Wissmann's assistant at the Institute of Geography at the University of Tübingen , where he completed his habilitation in 1958 . In 1963 he accepted a call to the Technical University of Karlsruhe , in 1967 he was appointed to the chair of geography at the University of Bonn, succeeding Carl Troll . Just two years later he was appointed to the chair of geography at the University of Innsbruck as successor to Hans Kinzl .

Leidlmair founded the Innsbruck branch of the Austrian Geographical Society (today: Innsbruck Geographical Society), organized the German Geographers' Day in Innsbruck in 1975 , was chairman of the Friedrich Tessmann Foundation and was appointed a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .

Leidlmair was (co-) editor of many periodicals, including geographic knowledge, collection of geographic guides, research on German regional studies, Tyrolean economic studies, geographic magazine and editor of the Tyrol Atlas. In addition to studies on the Orient , his research focused on regional studies of Austria and South Tyrol.

Awards

Fonts (selection)

As an author

Essays
  • Upheaval and change in meaning in the nomadic habitat of the Orient . In: Geographische Zeitschrift , Vol. 53 (1965), ISSN  0016-7479
  • On the concept of Germany in the present In: Workshop "On the Treatment of Germany in Class" from March 23 to 25, 1981 in the Reichstag building in Berlin . Association of German School Geographers, Berlin 1981, pp. 13–22.
  • German regional studies. Burden of tradition or obligatory legacy . In: Reports on German regional studies , Vol. 56 (1982), Issue 2, pp. 169–178. ISSN  0005-9099
  • South Tyrol through the eighties . In: Austria in History and Literature with Geography , Vol. 31 (1987), Issue 3/4, pp. 205-219, ISSN  0029-8743
  • The mountains as a sensitive system. On the socio-geographical change in the central Alpine region . In: Gießener Universitätsblätter , vol. 20 (1987), issue 1, ISSN  0533-8689
  • Farewell to the landscape and farewell to the elite . In: Annual report of the Austrian Geographical Society, Innsbruck branch , Vol. 1987/88 (1989), pp. 15–23.
  • Geography as an educational discipline. 25 years of the Geographical Society in Innsbruck . In: Axel Borsdorf (Ed.): Geographical Research in Innsbruck. Ceremony on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Innsbruck branch of the ÖGG (Innsbruck annual report / special issue). ÖGG, Innsbruck 1996, ISBN 3-901182-98-5 , pp. 9-18.
  • Hans Kinzl. In the light of his correspondence, curriculum vitae and personal memories . In: Annual report of the Innsbruck Geographical Society , Vol. 17 (2003–2007), pp. 142–176.
Books
  • The development of forms in the Mitter Pinzgau (research on German regional studies; vol. 89). Remagen 1956.
  • Population and economy in South Tyrol (Tyrolean economic studies; Vol. 6). Verlag Wagner, Innsbruck 1958.
  • Hadramaut . Population and Economy in the Change of the Present (Bonner Geographische Abhandlungen; Vol. 30). Publishing house Dümmler, Bonn 1961.
  • together with Gerhard Abele: Karlsruhe . Studies on inner-city structure and district formation (Karlsruhe Geographical Hefts; Vol. 3). Geographical Institute, Karlsruhe 1972.

As editor

  • Hermann von Wissmann-Festschrift . Geographical Institute, Tübingen 1962.
  • together with Ernest Troger: Tirol-Atlas. A geography in maps . Verlag Wagner, Innsbruck 1974/99 (+ accompanying texts, Vol. 1–14)
  • Regional studies Austria (Harms textbook of geography). List-Verlag, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-471-18820-7
  • together with Klaus Frantz: Environment and Human Life in Highlands and High-Latitude Zones. Proceedings of a symposium, 21.-25. August in Innsbruck (Innsbruck Geographical Studies; Vol. 13). Institute for Geography, Innsbruck 1985

literature

  • Klaus Rother : Adolf Leidlmair on his 60th birthday . In: Peter Haimayer (Ed.): Questions of geographic research (Innsbrucker Geographische Studien, Vol. 5,). Geographisches Institut, Innsbruck 1979, pp. 11-19.
  • Peter Meusburger : Adolf Leidlmair on his 65th birthday . In: Reports on German regional studies , Vol. 58 (1984), Issue 1, pp. 7-19, ISSN  0005-9099
  • Hugo Penz: Adolf Leidlmair on his 70th birthday . In: Annual report of the Innsbruck Geographical Society , year 1987/88 (1989).
  • Klaus Rother: Adolf Leidlmair on his 90th birthday . In: Innsbrucker Jahresbericht , Vol. 2008/10 (2011), pp. 256–264 ( online ; PDF; 319 kB).
  • Wilfried Keller: Geography of South Tyrol is a matter close to the heart of Adolf Leidlmair on the occasion of his 90th birthday . In: Der Schlern , Vol. 83 (2009), Issue 6, pp. 4-29, ISSN  0036-6145
  • Axel Borsdorf : Adolf Leidlmair . In: Almanach of the Austrian Academy of Sciences , 2011, pp. 627–633.
  • Adolf Leidlmair (author), Klaus Rother (arr.): My life . Edition Töpfl, Tiefenbach near Passau 2012, ISBN 978-3-942592-09-3 (with list of publications).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ in Kremsmünster Abbey , a Benedictine monastery in Kremsmünster , Upper Austria
  2. ↑ Named after Friedrich Teßmann (1894–1958).
  3. ^ Tyrolean State Prize for Science - Prize Winners 1984 to 2014 ( Memento from October 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ Named after Franz von Wieser (1848–1923).
  5. ↑ Named after Franz von Hauer (1822–1899).

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personal data
SURNAME Leidlmair, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian geographer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 2010
Place of death innsbruck