Emanuel Christa (geologist)
Emanuel Christa (born March 15, 1874 in Kaufbeuren ; † February 27, 1948 in Hammer am Schliersee ) was a German geologist and mineralogist. He was professor for mineralogy and crystallography at the University of Erlangen .
Life
Emanuel Christa first studied law, then mineralogy. In 1893 he became a member of the Corps Germania Munich . After graduating, he became a Dr. phil. PhD. In 1922 he completed his habilitation in Würzburg. He was a private lecturer there and, from 1934, an associate professor in Erlangen. He died in an accident on the Schliersee.
He made a geological map of the upper Zemmgrund (around the Berliner Hütte in the Zillertal Alps ), on which he worked for 10 years.
As a mountaineer, he was the first to climb the tower named after him in the Wilder Kaiser in 1901 . He was doing research in Persia.
Fonts
- The Greiner-Schwarzenstein region of the Zillertal Alps from a geological and petrographic perspective. In: Publications of the Museum Ferdinandeum, year 1933, issue 15, pp. 1–114
- The area of the Upper Zemmgrund in the Zillertal Alps. Jb. Geol. D. BA Vienna, no. 3 a. 4, 1931, pp. 533-635.
- The Schwanberg in the Steigerwald. A geological study with a geological map, M. 1: 12500, Verlag von Piloty & Loehle, Munich 1925
- Route guide through the Heiterwand area, 1914
literature
- Franz Rost, obituary in New Yearbook for Mineralogy, 1950
Web links
- Biography as a climber
- Literature by and about Emanuel Christa in the catalog of the German National Library
References and comments
- ↑ Brief biography in Bruno von Freyberg : The geological literature on Northeast Bavaria (1476–1965) Part II: Biographical Author Register, Geologica Bavarica 71, Bavarian Geological State Office 1974
- ↑ Hans Herpich and Hans Schmuck: 100 Years Corps Germania in Munich, Festschrift on November 14, 1963 , Ingolstadt 1963, p. 67, (No. 179 of the Germania Corps List 1863–1963)
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Christa, Emanuel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist and mineralogist |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1874 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaufbeuren |
DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1948 |
Place of death | Hammer am Schliersee |