Angelika Hofer

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Günter Ziesler and Angelika Hofer
Angelika Hofer with her flock of goose
Angelika Hofer with Masudi in the Mahale Mountains National Park

Angelika Hofer (born July 26, 1957 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ; † December 27, 2016 ) was a German behavioral researcher and author. She became known through her books Ein Gänsesommer and Diary of a Mother Goose and the television series of the same name.

Live and act

Angelika Hofer studied biology in Regensburg and Munich . In 1975 she met Konrad Lorenz for the first time during a stay at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology in Seewiesen . In the early 1980s, the biologist began working intensively with geese when she raised ten gray geese like a mother goose.

In the tradition of Jane Goodall , Hofer has been spending several weeks with the chimpanzees in the Mahale Mountains National Park since 1994 and studying their behavior. 2002 a television crew turned there with her a 25-minute documentary on the children's channel telecast continued .

In 2007 Angelika Hofer designed the touring exhibition Pantanal - a paradise in danger - in collaboration with the Global Nature Fund .

Several books, three traveling exhibitions and the television productions Diary of a Goose Mother ( WDR 1989), Reencounter with Chimpanzees and Die Gänsemutter Angelika Hofer ( Bavarian TV 2010 ) emerged from the experiences of the trips that Hofer took with her husband, photographer Günter Ziesler , since 1981 ) from the series Lifelines .

In 2016 she died of cancer at the age of 59.

Honors

  • In 1976 she received the Hörlein Prize from the Association of German Biologists for her specialist work on the development of young people and the behavior of a mandarin duck reared in isolation by other conspecifics .
  • In 1989 she was awarded the City of Füssen's Art and Culture Prize for her projects with the geese .

Fonts

  • Diary of a mother goose . Ars-Edition, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-7607-8236-1 .
  • with Michael A. Huffmann and Günter Ziesler: Mahale - encounter with chimpanzees . Pan-Edition, Füssen 1998, ISBN 3-9520632-9-0 .
  • Königswinkel - where dreams come true . Tecklenborg, Steinfurt 2003, ISBN 3-934427-26-X .
  • with Günter Ziesler: Das LöwenKinderBuch . Findling, Lüneburg 2004, ISBN 3-937054-66-9 .
  • Rainforest adventure . Buch-Verlag Kempen, Kempen 2006, ISBN 3-938458-91-7 .
  • with Günter Ziesler: Pantanal - The Heart of South America . Tecklenborg, Steinfurt 2007, ISBN 978-3-939172-15-4 .
  • with Günter Ziesler: A goose summer . Buch-Verlag Kempen, Kempen 2008, ISBN 978-3-938458-84-6 .

Web links

Commons : Angelika Hofer  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Angelika Hofer's memorial page. In: www.trauer-im-allgaeu.de. Retrieved January 6, 2017 .
  2. ↑ all-in.de: Farewell to the geese Mother: Angelika Hofer of feet does not live longer
personal data
SURNAME Hofer, Angelika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and biologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Garmisch-Partenkirchen
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 2016