Hans Heierli

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Hans Heierli (born November 13, 1927 in Buchs ; † October 31, 2003 ; resident in Gais ) was a Swiss geologist .

Life

Heierli grew up in Buchs and from 1944 attended the Trogen Cantonal School , from which he graduated with a type C Matura . He studied geology at the ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich , where he received his diploma as a high school teacher for geography and chemistry . In 1955 he received his doctorate with the text Geological investigations in the Albula zone between Crap Alv and Cinuos-chel (Graubünden) at the University of Zurich. From 1958 to 1984 he was a teacher at the Trogen Cantonal School. From 1981 he was part-time and from 1984 full-time conservator at the St. Gallen Nature Museum . He retired in 1993. He led numerous excursions to the Alpstein .

In 1971 the first geological hiking trail in Switzerland he had planned opened on the Hohe Kasten . A rock spike (“Heierli-Nadel”) on the hiking trail is named after him.

Fonts

  • with Theo Kempf: Construction and formation of the Alpstein. Herisau: Appenzeller Hefte, 1965, 3rd edition 1980.
  • The geological hiking trail Hoher Kasten – Stauberen – Saxerlücke. St. Gallen: Fehr, 1972; 2nd edition: The geological hiking trail on the Hohen Kasten. Bern: Paul Haupt, 1987.
  • Graubünden in color. A travel guide for nature lovers. Stuttgart: Kosmos Franckh, 1977.
  • Geological hiking guide Switzerland. Fourteen hikes in the Alps, Central Plateau and Jura, with an introduction to the geological basics. 2 volumes, Thun: Ott 1982; 2nd edition 1989.
  • The Kosmos hiking guide. The Alps. Stuttgart: Kosmos Franckh, 1982.
  • with Martin Stirrup: Basic knowledge in geology. Thun: Ott, 1984.
  • The Eastern Swiss Alps and their foreland. Säntismassiv, Churfirsten, Mattstock, Alviergruppe, Appenzeller Molasse (= Geological Guide Collection . Vol. 75). Berlin / Stuttgart: Borntraeger brothers, 1984.
  • with Martin A. Koenig: Geological catastrophes and their effects on the environment. 2nd expanded edition. Thun: Ott, 1994.
  • History of the St. Gallen Nature Museum. St. Gallen: Natural History Museum, 1996.

literature

  • Toni Bürgin: Hans Heierli 1927–2003. In: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings. Volume 122 (2004), pp. Xxvii f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Rolf Reichsteiner: Hans Heierli (1927–2003). In: Innerrhoder history friend. Volume 45 (2004), p. 147 f. ( Digitized version ). Previously published in: Appenzeller Volksfreund. Volume 128, No. 177, November 11, 2003, p. 8.
  • Rudolf Widmer: Hans Heierli, Trogen (1927–2003). In: Appenzellian yearbooks. Volume 131 (2003), p. 236 ( digitized version ).

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personal data
SURNAME Heierli, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss geologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Box
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 2003