Hans Mayer-Wegelin

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Hans Mayer-Wegelin (born August 27, 1897 in Strasbourg ; † September 17, 1983 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German forest scientist and university professor.

Life

Mayer-Wegelin was born into a forest ranger family. At the age of 17 he graduated from high school and served in the First World War . He studied forest science in Gießen, Hann. Münden , Rostock and Munich. After the state examinations in 1922 and 1924, the doctorate with Max Endres in Munich and the habilitation in Hann. Münden. He headed the State Forestry Office in Witzenhausen . In 1927 he became a professor at the Hann. Münden , raised to the status of full professor in 1929 . There he set up the institute for biological wood research . From 1928 to 1940 he was also head of the Bramwald Forestry Office . In 1931 he went on a lecture tour to the USA. From 1937 to 1940 he was an expert in Turkey and built up the forestry faculty at Ankara University . He also had a teaching position at Istanbul University . Then he served as an officer in the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front, and in 1942 he presented ideas for the reforestation of the Ukrainian steppe, which were approved by General Forester Friedrich Alpers . In 1944 Mayer-Wegelin was appointed to the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna.

In 1948 he worked initially with a teaching position at the University of Hamburg , later as an honorary professor , in 1949 the University of Göttingen appointed him again to the professorship for wood use and forest path construction, in 1955/56 he moved again to Hamburg and became head of the Institute for Wood Biology at the Federal Research Institute for forestry and timber industry , where he was also presiding director. In 1962 he retired.

Mayer-Wegelin dealt with questions of wood quality, solved the problem of optimal knots and discussed the use of wood .

In November 1933 he signed the confession of the German professors about Adolf Hitler .

Honors

Fonts

  • Ästung , M. & H. Schaper, Hannover 1936.
  • The pruning of forest trees , M. & H. Schaper, Hannover 1952.
  • with Reinhard Trendelenburg : Wood as a raw material , 3rd edition, Hanser 1955.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ↑ Martin Bemmann: Damaged vegetation and dying forest: On the emergence of an environmental problem in Germany 1893-1970 , Göttingen 2012, p. 325, A. 226
personal data
SURNAME Mayer-Wegelin, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German forest scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1983
Place of death Wolfenbüttel