Harald Schweiger
Harald Schweiger (born June 2, 1927 in Vienna ; † February 16, 2009 there ) was an Austrian zoologist .
Life
Harald Schweiger studied at the University of Vienna and completed his studies in December 1950 with a doctorate. He then worked for the Lower Austrian State Museum . In 1964 he was appointed to the University of Istanbul , where he taught as a professor until 1969. In 1976 Schweiger became Director of Nature Conservation of Lower Austria and in 1979 Real Councilor . In 1966 he was awarded the Theodor Körner Prize . Schweiger was a specialist in the fauna of Turkey, zoogeography , ecology and nature conservation as well as a beetle specialist. He also published several writings on his travels, especially here on the animal world. As Lower Austrian nature conservation director, he campaigned for the creation of nature parks such as the Blockheide-Gmünd Nature Park and the Heidenreichsteiner Moor Nature Park . Schweiger's grave is located at Jedleseer Friedhof (Gr. 7, R. 1, No. 10) in Vienna.
Fonts
- Monographs
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Modern Turkey, Ottoman Heritage , Wollzeilen, Vienna 1966
- Dutch edition: Levend Turkije , Nederland's Boekhuis, Tilburg 1967 (Tijdsignalen, Volume 14)
- Polish edition: Kraj pod te̜cza , Warsaw 1973
- Land under the rainbow , youth and people, Vienna-Munich 1969
- Das kleine Käferbuch , Pinguin und Umschau, Innsbruck and Frankfurt am Main 1973
- The Natural Science Department of the Lower Austrian State Museum, Vienna , Vienna 1974 (catalog of the Lower Austrian State Museum, vol. 63)
- The Danube meadows. One of the last primeval landscapes in the heart of Europe , Lower Austrian Provincial Government, Vienna 1982 (Catalog of the Lower Austrian Provincial Museum, NF, No. 108)
- Lower Austrian Hunting Museum. Branch of the natural science department of Lower Austria. Provincial Museum, Marchegg Castle , Lower Austrian Provincial Government, Vienna 1982 (Catalog of the Lower Austrian Provincial Museum, NF, No. 120)
- Diethelm Hofer. Mussels and snails from the painter's point of view , Niederösterreichische Landesregierung, Vienna 1982 (Catalog of the Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, NF, No. 128)
- Essays
- The genus Carabus in Israel. In: Israel Journal of Entomology 5 (1970), pp. 21-55
literature
- Friedrich Karl Dörner (editor): From the Bosporus to the Ararat (= cultural history of the ancient world . Volume 7 = writings of the Hermann Bröckelschen Foundation. Volume 5). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1981, ISBN 3-8053-0417-X , p. 387.
Web links
- Literature by and about Harald Schweiger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ w.HR. Prof. Dr. Harald Schweiger on ZOBODAT . ZOBODAT website, accessed June 6, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schweiger, Harald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schweiger, Harald Josef Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 2009 |
| Place of death | Vienna |