Hans H. Stühmer

Hans H. Stühmer (* 1940 ) is a German engineer , rock and fossil collector and hobby archaeologist on Heligoland .

He came to Heligoland in 1967. His main occupation was the head of the Heligoland suburb of the Tönning Waterways and Shipping Office for 38 years . From 2002 he was a member of the district council of Helgoland (Pinneberg district) and is nature conservation officer for Helgoland.

In 2001 he received the Friedrich von Alberti Prize for his services to the sustainable collection of fossils and rocks from the island of Heligoland and their documentation and scientific processing as well as for his commitment to nature and the environment of Heligoland (laudation).

He discovered 25 new fossil animal species and identified 30 for the first time on Heligoland. He found some of his ammonite finds during dives. Cephalosporium stuehmeri is named after him. In addition to fossils, he also collects amber and the red flint that only occurs on Heligoland. Parts of his collection are exhibited in the Helgoland Museum in the North Sea Hall.

Fonts

• Together with Christian Spaeth, Friedrich Schmid: Fossils of Helgoland . Part 1: Triassic and Lower Cretaceous (1982), Part 2: Upper Cretaceous (1986). 2 parts. Niederelbe-Verlag, Otterndorf.
• The Heligoland chalk cliffs at extremely low water: A documentation . Geologisches Jahrbuch, A 120 (1991), pp. 63-67.

References and comments

1. ^ Traveling for four days - for a district council meeting, Die Zeit, July 31, 2007
2. ^ The Alberti Foundation - The Alberti Prize .
3. ^ Alberti Prize for Stühmer, University of Oldenburg
4. ^ Longing for Germany. Heligoland