Heinz Heck
Heinz Heck (born January 22, 1894 in Berlin ; † March 5, 1982 in Munich ) was a biologist and zoo director in Munich.
Life
Heinz Heck was born on January 22nd, 1894 as the fourth child of the Berlin zoo director Ludwig Heck and his wife Margarete, née Nauwerk. From 1927 to 1969 he was director of the Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich. When the zoo was rebuilt in 1927, he set up the world's first geozoo in the Isar floodplain .
He and his brother Lutz Heck are best known for their attempts to breed breeds from what they originally considered farm animals to resemble their extinct ancestral forms. Today's Heck cattle (an attempt to breed cattle similar to the aurochs from cattle breeds originally considered by Heinz and Lutz Heck ) goes back to the attempts of Heinz Heck, the animals of his brother were lost. The Heck horse also goes back to these attempts and emerged from breeds such as the Konik or Icelandic horses . In 1934 he campaigned for the successful reintroduction of the Alpine ibex near Berchtesgaden .
One in the era of National Socialism is transferred title of professor is said to have rejected the rear. In contrast to most of his colleagues and despite his brother Lutz's closeness to the system, Heinz Heck is also said to never have been a member of the NSDAP . Heinz Heck became completely blind in old age. He died on March 5, 1982.
Honors
- 1953: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 1964: Bavarian Order of Merit
Works
- Guide through Hellabrunn Zoo , 1955
- Elephant and Earthworm: Animal Stories . Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1979, ISBN 3423025212
literature
- Evelyn Gottschlich: reopening and destruction 1928-1945. In: Michael Kamp and Helmut Zedelmaier (eds.): Hippos on the Isar. A story of the Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich. Buchendorfer Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-934036-19-8 , pp. 112-138.
- Heinz-Georg Klös: Heinz Heck in memory. In: Bongo. Contributions to the zoo and annual reports from the Berlin Zoo. Volume 8, 1984, ISSN 0174-4038 , pp. 111-114.
Web links
- Literature by and about Heinz Heck in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klös (1984), p. 112; See also: Heinz-Georg Klös: In memoriam Professor Dr. Lutz Heck. In: Bongo. Contributions to the zoo and annual reports from the Berlin Zoo. Volume 8, 1984, ISSN 0174-4038 , pp. 105-110, at page 106.
- ↑ Klös (1984), p. 113
- ↑ Gottschlich (2000), p. 137
- ↑ Klös (1984), p. 114
- ↑ Klös (1984), p. 112
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heck, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German biologist and zoo director in Munich |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1982 |
| Place of death | Munich |