Bruno Hofer

Bruno Hofer (born December 15, 1861 in Rhine / East Prussia , † July 7, 1916 in Munich ) was an important German ichthyologist .

Among other things, he was the first to scientifically describe the Ammersee Kilch (Coregonus bavaricus) , a species of whitefish that only occurs in the Ammersee worldwide . Evidence of Hofer's ichthyological work is partly still available in the Zoological State Collection in Munich . However, Hofer's scientific work focused on fishery biology. He is the founder of the Institute for Zoology, Fisheries Biology and Fish Diseases of the former Royal University of Veterinary Medicine Munich at Kaulbachstrasse 37, which was incorporated into the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich as a veterinary faculty in 1914, including the institute. He also initiated the former Hofer Institute in Wielenbach . In 1903 he discovered and described the causative agent of the rotational sickness in fish, Myxobolus cerebralis . Hofer wrote standard works on fish diseases and participated in the Bavarian fisheries legislation. He is also considered an early champion for environmental protection .

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Bruno Hofer studied natural sciences in Königsberg . He received his habilitation in Munich. He carried out his first limnological investigations on East Prussian lakes. He later became an assistant at the zoological institute in Munich and private lecturer in the philosophy faculty of the University of Munich.

In 1894 he became custodian of the comparative anatomical collection of the State of Bavaria, and from 1896 lecturer in fish studies at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Munich. From 1898 on he was an associate professor of zoology and ichthyology ; In 1908 he was appointed full professor.

Hofer took part in the first systematic scientific research on Lake Constance, to which he contributed to research on Lake Constance . Count Eberhard von Zeppelin and the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings had initiated this company; From 1886 onwards, it was carried out by the five shore states parallel to the first exact survey of the lake.

Dedication names

The ichthyologist Lew Semjonowitsch Berg named the Chiemsee whitefish ( Coregonus hoferi ) in honor of Bruno Hofer.

Works (selection)

Investigations into the structure of the salivary glands and the associated nervous system by Blatta, Blochmann: Dresden / Halle, 1887, also diss. Albertus University Königsberg, Philosophical Faculty, May 10, 1887 .
1896: The distribution of the animal world in Lake Constance along with comparative studies in some other freshwater basins (= Lake Constance research , section 10). Lindau i. E.g .: Stettner, 64 p. (Digitized version)
1904: Handbook of Fish Diseases. Munich: Verl. Allg. Fischerei-Zeitung, XV, 359 pp., 18 sheets, numerous. Ill.
1908: The freshwater fish of Central Europe , ed. by Carl Vogt; Bruno Hofer; Wilhelm Grote. Leipzig: Engelmann

Honors

Unknown date: naming of Hoferstrasse in Wielenbach .

literature

Gerhard J. Bellinger and Brigitte Regel-Bellinger : Schwabings Ainmillerstrasse and its most important residents. A representative example of Munich's city history from 1888 to today. Norderstedt 2003, page 151 - ISBN 3-8330-0747-8 ; 2nd edition 2012, ISBN 978-3-8482-2883-6 ; E-Book 2013, ISBN 978-3-8482-6264-9 .
Sabine Götz: Prof. Dr. Bruno Hofer (1861-1916). A life dedicated to fishing and protecting the environment. Munich, Univ., Veterinary Fac., Diss., 1998, 268 S., Ill.
Sophia Riedmüller: Hofer, Bruno. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 379 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Dissertation abstract by Sabine Götz (1998)
The Bavarian State Office for Water Management presents the Wielenbach test facility founded by Hofer
Digitized works by Hofer - SICD of the Universities of Strasbourg

Individual evidence

↑ cf. Dirk Neumann: Type Catalog of the Ichthyological Collection of the Zoologische Staatssammlung München: Part I: Historic type material from the “Old Collection”, destroyed in the night April 24/25, 1944, in: Spixiana, Vol. 29, No. 3, 2006, p. 271; originally described in: Carl Vogt & Bruno Hofer: Die Süßwasserfische von Mitteleuropa, Leipzig: Engelmann, 1909, p. 341 & Fig. 194. ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ 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 , 136, 2018, pp. 1–303, here: pp. 83 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Hofer, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German ichthyologist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 15, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH	July 7, 1916
Place of death	Munich

[1] . Dirk Neumann: Type Catalog of the Ichthyological Collection of the Zoologische Staatssammlung München: Part I: Historic type material from the “Old Collection”, destroyed in the night April 24/25, 1944, in: Spixiana, Vol. 29, No. 3, 2006, p. 271; originally described in: Carl Vogt & Bruno Hofer: Die Süßwasserfische von Mitteleuropa, Leipzig: Engelmann, 1909, p. 341 & Fig. 194. ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] 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 , 136, 2018, pp. 1–303, here: pp. 83 f.