Friedrich August Walchner

Walchner 1844

Friedrich August Walchner (born September 2, 1799 in Meersburg ; † February 17, 1865 in Karlsruhe ) was a German geologist , chemist , mineralogist and politician .

Life

Walchner, son of the lawyer Kasimir Walchner , studied in Göttingen and Freiburg and became a member of the Corps Rhenania Freiburg in 1817 . In Freiburg he was also a member of the fraternity cooperative / association for the processing of scientific objects and from 1818 of the old Freiburg fraternity . He completed his habilitation in Freiburg in 1823, where he became a private lecturer and associate professor .

In 1825 he was appointed as one of twelve teachers at the then newly founded Polytechnic School in Karlsruhe , where he worked as a professor of mineralogy , geognosy and chemistry . From 1833 to 1836 he held the position of director of the Polytechnic there . In 1847 he recognized the nickel content of the ores near Horbach , and the mine was named in his honor Friedrich-August-Grube .

In 1833 he became a member of the second chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly for the electoral district of Karlsruhe II. In 1848 he was a member of the preliminary parliament .

He was appointed to the management of forestry and mining in the Grand Duchy of Baden . Since 1838 Bergrat , he was retired in 1855.

In 1848 he was elected a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

Honors

1838: Order of the Zähringer Lion , Knight

Publications (selection)

Handbook of Mineralogy and Geognosy . 2 volumes, 1832–1833 (= Lorenz Oken : General natural history for all classes , part 1. Stuttgart 1833–1841).
Inorganic Chemistry Textbook . 1849.
Representation of the geological conditions of the mineral springs emerging on the northern edge of the Black Forest . 1849.
Handbook of Geognosy . 1851.

literature

Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 6: T-Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-8253-5063-0 , p. 198.
M. Seubert: Friedrich August Walchner . In: Baden biographies . Second part. Bassermann, Heidelberg 1875, p. 421 ( digitized version ).
Wilhelm von Gümbel: Walchner, Friedrich August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 656 f.

Individual evidence

^ Kösener corps lists 1910, 47 , 64.
^ Karl Gundermann: The members of the old Freiburg fraternity 1816-1851. Freiburg im Breisgau 1984/2004, p. 7 pdf .
^ Klaus-Peter Hoepke: History of the Fridericiana - Stations in the history of the University of Karlsruhe (TH) from its foundation in 1825 to the year 2000 . Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 2007, ISBN 978-3-86644-138-5 , p.
↑ Federal Archives: Members of the Pre-Parliament and the Fifties Committee (PDF file; 79 kB)
↑ History of the Baden Mining Authority (Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg)
↑ Member entry by Friedrich August Walchner (with picture) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on February 9, 2016.

personal data
SURNAME	Walchner, Friedrich August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Walchner, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German geologist, chemist, mineralogist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 2, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH	Meersburg
DATE OF DEATH	February 17, 1865
Place of death	Karlsruhe

[1] Kösener corps lists 1910, 47 , 64.

[2] Karl Gundermann: The members of the old Freiburg fraternity 1816-1851. Freiburg im Breisgau 1984/2004, p. 7 pdf .

[3] Klaus-Peter Hoepke: History of the Fridericiana - Stations in the history of the University of Karlsruhe (TH) from its foundation in 1825 to the year 2000 . Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 2007, ISBN 978-3-86644-138-5 , p.

[4] Federal Archives: Members of the Pre-Parliament and the Fifties Committee (PDF file; 79 kB)

[5] History of the Baden Mining Authority (Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg)

[6] Member entry by Friedrich August Walchner (with picture) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on February 9, 2016.