Hans Menzel (geologist)

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Hans Menzel (born June 5, 1875 in Schönewalde ; † August 24, 1914 near Serres ) was a German geologist and paleontologist.

Life

His father was a pastor in Schönewalde in the Schweinitz district. Menzel was a student of Adolf von Koenen in Göttingen (PhD 1901) and since 1901 at the Prussian Geological State Institute (PGLA). There he became a district geologist for Berlin. He fell as a first lieutenant in the reserve on August 24, 1914 in France.

He dealt with Quaternary geology in Northern Germany.

In August 1912, Hans Menzel was one of the 34 founding members of the Paleontological Society .

Fonts

  • The deposits of the Stahlberger and Klinger faults in the Thuringian Forest, Z. Prakt. Geologie, 1898, 2 73-278
  • The Galgenberg and Vorholz near Hildesheim, Schweizerbart 1901 (dissertation)
  • About Weser and Ems in prehistoric times, in: Lower Saxony: magazine for culture, history, home and nature since 1895, volume 10, 1904/05, p. 413
  • Contributions to the knowledge of the Quaternary formations in southern Hanover, part 1: The interglacial layers of Wallensen in the Hilsmulde. With an appendix: Two new species of Valvata Müller (Cincinna Huebner Group), Yearbook of the Royal Prussian Geological State Institute, Volume 24, 1904, pp. 254–292, Part 2: A young diluvial conchylic fauna from gravel deposits of the middle Leinetal, JB PGLA 24, 1904, 337-348, part 3. The Alfeld an der Leine lime store, JB PGLA 1905
  • About the Quaternary faunas in the northern foreland of the Harz Mountains and the Nehring steppe hypothesis 1909
  • Pomeranian geological formations, Köslin: Hendeß 1912
  • Geological hiking book for the area around Berlin, Enke 1912
  • Hannoverland's homeland II: The hills and mountains, Hannoverland, 2, 1908, 123-127
  • About a diluvial freshwater and peat deposit near Wallensen in southern Hanover. In: Journal of the German Geological Society. Volume 54, 1902, pp. 195–196 (on Humboldt opencast mine )
  • Traces of the Diluvial people in the Hildesheim area, communications Hermann Römer Museum Hildesheim 1914

literature

  • Obituary in Geological Yearbook, 1921

Web links

References and comments

  1. ↑ Information in his dissertation
  2. ^ Palaeontological Journal 1, Issue 1, March 1914
personal data
SURNAME Menzel, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist and paleontologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Schönewalde
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1914
Place of death at Serres