Georg Friedrich Schnittspahn

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Georg Friedrich Schnittspahn (born January 3, 1810 in Darmstadt ; † December 22, 1865 there ) was a German zoologist, botanist and educator. Its botanical author's abbreviation is “ Schnittsp. "

Life

Georg Friedrich Schnittspahn came from a family of court gardeners in Darmstadt. He was born as the third and youngest son of the court gardener Johann August Schnittspahn (1763–1842) in Darmstadt. His grandfather Bernhard Schnittspahn (1726–1787) already held this position. Georg Schnittspahn visited the teacher in Darmstadt. He was then supported by Johannes Hess , who founded the first botanical garden in the Schlossgraben in Darmstadt in 1814. He received training as a gardener and worked in the Botanical Garden in Darmstadt . In 1829 he received a six-month scholarship from Grand Duke Ludwig I (Hessen-Darmstadt) , which allowed him to stay in Paris in the Jardin des Plantes. After his return he was involved in the relocation of the botanical garden to the northern part of the Herrngarten. In 1831 he took over the teaching position for botany at the agricultural college of Heinrich Wilhelm von Pabst in Kranichstein. He taught here until 1838.

The Darmstadt Horticultural Association is said to have been founded in Georg Friedrich Schnittspahn's apartment on April 8, 1835, and he was its secretary for a long time.

On July 19, 1836, Schnittspahn was appointed inspector of the Botanical Garden and the Botanical Cabinet in Darmstadt, which was founded in 1830. He took over these positions from Johannes Hess, who died in 1837. In 1836, Schnittspahn also became a provisional botany teacher at the secondary school.

In 1841 he became a permanent teacher of botany, zoology and product science at the Höhere Gewerbeschule, founded in 1836, a predecessor of the TH Darmstadt . On May 18, 1841, he was also given the management of the Botanical Garden, which was permanently assigned to the TH Darmstadt at the suggestion of Ernst Schleiermacher . In 1849, Schnittspahn was appointed court garden director as the successor to his older brother Gottfried Schnittspahn. On February 28, 1855 he received the title of Director of the Botanical Garden.

During his long period of service, Schnittspahn organized several relocations of the botanical garden. So in 1838 on the grounds of the state orphanage near the Kleiner Woog, in 1849 in the Grand Ducal Lustgarten on Wilhelminenplatz and finally in 1864 in the Meiereipark on Frankfurter Strasse and Schloßgartenstrasse.

In 1845, Schnittspahn was a co-founder of the Natural History Association of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and a member of numerous botanical and natural research societies.

In the spring of 1865, Georg Friedrich Schnittspahn developed a liver disease from which he died in December 1865.

Since July 7, 1838, Schnittspahn was married to Marie Stein (1816–1897). The marriage resulted in two daughters.

Honors

  • 1861: Honorary member of the Erfurt Horticultural Association.
  • The street in Darmstadt, which branches off from Heinrichstrasse and leads to the Botanical Garden, was named after Georg Friedrich Schnittspahn.
  • The plant genus Schnittspahnia Rchb is named after him . from the Annonaceae family .

Fonts

  • Flora of the phanerogamic plants of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Published by Johann Philipp Diehl, Darmstadt 1839.
    • three further editions under the title Flora of the Vessel Plants of the Grand Duchy of Hessen. Published by Johann Philipp Diehl, Darmstadt 1846, 1853 and 1865 ( online ).

literature

  • Georg Friedrich Schnittspahn. In: Stadtlexikon Darmstadt. Stuttgart 2006, p. 799. ISBN 3806219303
  • Hermann Haupt: Hessian biographies. 3 volumes, Volume 3, Darmstadt 1934, pp. 123–126.
  • Ulrich Lüttge: History of botany in Darmstadt. In: Botany at the Technical University of Darmstadt 1814-1970, researcher - plants - gardener botanist. Darmstadt 2005, pp. 9-46. ISBN 3886071545
  • Christa Wolf and Marianne Viefhaus: Directory of professors at TH Darmstadt. Darmstadt 1977, p. 185.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Schnittspahn, Georg Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cut sp. (botanical author abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist, botanist and educator
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1865
Place of death Darmstadt