Carl Wüstnei

Carl Wüstnei (born September 19, 1843 in Schwerin ; † December 21, 1902 there ) was a Mecklenburg railway construction officer and an ornithologist who worked primarily in Prussia .

Life

Carl Wüstnei was a son of the pedagogue and biologist of the same name Carl (Georg Gustav) Wüstnei (1810-1858). He attended the Gymnasium Fridericianum Schwerin . After the early death of the father, studying was initially out of the question. He did an apprenticeship as a mechanical engineer in the main repair shop of the Friedrich-Franz-Eisenbahn in Schwerin. For two years he worked in the Brockelmann iron foundry and machine factory in Güstrow . In 1865 he began studying at the Royal Trade Academy in Berlin . After his exams he entered the service of the Prussian State Railways and worked as a Royal Railway Construction Officer in the construction of railway lines.

From 1895 he retired in Schwerin. He researched the Mecklenburg bird life. 1897 made an ornithological trip to Sylt . Together with Gustav Clodius , he carried out a census of the white storks in Mecklenburg. From 1859 to 1897 he kept a diary of his ornithological observations. Since 1861 he was a member of the Association of Friends of Natural History in Mecklenburg.

Works

Ed. (With Gustav Clodius): The birds of the Grand Duchies of Mecklenburg. 1900 Digital copy : urn : nbn: de: hebis: 30-1037586

Ornithological diary and notes. (Ed. By Peter Hauff and Bruno Kaiser) 1988

literature

Peter Hauff: Carl Wüstnei - Honor on the 100th anniversary of death in ornithological circular Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 103-106, 2004
Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 11070 .

Web links

Literature about Carl Wüstnei in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

↑ Philip Bethge: Eagle obliges. In: Der Spiegel . No. 10 , 2001 ( online - March 5, 2001 ).
^ H. Brockmüller: The Mosses of Mecklenburgs . § 1 History. In: CM Wiechmann (ed.): Archive of the Association of Friends of Natural History in Mecklenburg , Volume 23, Opitz & Co, Güstrow 1870, pp. 12-14, digitized , (short biography of the father).

personal data
SURNAME	Wüstnei, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wüstnei, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German railway construction advisor and ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 19, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH	December 21, 1902
Place of death	Schwerin

[1] Philip Bethge: Eagle obliges. In: Der Spiegel . No. 10 , 2001 ( online - March 5, 2001 ).

[2] H. Brockmüller: The Mosses of Mecklenburgs . § 1 History. In: CM Wiechmann (ed.): Archive of the Association of Friends of Natural History in Mecklenburg , Volume 23, Opitz & Co, Güstrow 1870, pp. 12-14, digitized , (short biography of the father).