Heinrich Seitter

Heinrich Seitter (born March  28, 1902 in St. Margrethen , †  September 3, 1991 in Walenstadt ) was a Swiss botanist .

family

Since then, Gustav Heinrich's son was a saddler by trade , his mother was Anna Frieda, single Kehl. In 1929 he married Maria Friederika John, the daughter of Jakob Christian John. After 24 years he married for the second time, now in 1953 Anna Rothenberger, the daughter of Christian Rothenberger. Seitter belonged to the Reformed Church .

job

After he finished school in 1918, he began an apprenticeship as a locksmith in St. Gallen that same year , which lasted until 1921. He then worked as a chauffeur in Egypt from 1921 to 1923. He made his return journey partly on foot. From 1927 to 1967 he worked as a conductor and train driver for the SBB in Sargans . Since he was interested in botany from a young age, he systematically researched the flora of the region as an autodidact . He expanded his knowledge by studying specialist literature , including those of the Slavic languages . This made him one of the most important botanists in Eastern Switzerland. From 1967 to 1972 he took part in the mapping of the Swiss flora and published the flora of the Principality of Liechtenstein in 1977 and the flora of the Canton of St. Gallen and both Appenzell in 1989 . In 1976, ETH Zurich awarded him an honorary doctorate. In 1977 he was made an honorary citizen of Sargans (decision of the local citizens' assembly).

literature

• MF Broggi, "Heinrich S. (1902-1991)", in Ber. the Botan.-Zoolog. Ges. Liechtenstein-Sargans-Werdenberg 31, 2006, 275–284 (with factory index)

Web links

Heinrich Seitter in the catalog of the Swiss National Library

Archives

• ETH-BIB, partial estate

Markus Kaiser: Seitter, Heinrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .