Erich Seefeldner

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Erich Seefeldner (born September 30, 1887 in Werfen , † July 25, 1981 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian geographer , high school teacher and state school inspector .

Life

Born in Werfen, the judge's son, Erich Seefeldner, grew up in Vienna after his father was transferred . In 1906 he passed the Matura with distinction at the Döblinger Humanist Gymnasium . He then devoted himself to the study of Geography and History at the University of Vienna, where he with the promotion of Dr. phil. completed.

After working as a supplement at the Imperial and Royal High School Vienna IX , followed by participation in the First World War , he was committed to the secondary school at Ferdinand-Hanusch-Platz in Salzburg in 1920 as a high school professor . In 1940 Seefeldner, who was promoted to high school council, took over the office of state school inspector, in 1945 he was retired.

In recognition of his service to the alpine geomorphology was Erich Seefeldner 1944 with the honorary membership of the University of Innsbruck , with the 1972 Honorary Doctorate of the University of Salzburg awarded. The Seefeld native, who was appointed a corresponding member of the Geographical Society in 1956, was responsible for the classic basis of Salzburg landscape studies with his main work Salzburg and its landscapes, a geographic study of the country, published in 1961.

Publications

  • Morphogenetic studies from the Franconian Jura. in: Research on German regional and folklore, 21.3., Engelhorn, Stuttgart, 1914
  • Geographical guide through Salzburg, the Alps and the foreland. Borntraeger, Berlin, 1929
  • The disappeared glacial lake on the Hochkönig. in: Revue de geographie alpine, Volume 24, Imprimerie Allier Frére, Grenoble, 1936
  • The origin of the Salzach ovens, in: Communications from the Society for Salzburg Regional Studies, Volume 91, Society for Salzburg Regional Studies, Salzburg, 1951
  • The origin and age of the Salzburg plain. in: Communications from the Society for Salzburg Regional Studies, Volume 94, Society for Salzburg Regional Studies, Salzburg, 1954
  • The development of the Salzach system. in: Communications of the Society for Salzburg Regional Studies, Volume 97, Society for Salzburg Regional Studies, Salzburg, 1957
  • The distribution of the population in the state of Salzburg. in: Communications of the Society for Salzburg Regional Studies, Volume 98, Society for Salzburg Regional Studies, Salzburg, 1958
  • The development of the Salzburg landscape. in: Communications of the Society for Salzburg Regional Studies, Volume 100, Society for Salzburg Regional Studies, Salzburg, 1960
  • Salzburg and its landscapes, a geographic study of the country. Publishing house "Das Bergland-Buch", Salzburg, 1961

literature

  • University of Innsbruck: Newsletter of the University of Innsbruck. In the commission publishing house of the Österreichische Kommissionsbuchhandlung, Innsbruck, 1959, p. 8.
  • Austrian Geographical Society: Communications of the Austrian Geographical Society, Volume 121. Austrian Geographical Society, Vienna, 1978, p. 320.
  • Werner Schuder (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German learned calendar . Volume 3. 13th edition, De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1980, ISBN 3-110-07434-6 , pp. 3644, 3645.
  • Austrian Geographical Society: Communications of the Austrian Geographical Society, Volume 125. Austrian Geographical Society, Vienna, 1982, p. 222.
  • Adolf Haslinger , Peter Mittermayr (ed.): Salzburger Kulturlexikon. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg-Vienna-Frankfurt / Main 2001, ISBN 3-7017-1129-1

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personal data
SURNAME Seefeldner, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian geographer, high school teacher and state school inspector
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Throw
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1981
Place of death Salzburg