Bernhard Stürtz

Bernhard Stürtz (born April 29, 1845 in Eschweiler ; † February 13, 1928 in Bonn ) was a German mineral and fossil dealer in Bonn and a paleontologist .

Life

On the Prussian side, Stürtz took part in the wars of 1864 , 1866 and 1870/71 as a reserve officer (he published his memoirs on them in Aachen in 1912). He also ran a fossil and mineral dealership in Bonn (founded by his wife in 1866). He was very successful in this and became wealthy. His company received an award at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 and regularly published catalogs that appeared in several languages.

As a paleontologist, he was self-taught . From 1886 he published treatises on fossils of the Hunsrück slate from Bundenbach in the journals Palaeontographica, New Yearbook for Mineralogy and the negotiations of the Natural History Association of the Prussian Rhineland and Westphalia . Some species are named after him today, such as the sea lily Taxocrinus stuertzi , Gemuendina stuertzi or the starfish Stuertzura . The fossils from Bundenbach he sold found their way into collections around the world.

In 1902 he also became a manager at the cement works in Oberkassel near Bonn, where he became chairman of the board.

In 1919 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bonn .

He was also involved in the Siebengebirge nature reserve . He is buried in Rhöndorf .

A monument erected in his honor on the slope of the Wolkenburg , one of the mountains in the Siebengebirge , is no longer accessible after the route ordinance that was changed and came into force on March 1, 2013.

Fonts

• The Siebengebirge and the Rhine , 1921
• With the 25s 42 years ago from the Rhine to the coast guard and to the Lisaine , Aachener Verlags- u. Printing company, Aachen 1912

literature

• W. Langer: Bernhard Stürtz. An unusual explorer of the Hunsrück schist fauna , Nature and Museum, Volume 124, 1994, No. 1, pp. 17-20.

Web links

• Wendell Wilson Bernard Stürtz , The Mineralogical Record 2011