Hans Pelzer

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Hans Pelzer (born January 20, 1936 in Velbert , † April 20, 2006 in Hanover ) was a German geodesist and university professor .

Life

Pelzer first completed an apprenticeship as a surveying technician before he began studying at the State Engineering School in Essen. He then studied geodesy in Bonn and graduated in 1962. At the Institute for Surveying at the Technical University of Braunschweig he was awarded a doctorate by Karl Gerke in 1969 with a study of the accuracy of electromagnetically measured route networks. Ing. PhD. At the same institute, Pelzer completed his habilitation two years later with a stochastically based analysis of geodetic monitoring measurements . In 1971, in the year of his habilitation , he was offered a position at the TU Hannover , where he initially held a professorship for geodetic measurement technology. In 1977 he became the professor for general surveying and at the same time director of the Geodetic Institute. For two years he also served as dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy.

The main research focus of Pelzer was on the geodetic networks of state and engineering surveying. In addition, he worked on equalization calculations and statistics. In addition, he carried out numerous interdisciplinary projects and intensified cooperation with foreign universities.

Hans Pelzer was married and had three children.

Awards and honors

  • 1978: Membership of the German Geodetic Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
  • 1986: Membership of the Lower Saxony Academy of Geosciences
  • 1989: Membership of the Braunschweig Scientific Society
  • 1988: Winner of the Marin Drinov Medal of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • 1990: Honorary doctorate from the Federal Technical University of Zurich
  • 1993: Honorary professorship at the Technical University of Surveying and Cartography in Wuhan, China
  • 1993: first honorary member of the Association of Romanian Geodesists
  • 1994: Honorary doctorate from the Institute (today: Technical University) for Construction in Bucharest

Fonts (selection)

  • The accuracy of electromagnetically measured route networks, especially in the lowlands and over coastal waters , Braunschweig 1969.
  • For the analysis of geodetic deformation measurements , Munich: Verlag der Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften 1971.

Editorships (selection)

  • Geodetic networks in state and engineering surveying , Stuttgart: Wittwer 1980.
  • Precise leveling , Bonn: Dümmler 1984.
  • Investigations for the geodetic determination of landslide phenomena and vertical crust movements , Hanover: Department of Surveying at the University of 1984.
  • Determination of heights and height changes , Bonn: Dümmler 1987.
  • Engineering surveying , Stuttgart: Wittwer 1987; 2nd, revised and improved edition 1988.
  • Applications of the global positioning system , Stuttgart: Wittwer 1992.
  • Proceedings of the 6th International FIG Symposium on Deformation Measurements , International Symposium on Deformation Measurements 6, Hannover: Geodetic Institute of the University 1996.
  • Specialized dictionary terms and definitions in German surveying with English and French equivalents , Vol. 10: Ingenieurvermessung , 1997.

Literature (selection)

  • Festschrift, Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. hc mult. Hans Pelzer on his 60th birthday , Hanover: Geodetic Institute of the University of Hanover 1996.
  • Festschrift Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. hc mult. Hans Pelzer on his retirement on the occasion of his 68th birthday , Hanover: Department of Surveying at the University of 2004.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary by Hansjörg Kutterer ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 251 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dgk.badw.de
personal data
SURNAME Pelzer, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geodesist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Velbert
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2006
Place of death Hanover