Lake Constance research

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Lake Constance research
Title page of the first part of Lake Constance Research, published in 1893 as a supplement to Volume 22 of the publications of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings
description Series of publications
Area of ​​Expertise Limnology, geography
language German
publishing company Stettner, Lindau ( Germany )
First edition 1893
editor Count Eberhard von Zeppelin
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The Lake Constance research is a series of publications on the natural history of Lake Constance . They appeared between 1893 and 1902 in 9 sections as supplements to the publications of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings and document the results of the first comprehensive scientific exploration of Lake Constance, which was suggested by Count Eberhard von Zeppelin in 1886 .

history

The Swiss natural scientist François-Alphonse Forel published a series of studies on Lake Geneva from 1869 , with which he established limnology as an independent science. The hotelier Count Eberhard von Zeppelin from Konstanz, who knew history and nature, read Forel's writings and came to the conclusion that Lake Constance needed comparable investigations. In 1885 he suggested to the Württemberg government the precise surveying and mapping of Lake Constance, which was carried out the following year by representatives of all five states bordering the lake - namely the Austro-Hungarian monarchy , the kingdoms of Bavaria and Württemberg , the Grand Duchy of Baden and the Swiss Confederation - was decided. The result is the Lake Constance map drawn up by the Federal Topographical Bureau in 1895. This was accompanied by a scientific survey of the lake, coordinated by Count Eberhard von Zeppelin. For the publication of the results, Zeppelin offered the publications of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , of which he was president from 1892. Zeppelin took part in the research and translated Forel's contributions into German.

content

The Lake Constance research was published between 1893 and 1902 in 9 sections, 3 of which are further subdivided or appended. They remained incomplete because two planned sections on geology and economic geography were not completed. The following sections have been published on (1.) the geographical conditions of Lake Constance, (2.) the previous cartographic recording, (3.) the hydrography (shape of the shore and the seabed), (4.) the water temperature, (5. ) the transparency and color of the water, (6.) the fluctuations in the water level due to the rocking movements of the water surface ( Seiches ), (7.) water and soil samples, (9.) the vegetation, (10.) the fauna:

  • Count Eberhard von Zeppelin: Foreword. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 22, 1893, appendix pp. III-IV. (Digitized version)
  • Count Eberhard von Zeppelin: 1st section: Geographical conditions of Lake Constance. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 22, 1893, Anh, pp. 5-20. (Digitized version)
  • Count Eberhard von Zeppelin: Section 2: Older and newer Lake Constance research and maps including the work of the commissions set up by the five bank states for the production of the new Lake Constance map and the scientific exploration of the lake. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 22, 1893, Anh, pp. 21-45. (Digitized version)
  • Robert Reber: Triangulation for the Lake Constance map. Appendix [1] to Section 2, in: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , Volume 22, 1893, pp. 46–49, 1 map. (Digitized version)
  • Jakob Hörnlimann: The depth measurements and the map material for the production of the new Lake Constance map. Appendix [2] to Section 2, in: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , Volume 22, 1893, pp. 50–57, 1 fig. (Digitized version)
  • Count Eberhard von Zeppelin: 3rd section: The hydrographic conditions of Lake Constance. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 22, 1893, Anh, pp. 59-103, 1 map, 1 plate (digitized)
  • François-Alphonse Forel: [4. Section:] The temperature conditions of Lake Constance. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 22, 1893, Anh, pp. 1–30, 2 plates (digitized version)
  • François-Alphonse Forel: [5. Section:] Transparency and color of Lake Constance water. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 22, 1893, Anh, pp. 31–46, 1 plate (digitized version)
  • François-Alphonse Forel: [6. Section:] The fluctuations in Lake Constance. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 22, 1893, Anh, pp. 47–77, 1 plate (digitized)
  • Hermann Bauer, Hermann Vogel: Section 7: Investigations of water and ground samples from Lake Constance [Part 1]: Information about the investigation of water and ground samples from Lake Constance. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 23, 1894, Anh, pp. 5-10. (Digitized version)
  • Conrad von John : Section 7: Investigations of water and ground samples from Lake Constance [Part 2]: Report on the investigation of the Bodensee ground samples. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 23, 1894, Anh, pp. 11-14. (Digitized version)
  • Bruno Hofer : Section 10: The distribution of the animal world in Lake Constance together with comparative studies in some other freshwater basins. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 28, 1899, Anh, pp. 1-66. (Digitized version)
  • Carl Schröter , Otto Kirchner: Section 9 [Part 1]: The vegetation of Lake Constance. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 25, 1896, Appendices, pp. I-IV, 1-119.
  • Carl Schröter: Section 9 [Part 2]: The vegetation of Lake Constance, containing the Characeae, moss and vascular plants. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 31, 1902, Appendices pp. I-VIII, 1-86.

literature

  • Harald Derschka : The association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings. A look back at one hundred and fifty years of club history 1868–2018. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 136, 2018, ISBN 978-3-7995-1725-6 , pp. 1–302, especially p. 75, p. 83 f.
  • Wolfgang Ostendorp: The Lake Constance research of Count Eberhard von Zeppelin. On the origin of limnology on Lake Constance. In: Harald Derschka, Jürgen Klöckler (Hrsg.): Der Bodensee. Nature and history from 150 perspectives. Anniversary volume of the international association for the history of Lake Constance and its surroundings 1868–2018. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2018, ISBN 978-3-7995-1724-9 , p. 200 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lake Constance Map , ed. by the executive commission for the creation of a Lake Constance map on behalf of the 5 states: Baden, Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland, Württemberg; created by the Federal Topographical Bureau in Bern, 1895. Digitized