František Koláček (geographer)

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František Koláček
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František Koláček ( December 9, 1881 in Brno - May 7, 1942 in Mauthausen ) was a Czech geographer and professor at Masaryk University , where he founded the Institute of Geography. During the occupation he joined the resistance of the Brno university professors, in January 1942 he was arrested for this and sentenced to death. The death sentence was carried out in Mauthausen.

Life

František Koláček was the son of the physicist and university professor František Koláček and his wife Aloisie Koláčková (nee Hodičková). After attending grammar school in Královské Vinohrady (1892-1900) he studied at the philosophical faculty of Charles University in Prague (1901-1905), in 1906 he received the title of Doctor of Philosophy. After completing his studies, he taught at schools in Prague and Pardubice . From 1921 he taught at the Masaryk University in Brno, first he was a lecturer in geography, in 1923 he became associate professor specializing in geography, in 1929 full professor. From 1931 to 1932 he was dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and founded the Institute of Geography.

He was a member of Česká geografická společnost (ČGS) (Czech Geographical Society) and founded a department in Brno in 1924, of which he became the first chairman.

On August 19, 1939, he married the doctor Miroslava Koláčková (nee Kuhnová), who had two children from his first marriage.

After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia , Koláček joined the resistance movement of Brno university teachers. He was arrested for this on August 8, 1941 and sentenced to death on January 13, 1942 before the court martial in Brno. The sentence was carried out on May 7, 1942 in Mauthausen concentration camp . 72 people died in this mass execution.

Honors

  • Czechoslovak War Cross 1939 , posthumously
  • St. Sava Order 3rd Class (Commander)
  • Honorary member of the museum association, posthumously
  • Honorary member of Česká geografická společnos t (ČGS) (Czech Geographical Society), posthumously

Publications

František Koláček drew attention to himself early on through publications, around 100 of his works have appeared.

  • Pohyb pobřežních čar. In: Sborník Ceské Spolecnosti Zemevedné. 13, 1907, ZDB -ID 958833-4 , pp. 33-71, (movement of the coastlines).
  • Úvod do cartography čili do nauky o mapách. (= Průvodce vědou a uměním. 9). Nákladem zemského ústředního spolku jednot učitelských v Království Českém, Prague 1913, (Introduction to Cartography).
  • Karpatská zemětřesení na půdě Republiky Československé (= Spisy vydávané Prírodovedeckou Faculty Masarykovy University. 6, ZDB -ID 204688-X ). Přírodovědecká fakulta Masarykova univerzita, Brno 1921, (Carpathian earthquake in the Czechoslovak Republic).
  • Jak se změnila mapa světa po válce. Jos. R. Vilímek, Prague 1922, (How did the world map change after the war).
  • Oblastní odtoková mapa Moravy (= Spisy vydávané Přírodovědeckou Faculty Masarykovy University. 64). Přírodovědecká fakulta Masarykova univerzita, Brno 1925, (Regional flow map of Moravia).
  • Systém vodních toků na základě odtoků. (= Spisy vydávané Přírodovědeckou Faculty Masarykovy University. 47). Přírodovědecká fakulta Masarykova univerzita, Brno 1925, (studies of watercourses due to runoff).
  • Evropa po stránce fysicky zeměpisné (= Škola vševědná. 5, ZDB -ID 2522750-6 ). Sfinx, Prague 1926, (Europe in terms of physical geography).
  • Zeměpis Československa (= Vysokoškolské rukověti. Row 4: Řada spisů přírodovědných. 1, ZDB -ID 782340-x ). Melantrich, Prague 1934, (Geography of Czechoslovakia).
  • Počasí jako činitel geografický (= Spisy odboru České společnosti zeměpisné v Brně. Row C, 9). Česká společnost zeměpisná, Brno 1939, (Weather as a geographical factor).

Memorials

He is remembered on a plaque in the building of Sokol Brno I, on a monument to teachers of the Faculty of Natural Sciences in Masaryk University. There is also another memorial plaque for the victims of the geographical institute in Masaryk University; here too he is one of the three victims of the occupation who are remembered. Furthermore, on September 17, 2014, a stumbling block was laid for him in Pionýrská .

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personal data
SURNAME Koláček, František
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech geographer and university professor, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Brno
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1942
Place of death Mauthausen