Friedrich Katzer

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Friedrich Katzer , also Bedřich Katzer (born June 5, 1861 in Rokycany , † February 3, 1925 in Sarajevo ) was a Bohemian-Austrian geologist and mineralogist .

Life

Katzer received his school education at the secondary school in Kuttenberg (today Kutná Hora ) and Prague . He then studied (1880–1883) in Prague at the Technical University and at Charles University . He finished his studies with a PhD in philosophy at the University of Giessen . From 1883 to 1888 Katzer worked as an assistant at the Technical University of Prague. He then headed the testing station for building materials in Wrschowitz until 1891 . A year later his extensive work Geology of Bohemia was published . Katzer was a student and assistant to the geologist Jan Krejčí .

From 1892 to 1895 he worked as an assistant for mineralogy, geology and deposit theory in the service of the Steiermärkisch-Ständische Montanlehranstalt von Leoben .

Katzer spent the following three years in a leading position and as a state geologist in the Brazilian state of Pará until 1898 . At the National Museum Museu Paraense of Belem were built by him in the mineralogical and geological area different collections. The almost unbearable hygienic and health living conditions forced Katzer to return. He applied for a job in Europe.

On July 15, 1898 Katzer took over at the top captaincy Sarajevo acting as adjunct and established the end of 1898 a geological department. In his post he became a regional geologist in 1901 and a mountain ridge in 1909. In 1903, the IX. International geology congress held. Friedrich Katzer wrote a geological guide for this and, together with Julius Dreger, organized a multi-day excursion through the country for the participants.

Until his death he was director of the Bosnian-Hercegovinian Geological State Institute , which was founded in 1912 by the Mining Authority . Extensive geological exploration and mapping work was carried out during this period. Katzer and other geologists examined the gold , cinnabar , graphite , copper , sulfur and iron ore deposits known at the time . This resulted in a thorough description of these raw material sources, which later served the industrial development of the country.

The geological work in the war years 1914–1918 faced particular difficulties. During the weeks of field work by the employees, there were also country-specific difficulties due to insufficient food, poor accommodation and insects. The paleontological samples collected in Bosnia and Herzegovina were not only examined in Sarajevo, but also in Berlin by Leo Paul Oppenheim (1863–1934) and in Dresden by H. Engelhardt.

Services

The standard work Geology of Bosnia and Hercegovina remained incomplete due to Katzer's death and appeared posthumously in 1925.

Friedrich Katzer created mineralogical-geological collections in Brazil for the Museum in Belém and the Bosnian State Museum in Sarajevo. The first comprehensive geological exploration and description of the ore deposits in Bosnia-Herzegovina took place under his leadership.

Publications (selection)

  • Geological guide through Bosnia and Hercegovina . State printing house, Sarajevo 1903
  • The fossil coals of Bosnia and Hercegovina . 2 vol., Vienna, Sarajevo 1918/1921
  • Geology of Bosnia and Hercegovina . 1. Vol. 1. Part, Sarajevo 1924
  • Geology of Bosnia and Hercegovina . 1. Vol. 2. Part, Sarajevo 1925
  • geological overview map of Bosnia and Hercegovina 1: 200,000

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SURNAME Katzer, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Katzer, Bedřich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bohemian-Austrian geologist and mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Rokycany
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1925
Place of death Sarajevo