Erich Wasmund

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Erich Wasmund (born August 2, 1902 in Strasbourg , † April 28, 1945 in Canonica d'Adda near Bergamo ) was a German geologist and limnologist .

life and work

Wasmund received his doctorate in 1925 at the University of Kiel ( Biocoenose and Thanatocoenose: Biosociological study of living communities and societies of the dead ). From 1925 to 1930 he carried out research in research stations on Lake Constance . From 1930 to 1936 he worked at the hydrobiological institute of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society in Plön . Among other things, he made aerial photographs usable for limnological research. In 1931 he completed his habilitation in geology and limnology in Kiel. In 1936 he became an adjunct professor for limnology and geology in Kiel and headed the marine geology department in the then newly founded Institute for Oceanography. The focus of work there wasStratigraphy and paleogeography of the Holocene in the western Baltic Sea , including actuo-geological studies. Wasmund himself went to the bottom of the Kiel Fjord as a diver. From 1938 to 1940 he was head of the Marine Geological Research Institute of the Reich Institute for Soil Research in Kitzeberg near Kiel. In 1940 he joined the Navy and was in command of various ships, most recently with the rank of lieutenant captain. He fell in combat at Bergamo.

Wasmund also dealt with defense geology and wrote a book on it.

Wasmund was a member of the SS from 1933 and of the NSDAP from 1937 .

Awards

1936 Badge of Merit of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Advancement of Science

1939 Iron Cross 2nd and 1st class

1943 German cross in gold

Fonts (selection)

  • Insect mass swarms on Lake Constance and in Nuremberg, Journal of Scientific Insect Biology, Volume 23, 1928, pp. 234–243
  • Aircraft and limnological exploration, in: Arktis, Volume 2, 1929, pp. 41–60
  • Illuft. Establishment of an aero-limnological center, in: Archive for Hydrobiology, Volume 21, 1930, pp. 502-536
  • Pollen rain-lake bloom on Lake Constance in an aerial photo, Palaeontological Journal, Volume 12, 1930, pp. 73-99
  • Diluvial history of forms in Ostholstein, Journal of the German Geological Society, Volume 86, 1934, pp. 129-140, abstract
  • Sea deposits as raw materials, productive, technical and medical factors, Archive for Hydrobiology, Volume 25, 1933, pp. 423-532
  • Prehistory, anthropology and pollen analysis in Schleswig-Holstein, writings of the Natural Science Association for Schleswig-Holstein, Volume 20, 1935, pp. 365–383
  • Technology of underwater drilling on drilling ferries, in: Emil Abderhalden (Hrsg.), Handbuch der Biologische Arbeitslösungen, Dept. 9, 5 / 2.2, 1936, pp. 1840–1878
  • On the nomenclature of subaquatic sediments, in: Geology of the seas and inland waters: Zeitschr. for marine u. limnic hydrogeology a. their practical application, Volume 2, 1938, pp. 444-448
  • Limits of the calculation of rock transport forces on the German Baltic Sea coast, 6th Baltic Hydrological Conference 1938
  • Defense geology and its importance for national defense. Berlin: Mid-1937.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Published in Archives for Hydrobiology, Volume 17, 1926, pp. 1–116
  2. ↑ Friedrich Werner, 40 years of marine-geoscientific research at the Geological-Paleontological Institute of the University of Kiel, Meyniana, Volume 50, 1998, pp. 7-12. As a result of the research, he highlights the work of E. Tapfer, Marine history of the Bay of Kiel and Lübeck in the Postglacial. Geology of the seas and inland waters, marine geol. Forsch. Inst., Kiel-Kitzeberg, 4/2, 1940, pp. 113-244.
  3. ^ Sebastian A. Gerlach, Gerhard Kortum: On the establishment of the Institute for Oceanography of the University of Kiel 1933 to 1945. In: Historisch-Meereskundliches Jahrbuch. 2000, 7, 7-48.
personal data
SURNAME Wasmund, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd August 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1945
Place of death Canonica d'Adda