Ferdinand Zealand
Ferdinand Maximilian Seeland (born October 12, 1821 in Kicking ; † March 3, 1901 in Klagenfurt ) was an Austrian mining specialist , natural scientist and politician .
Zealand's father was the district forester of the Göttweig Abbey . Zealand received a high school education and then spent three years studying Jus in Vienna before moving on mountain nature umsattelte. He studied the latter at the Bergakademie Schemnitz and at the Steiermärkisch-Ständische Montanlehranstalt , which was moved from Vordernberg to Leoben at that time .
After completing his studies, after a short period of work for the Geological Reichsanstalt, he became an assistant at the Leoben Montanlehranstalt. In 1855 he entered the service of the trade union of Eugen Dickmann Freiherr von Secherau (1793–1863) at the Hüttenberger Erzberg , whose director he became in 1866. He achieved considerable rationalization here , most clearly by saving expensive horse-drawn vehicles through braking mountains . His management was also aimed at ensuring that mining operations and science could promote each other through careful documentation.
When the union moved its headquarters to Klagenfurt after a merger to form the Hüttenberger Eisenwerk-Gesellschaft in 1869 , Seeland also moved to the state capital. In the new company he became a mining inspector and member of the board. When the company was merged into the Austrian Alpine Mining Company in 1881 , he first became the mining and smelting inspector of the holding company, and in 1888 he was again a mining inspector.
In addition to his professional activity, Seeland carried out a wide range of scientific research. The management and development of the Klagenfurt weather station, as well as surveying work on the Pasterze , from which the Seeland line is derived as a reference line for current surveys, should be emphasized .
In addition, Seeland was involved in numerous commissions and association boards. Particularly noteworthy is the presidency of the “Natural History State Museum” association and the Klagenfurt Alpine Association section .
From 1861 to 1866 he was a member of the first Carinthian state parliament as a representative of the communities of Strasbourg, Althofen, Friesach and Hüttenberg .
As a councilor in Klagenfurt, he was largely responsible for setting up the water supply through a tunnel in the Sattnitz .
Honors
- Honorary President of the Mining and Metallurgy Association for Styria and Carinthia
- In the Waidmannsdorf district of Klagenfurt there is a Ferdinand-Seeland-Straße.
- The fossil Nautilus Seelandi is named after him
- Heinz Meixner recognized the supposedly newly discovered mineral Seelandite as a well-known Epsom salt .
literature
- August Brunlechner: Oberbergrath Ferdinand Seeland †. In: Carinthia II. 91/171. Volume, No. 2, Klagenfurt 1901, ISSN 0374-6771 , pp. 33-39 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
- August Brunlechner: Literary works of Zealand. In: Carinthia II. 91/171. Volume, No. 2, Klagenfurt 1901, pp. 39–42 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
- Heinz Meixner: A great miner, Ferdinand Seelands, work for Carinthia. In: Carinthia II. 82./162. Year, Klagenfurt 1972, pp. 321–326 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
- Friedrich H. Ucik: Seeland Ferdinand Maximilian. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 101 f. (Direct links on p. 101 , p. 102 ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Ferdinand-Seeland-Strasse. Google Maps , accessed May 4, 2014 .
- ↑ Heinz Meixner : What is Seelandit? In: Annals of the Natural History Museum in Vienna . tape 50 , p. 690–693 ( PDF on ZOBODAT [accessed May 4, 2014]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zealand, Ferdinand |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seeland, Ferdinand Maximilian (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Montanist, natural scientist and politician, member of the state parliament |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kicking |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1901 |
| Place of death | Klagenfurt |