Erich Hable

Erich Hable (born March 14, 1911 in Trieben ; † July 2, 2001 in Frojach ) was an Austrian teacher and ornithologist .

Life

After attending the elementary and community school and the teacher training institute in Graz , Hable got a job in 1930 at the elementary school Mühlen near Neumarkt. In 1932 he obtained the teacher qualification certificate and was primary school director in Schönberg near Oberwölz until 1945 . During this time, Hable passed his examination for the function of a leader at rural advanced training schools and a secondary school examination for natural history, geography and pedagogy and became head of the rural advanced training schools in Schönberg and Winklern . During the Second World War, Hable was recalled as a biology teacher at the teacher training institutes in Marburg an der Drau and Wagna and used as a mountain hunter in France and Italy. From 1948 until his retirement in 1976, Hable was elementary school director in Frojach and at the same time biology teacher for the Matura classes at the music and pedagogical high school in Murau .

In 1951, Hable founded the working group for natural history teachers at compulsory schools in the Murau district, which he headed until 1976. Furthermore, in 1953 Hable was one of the founding members of the Austrian Society for Ornithology, today BirdLife Austria , of which he was second chairman from 1977 to 1988. In 1976 he founded the district office of the Austrian Nature Conservation Union for the Murau district, which he headed until 1996.

In 1961, Hable became the nature conservation officer for the Murau district . During his 28 years of activity, 50 natural monuments, six landscape protection areas, four protected parts of the landscape and eleven nature protection areas were planned and designated. The Pater Blasius Hanf research facility at the Furtnerteich in Mariahof was set up in 1963 through Hables' initiative , which he led as honorary scientific director until 1990.

Hable was married and had two daughters.

Ornithologist and zoologist

Through numerous study trips and excursions in the immediate vicinity of Styria, Hable deepened his knowledge of botany and zoology, but above all of ornithology, through self-study.

In the Styrian-Carinthian area on the Zirbitzkogel and in the Nockberge Mountains, Hable was able to find new evidence of the Mornell ringed plover, which had been considered extinct for a hundred years . He achieved fame through researching breeding behavior and migration routes in the Alps. The discovery of the first breeding colony of the rock tern on the Puxerwand in the Puxerloch and the occurrence of the birch mouse in Austria can also be traced back to Hable's observations.

In more than 150 articles, Hable published his scientific observations in the field of ornithology and zoology. In addition, he was co-author of the Red Lists of Endangered Birds of Styria and Austria , author and editor of the Styrian central index of ornithological data , the author index of Styrian ornithologists and collaborator on the handbook of birds of Central Europe .

Awards

Hable received numerous honors for his scientific commitment in the field of ornithology and nature conservation.

• 1963 Archduke Johann Research Award
• 1974 Theodor Körner Research Award and the silver medal of the WWF on the blue ribbon
• 1975 professional title professor by the Federal Ministry for Education and Art
• 1984 Appointment as correspondent of the Landesmuseum Joanneum
• 1985 Gold Medal of the State of Styria
• 1988 State Environmental Protection Prize and the Great Golden Decoration of the State of Styria
• 1990 Appointment as honorary citizen of the Frojach-Katsch community
• 1996 Hanns-Koren-Kulturpreis des Landes Styria
• 1998 Eduard Tratz Gold Medal from the Austrian Nature Conservation Union

Fonts

• From the rock tern colony at Puxerloch . In: Ornithological News from Austria . tape 4 , 1954, pp. 7–8 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
• Ornithological observations from the Murau district . In: Communications from the Natural Science Association for Styria . tape 85 , 1955, pp. 81–87 ( landesmuseum.at [PDF; 735 kB ; accessed on May 19, 2013]).
• Miniature flycatcher in the Lower Tauern . In: Ornithological News from Austria . tape 5 , 1955, pp. 10 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
• Bird migration and number of species at the Furtnerteich (changes within a century) . In: Austrian Working Group for Wildlife Research . Yearbook 1960/61, p. 111-117 .
• On the waxwing (Bombicylla garrulus) invasion of the Alps in the winter of 1965/66. Styria . In: Monticola . tape 1 , no. 9 , 1967, p. 79–80 ( landesmuseum.at [PDF; 576 kB ; accessed on December 17, 2013]).
• Flora and fauna in the Puxerloch area (Styria) . In: The cave . tape 19 , no. 1 , 1968, p. 21–24 ( landesmuseum.at [PDF; 1.6 MB ; accessed on May 19, 2013]).
• The Mornell Ringed Plover (Eudromias morinellus) in Carinthia . In: Carinthia II . tape 83 , 1973, pp. 603–608 ( landesmuseum.at [PDF; 1.3 MB ; accessed on May 19, 2013]).
• Eudromias morinellus (Linnaeus 1758) - Mornell . In: U. Glutz von Blotzheim; K. Bauer; E. Bezzel (Ed.): Handbook of the birds of Central Europe . tape 6 . Akademische Verl.-Ges., Wiesbaden 1975, p. 281-313 .
• A Styrian central index of ornithological data (Aves) . In: Communications from the Department of Zoology at the Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz . tape 8 , no. 2 , 1979, p. 69–83 ( landesmuseum.at [PDF; 1.8 MB ; accessed on May 19, 2013]).
  • Additions, supplements and corrections to "A Styrian Central File of Ornithological Data" (1979) . In: Communications from the Department of Zoology at the Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz . tape 41 , 1988, pp. 9–13 ( landesmuseum.at [PDF; 511 kB ; accessed on May 19, 2013]).
• Twenty years of research facility "Pater Blasius HANF" at the Furtnerteich, community Mariahof in Styria . In: Communications from the Department of Zoology at the Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz . tape 32 , 1984, pp. 1–16 ( landesmuseum.at [PDF; 3.4 MB ; accessed on May 19, 2013]).
• Faunistic literature of Styria: (1761–1986) . Austrian Naturschutzbund, Landesgruppe Steiermark, Graz 1987, p. 187 (with Johann Gapp, Erich Kreissl).
• The birch mouse, Sicista betulina PALLAS, 1779 (Mammalia, Rodentia) in Austria . In: Communications from the Department of Zoology at the Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz . tape 43 , 1989, pp. 3–22 ( landesmuseum.at [PDF; 4.4 MB ; accessed on May 19, 2013] with Friederike Spitzenberger).
• To the bird world of the upper Görtschitztal and the Hörfeld in Carinthia and Styria . In: Carinthia II . tape 185/105 , 1995, pp. 9–41 ( landesmuseum.at [PDF; 16.7 MB ; retrieved on May 19, 2013] with Siegfried Present).

literature

• Kurt Bauer: Erich HABLE - a look back over a successful 80 years . In: Communications from the Department of Zoology at the Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz . tape 45 , 1991, pp. 1–9 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
• Ilse present: In memory of Prof. Erich Hable . In: Carinthia II . tape 192/112 , no. 1 , 2002, p. 315-316 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
• Helene Pacher: Prof. Erich Hable . In: Joannea Zoologie . tape 4 , no. 1 , 2002, p. 5–9 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).

Web links

• Prof. OSchR., VS.-Dir. i. R. Erich Hable on ZOBODAT . Biography Hables.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Personnel. Theodor-Körner-Prize for high school supervisor Prof. Erich Hable. In: Naturschutzbund Steiermark. 1976/90, PDF (275 kB) on ZOBODAT
2. ↑ We congratulate you. Prof. Erich Hable, Frojach, on the award of the Tratz gold medal. In: Monticola. Volume 8, PDF (320 kB) on ZOBODAT