Franz Ruttner
Franz Ruttner (born May 12, 1882 in Podol , Bohemia ; † May 17, 1961 in Lunz am See , Lower Austria) was a German limnologist who had been the head of the biological station in Lunz am See for many years . Ruttner is considered a "classic" among German-Austrian limnologists.
Live and act
The son of a forester, who was born in East Bohemia, came to Lower Austria after completing his studies (in Prague with the botanist Hans Molisch ; dissertation “Die Kleinstlebewesen der Prague Wasserleitung” 1906) and in 1908 he became the administrative director of the Biological Institute, founded in 1905 by Carl Kupelwieser Station in Lunz am See. The station was temporarily closed during the First World War . It was re-established in 1924 by the Kaiser Wilhelm Society (now the Max Planck Society ), which supported the Austrian Academy of Sciences , and Franz Ruttner became the director of the institute. 1928–1929 he undertook the first limnological research trip to the tropics ( Indonesia ) with his colleagues Heinrich Jacob Feuerborn and August Thienemann and the laboratory assistant Karl Herrmann . In 1937 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . He headed the Lunz Biological Station until his retirement in 1957 and died in Lunz in 1961. One of its main benefits is the proof of bicarbonate assimilation in submerged macrophytes higher (like the waterweed ).
A classic is the "Outline of Limnology", which he wrote in 1940, a 250-page overview of lake science with short chapters also on rivers and moors. This work has been translated into 11 languages. A series of limnological symposia is named after Ruttner, which the Bavarian Academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management organizes annually in Seeon-Seebruck under the direction of Ruttner's last pupil Otto Siebeck.
family
Franz Ruttner had three sons:
- Anton Ruttner (1911–2006), geologist, head of the Federal Geological Institute in Vienna; earned for the geology of Iran; his wife Agnes Ruttner-Kolisko (1911–1991) was a leading rotifer specialist
- Friedrich Ruttner (1914–1998; neurologist) and
- Hans Ruttner (1918–1979; graduate of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna)
The latter founded the Institute for Apiculture in Lunz in 1946 , which was then subordinated to the Ministry of Agriculture. In 1948 the first evidence of multiple mating of the queen bee during the wedding flight took place here. Friedrich Ruttner was then for many years "Bee Professor" at the University of Frankfurt am Main with an institute in Oberursel .
Honors
In 1942 he received the Naumann Medal .
Fonts
- Outline of Limnology 3rd edition. DeGruyter, Berlin 1962.
literature
Web links
- Biological station Lunz, with picture by Franz Ruttner
- Literature by and about Franz Ruttner in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Member entry of Franz Ruttner at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 23, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ruttner, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German limnologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vápenný Podol |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1961 |
| Place of death | Lunz am See |