Alexander Stahr

Alexander Stahr (born June 26, 1959 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German geographer , soil scientist and journalist specializing in soil science, quaternary geology and geomorphology .

Alexander Stahr studied geography, geology, soil science and botany at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. In 1996 he received his doctorate in the Geosciences Department of the University of Frankfurt am Main with a soil science dissertation as Dr. phil nat. and founded the scientific editorial office Lesestein.de after several years of activity in the environmental sector. Since 2014 he has also been working as an independent expert in the field of soil and groundwater protection.

Works

Novels

• The Köhler: A historical Taunus novel. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-942921-28-2 .

Non-fiction

• 100,000 Taunusstein. Ice age, landscape, soil, history. Lahnbrück-Verlag, Weilburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-9812777-7-7 (about the Taunus from the last ice age 100,000 years ago to today).
• Berchtesgadener Land and Chiemgau, a story of mountains, valleys and lakes. With Ewald Langenscheidt. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8274-2757-1 .
• The Taunus - a journey through time. Formation and development of a low mountain range. with Birgit Bender. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-510-65224-2 .
• Geology and landscape of Oberjosbach and the surrounding area: Formation of the Taunus, landscape formation, rocks and soils. Association for home and culture care, Oberjosbach 2000, ISBN 3-00-006882-1 .
• Landscapes and landscape elements in the high mountains. with Thomas Hartmann. Springer, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-540-65278-7 .

science

• Podsole on the Taunus ridge - anthropogenic origin? In: Jb. Wet. Ver. Naturkde. 140, pp. 59–67, 4 figs., Wiesbaden, 2019, ISSN 0368-1254.
• "Mensch und Erde" hiking trail: a "relaunch". 300 million years of geological history in the Schwarzbachtal. In: Jb. Wet. Ver. Naturkde. 138, pp. 23–36, 6 figs., Wiesbaden, 2017, ISSN 0368-1254.
• Landforms of High Mountains. with Ewald Langenscheidt. Springer, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-53714-1
• The soils of the Taunus ridge. 2014, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, ISBN 978-3-89937-180-2
• Investigations into the slippery disposition and stability of a slope in the Matrei Basin / East Tyrol: Diploma thesis. 1988.
• Soil-scientific aspects of the blue formation on alpine pastures . Investigations into the genesis of leaf cracks in silt-rich alpine soils. National Park Administration Berchtesgaden on behalf of the Bavarian State Ministry for Regional Development and Environmental Issues, Berchtesgaden 1998, ISBN 3-922325-41-6 (= Berchtesgaden National Park , Volume 39, also a dissertation at the University of Frankfurt am Main [1996])
• For the differentiation of periglacial cover layers of the montane and subalpine altitude levels in the Berchtesgaden Alps. 2000, ISBN 3-922540-67-8 . (Frankfurt Geoscientific Work Series D Physical Geography Volume 26)
• On the genesis and dynamics of leaf fractures on alpine pastures in the Northern Limestone Alps. 1996, ISSN  0720-454X , pp. 217-248. (Geoecodynamics Volume XVII)
• Erosion in the high mountains and the structural change in alpine farming. with Christian Dommermuth. Spectrum of Science, 1993, ISSN  0170-2971
• Soil physical causes of forest demolitions in the Central Alpine region. In: Allgemeine Forst und Jagdzeitung. 162nd year, issue 8, ISSN  0002-5852 , pp. 150-154.
• The demolition of the forest near Vögelsberg-A contribution to the subject of road construction and landslides. with Herwig Kolloff. In: Österreichische Forstzeitung. April 1991.
• Accelerated soil removal on alpine pastures. with Christian Dommermuth. 1996, ISSN  0175-0992 . (Research Frankfurt 2)
• Redevelopment of Blaiken. How to counteract extensive soil damage. In: Unser Land, No. 6, Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag, Berlin, 1996, ISSN  0179-4132 .
• Holes in the green dress. with Bernhard Hildebrand. In: Kosmos. March 1994, ISSN  0023-4230 , pp. 62-65.
• Alpine farming and soil protection. In: The Almbauer. Notifications for alpine pasture, mountain and grassland farmers and about forest rights. February and March 1996, BLV-Verlag, ISSN  0002-6298 .

media

• Aha forces of nature: CD-ROM. 1998, ISBN 3-634-28002-6 .
• Lexicon of the forces of nature. 2011. Wissen.de
• Ahabc.de. The magazine for soil and garden
• Taunuswelten.de. Geotourism and cultural landscape