Heinz Kirchhoff

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Heinz Kirchhoff (born June 4, 1905 in Wilhelmshaven ; † January 6, 1997 in Göttingen ) was a German gynecologist and obstetrician .

Life

After graduating from high school , Heinz Kirchhoff studied medicine at the universities of Munich , Tübingen and Hamburg . In 1930 he was awarded in Hamburg's approval and was in the same year with the thesis "The influence of Solbädern on the water balance of the child" doctorate . Kirchhoff then worked for two years in the radiology department of the Bremen Municipal Hospital before he switched to gynecology at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . Here he worked from 1932 to 1937 under Robert Schröder and completed his habilitation in 1936 with a thesis on "Influences of the time of year and day, weather, climate and exposure on female genital functions" . In 1934 Kirchhoff married his wife Ilse, b. Dormann. In the time of National Socialism Kirchhoff became a member of the SA and there senior squad leader . In 1937 he followed Schröder to the University of Leipzig , where he worked until 1939. In 1937 he was appointed private lecturer in Leipzig . After two years of service as a military doctor and appointment as associate professor at the University of Leipzig in 1942, he took over the Lübeck Municipal Women's Clinic in 1944 , which he headed as chief physician until 1954. In that year he accepted a position as successor to Heinrich Martius and full professor at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen . Here he headed the university women's clinic until his retirement in 1973. Walther Kuhn was appointed his successor .

Under the full professorship of Heinz Kirchhoff, the traditional focus of gynecological radiation therapy in the clinic was further expanded through the creation of an independent department and, in 1974, resulted in the establishment of a chair in gynecological radiology at the University of Göttingen for the first time . A separate department for gynecological endocrinology was established under Kirchhoff's direction .

The German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina appointed Heinz Kirchhoff a member in 1964. In 1950, 1956, 1961, 1967 and 1971 he was chairman of the Northwest German Society for Gynecology , which created the Staude-Pfannenstiel Prize in 1967 at his request and renamed itself the Northwest German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics in May 1981 at the suggestion of Kirchhoff . From 1966 to 1968 Kirchhoff was President of the German Society for Gynecology and organized its congress in 1968 in Travemünde . Both professional societies later made him an honorary member . Kirchhoff was a co-founder of the professional association of gynecologists , of which he was also made an honorary member.

After leaving university, Kirchhoff devoted himself to his passion for collecting. The most diverse collections were created, such as stamps, cacti and a studio glass collection, which can be seen today in the Göttingen Municipal Museum . The most important collection is a 600-item collection of symbols of the feminine on the subject of mother goddesses and fertility symbols. Almost 200 exhibits were housed as a permanent exhibition at Göttingen University Hospital from 1997 to 2016.

In 1981 Heinz Kirchhoff was honored with the Paracelsus Medal . He died in 1997 in Göttingen at the age of 91.

His most famous students include Heinrich Schmidt-Matthiesen , Günter Oehlert and his nephew Henning Kühnle .

Fonts (selection)

  • 1930: The influence of brine baths on the water balance of the child. Dissertation , University of Hamburg 1930, DNB 57076677X .
  • 1936: The influence of time of year and day, weather, climate and exposure on female genital functions. Habilitation thesis , Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 1936, DNB 570766761 .
  • 1949: The Long Basin: Obstetric Study of the Assimilation Basin. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1949.
  • 1960: with Walter Stoeckel (Hrsg.): Gynecologists German language: Biographie u. Bibliography. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1960.
  • 1963: Foreword to Theo Löbsack : Only desired children? Birth control: use of reason. Econ-Verlag, 1963, DNB 453154328 .
  • 1965: Population Policy and Birth Control. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1965.
  • 1966: with Heinz Kräubig: Toxoplasmosis: Practical Questions and Results. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1966.

literature

  • Hans Ludwig , Walter Jonat : German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics - From Program to Embassy. A short history (1886-2008) of the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics reviewing its 57 congresses. 2nd edition 2008. German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics, ISBN 3-00-009676-0
  • Hanns Dietel , Jürgen Heinrich: The North German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics. A documentation on the occasion of the 95th anniversary. NGGG 2004, online (PDF document; 2.9 MB)
  • Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar. Walter de Gruyter, 1940/41, p. 897
  • Heinz Kirchhoff. Der Spiegel , February 26, 1964, online at Spiegel Online

Web links

proof

  1. ↑ Kirchhoff 1965 (birth regulation) - Read at Digitale-Sammlungen.de
personal data
SURNAME Kirchhoff, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gynecologist and obstetrician
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilhelmshaven
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1997
Place of death Goettingen