Friedrich Hopfner Medal

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The Friedrich Hopfner Medal is Austria's highest award for outstanding scientific achievements in geodesy , especially in the field of European geometra- tion . Her focus is on scientists from the German-speaking area .

Foundation, endowment

The medal was donated in 1977 by around 20 members of the Austrian Commission for International Earth Surveying (ÖKIE), which is now called the Austrian Geodetic Commission (ÖGK). The foundation was made in recognition of the merits of Friedrich Hopfner , professor of higher geodesy at the Vienna University of Technology from 1934 to 1949, for earth measurements and applied geophysics .

The finances of the foundation are based on the private funds of the ÖGK members, most of whom were / are professorships in geodesy and surveying departments. The proposed award winners are not allowed to be members of the now ÖGK (or previously ÖKIE), so that the group of possible candidates - with a few exceptions - is concentrated on the neighboring countries.

Award winners

  • 1978: Karl Killian , Vienna, celebratory speeches and lecture are published in the Österreichische Zeitschrift für Vermessung und Photogrammetrie (ÖZfVuPh), 66th year (1978), pp. 105–116.
  • 1982: Karl Ramsayer , Stuttgart, celebratory speeches and lecture are published in the Österreichische Zeitschrift für Vermessung und Photogrammetrie, Volume 70 (1982), pp. 231-233.
  • 1986: Hellmut Schmid , Switzerland, celebratory speeches and lecture are published in the Österreichische Zeitschrift für Vermessung und Photogrammetrie, Volume 74 (1986), pp. 113–121.
  • 1990: Fritz K. Brunner , Sydney / Graz, celebratory speeches and lecture are published in the Österreichische Zeitschrift für Vermessung und Photogrammetrie, 79th year (1991), pp. 1-20.
  • 1998: Heinrich Ebner , Munich, celebratory speeches and lecture are published in the Österreichische Zeitschrift für Vermessung und Geoinformation (VGI), 86th year (1998), pp. 186–190.
  • 2002: Thomas Wunderlich , Munich, speeches and lecture were published in volume 90/91 of the Austrian magazine for surveying and geoinformation (VGI) .
  • 2010: Manfred Buchroithner , Dresden. Ceremonial speeches and lecture are published in the Österreichische Zeitschrift für Vermessung und Geoinformation (VGI), Vol. 99 (2011), pp. 22–33.
  • 2014: Franz W. Leberl , Graz. The laudation and the lecture are published in the Austrian Journal for Measurement and Geoinformation (VGI), 102nd year (2014), issue 4/2014.
  • 2018: Robert Weber , Vienna.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Awarding of the Friedrich Hopfner Medal 2018 to ao Univ.-Prof. Robert Weber. Retrieved November 6, 2018 .