Karl Kořistka

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Karl Kořistka (1879)

Karl Kořistka (also Carl Kořistka , Czech Karel František Edvard Kořistka ; born February 7, 1825 in Brüsau / Březová nad Svitavou; † January 18, 1906 in Prague ) was an Austrian geographer and mathematician who did essential groundwork in Bohemia for the topographical recording of the Country created. He is considered a modern pioneer of land surveying, cartography and geography of Bohemia and Moravia with great importance for the entire Danube monarchy .

Life

education

Attendance at school from 1835 at the grammar schools in Iglau ( Jihlava ) and Brno is documented. The subsequent studies (1841–1843) took place at the University of Vienna in the subjects of physics, mathematics and astronomy. From 1843 Karl Kořistka studied mining science at the Bergakademie von Schemnitz (today Banská Štiavnica ). From March 1848 he worked as an assistant to Christian Doppler .

Work in Brno

At the end of 1849 he took up the position of professor of practical geometry (geodesy) at the Polytechnic in Brno, where he worked for almost 25 years. In this context he also took part with lectures and explorations within the natural science department of the kk Moravian-Silesian Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Natural and Regional Studies and was a founding member of the Geological Association.

Working in Prague

From September 1, 1851, Karl Kořistka held the professorship for elementary mathematics and practical geometry at the Polytechnic in Prague. At his endeavors, extensive reforms began in this educational institution in 1864. This also led to the fact that he was appointed the first rector at the Polytechnic.

He played an important role in the development of scientific research in the kingdom of Bohemia. In Comité for scientific research through the country of Bohemia Charles Kořistka held several features that made it a high design freedom. Around 1890 he worked as a deputy in the research commission, which was headed by Prince Karl Schwarzenberg. In addition, he exercised the function of managing director of the Committee for National Scientific Research in Bohemia and, together with Jan Krejčí and later with Antonín Frič, headed the editorial team of the Archive of Natural Scientific Research in Bohemia .

The cartographic and scientific work in the area of ​​Bohemia was started in 1864 (decision of April 10, 1864 of the Comité for the Scientific Research of the Land of Bohemia ) under the direction of Karl Kořistka and continued until 1878. They included the following sub-areas:

Section structure
  • Determination of heights and terrain conditions
  • geological exploration work
  • Research into the botanical conditions
  • Research into zoological conditions
  • Collection of meteorological data
  • Research into pedological conditions
  • Summary of these complex results.

Originally, a chronological sequence was set for the processing in the sections. This requirement had to be deviated from in 1866 because the geologists and zoologists involved continued their investigations into the neighboring areas of the map sheets according to different aspects. This meant that all the work could only be done in Sections I, II, III, V and VI and almost completely in IV. The overview shown shows the division of the sheets on a scale of 1: 200,000. Sections II, III and VI have been printed in color. Furthermore, Section V was completed in terms of drawings and is only available as a manuscript map.

Drawing by Karl Kořistka

Other people were involved in the very extensive field work, specifically: engineer Carl Freiherr von Callot (1864–1866), assistant Josef Kristen (1864–1866), assistant Gabriel Hendrich (1868–1872), Franz Müller (1868), Gabriel Blažek (1871–1876), assistant to Emanuel Czuber (1873) and assistant to Josef Kohut (1876–1877).

This extensive topographical work under the direction of Karl Kořistka had a decisive effect on the creation of a new map system in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. In 1872, the Reich War Ministry decided to completely re-record the map on the scale basis of 1: 25,000, which was published in 1: 75,000. Work on this monumental work began in the Alpine regions.
Between 1877 and 1880 up to 48 mapmakers worked annually on this map system to completely survey Bohemia. In doing so, Kořistka's various height measurements could be used. For the Imperial Geological Institute he took over geodetic measurements in the Eastern Alps.

After a very productive life, Karl Kořistka retired in 1893. It is also worth mentioning that many of the graphic illustrations in his geographical publications were created by him.

Memberships, awards, inheritance

Karl Kořistka was a member of the Royal Natural Science Society, the Bohemian Academy and the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna and other relevant societies in Austria. In 1879 he was raised to the nobility.

For the State Technical Library of the Czech Technical University in Brno (today: Moravian State Library - Moravská zemská knihovna-Technická knihovna), its first librarian, Prof. Franz Karl Studnicka, bought, among other things, the private library of Karl Kořistka.

Fonts

  • The margraviate of Moravia and the Duchy of Silesia in their geographical relationships. Hölzel, Vienna, Olmütz 1860 ( e-copy ).
  • The higher polytechnic instruction in Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium and England. Better, Gotha 1863.
  • Hypsometry of Moravia and Austrian Silesia. Brno 1863.
  • The High Tátra in the Central Carpathians. Gotha 1864.
  • with Sterneck, R. von Daublebsky: Directory of the years 1877-79 from the mil.-geogr. Institute trigonometrically determined heights of Bohemia. III. B. Prague 1884.
  • The Grand Ducal Technical University of Karlsruhe. Festschrift for the inauguration of the new buildings in May 1899. Stuttgart 1899.
  • Eastern Bohemia, containing the Adler, Grulicher and Eisengebirge as well as the East Bohemian lowlands, depicted orographically and hydrographically. Řivnáč, Prague 1903-
  • Elevation map of Bohemia in the scale 1: 200000. Section II. IB
  • Elevation map of Bohemia in the scale 1: 200000. Section III. II. B.
  • Elevation map of Bohemia in the scale 1: 200000. Section VI. VIII. B.
  • Elevation map of the Giant Mountains on a scale of 1: 100,000. II. B. 1. Th.
  • Professor Gustav Schmidt . A biographical sketch commissioned by the professors' college of the Imperial and Royal German Technical University in Prague . Prague 1886. ( title page )

literature

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  1. ^ Karl (Carl) Kořistka, Dr. hc , University of Vienna.

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personal data
SURNAME Kořistka, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kořistka, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian geographer
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Brüsau
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1906
Place of death Prague