Franz Foetterle
Franz Foetterle (born February 2, 1823 in Mramotitz , Moravia , † September 5, 1876 in Vienna ) was an Austrian geologist .
Foetterle studied at the Bergakademie Schemnitz and became a mining intern in Gmunden in 1847 . From 1849 until his death in 1876 he worked at the Imperial and Royal Geological Institute in Vienna. He became Bergrat there in 1856, first chief geologist in 1867 and vice director under Franz von Hauer in 1873 . Foetterle was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery .
Foetterle mainly dealt with the geological mapping of the Austrian Empire and studies on economically usable minerals.
Publications (selection)
- Overview map of the central part of South America . Vienna 1854.
- with Franz von Hauer: Geological overview of the mines of the Austrian monarchy Vienna 1855 ( digitized version ).
- Geological Atlas of the Austrian Imperial State . Vienna 1860 ( digitized version ).
- Overview map of the occurrence, production and circulation of mineral fuel in the Austrian monarchy in 1868 . Vienna 1868.
- The occurrence, production and circulation of mineral fuel in Austria-Hungary. Monarchy in 1868 . In: Yearbook of the Kaiserlich-Königliche Geologische Reichsanstalt 1870, pp. 65–92.
literature
- Franz Foetterle dies . In: Negotiations of the Imperial Geological Institute 1876, pp. 305–306 ( PDF; 301 kB ).
- Wilhelm von Gümbel : Fötterle, Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 198.
- Fötterle Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 334.
- Helmuth Zapfe : Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae (= Catalogus fossilium Austriae issue 15). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1971, p. 32 ( PDF; 381 kB ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ See also Albert Schedl, Thomas Hofmann (Red.): "Grenzenlos". Scientists of the Geological Reich / Federal Institute and their areas of activity outside Europe (= reports of the Geological Federal Institute 62). Vienna 2005, pp. 9-10 ( PDF ).
Web links
- Franz Fötterle in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Foetterle, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fötterle, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mramotitz in Moravia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 1876 |
| Place of death | Vienna |