Hellmuth Dost

Hellmuth Dost (born November 29, 1914 in Dresden , † January 21, 1971 in Bergen on Rügen ) was a German conservationist and author of ornithological publications.

Life

Hellmuth Dost, a trained precision mechanic, worked from 1935 at the Museum für Tierkunde Dresden and at bird ringing . In 1949 he was appointed district commissioner for nature conservation in the Rügen district. In addition to his area of ​​responsibility, nature and landscape protection , Dost also dealt with national culture and monument preservation and above all with ornithological local research. He tried to promote the sea bird sanctuaries on the Baltic coast.

Fonts (selection)

Hellmuth Dost wrote writings and books on the nature and landscape of the island of Rügen and on the breeding and keeping of birds .

• Handbook of Bird Care and Breeding - The Central European Songbirds. Urania, Leipzig 1954.
• Rügen - the green island and its nature reserves . Ziemsen, Wittenberg 1958 (editions: 2nd 1960, 3rd 1962, 4th 1965).
• The birds of the island of Rügen: a contribution to the knowledge of the bird world of Mecklenburg . Ziemsen, Wittenberg 1959.
• Speech artist budgie. Its care, training and breeding . Urania, Leipzig 1962.
• Parakeets and other parrots . Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1968.
• Native housebirds . Ulmer, 1969.
• Magnificent finches . Urania, Jena 1974.

literature

• Dost, Hellmuth . In: Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania? A dictionary of persons . Edition Temmen, Bremen 1995, ISBN 3-86108-282-9 , p. 103.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hellmuth Dost in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature about Hellmuth Dost in the state bibliography MV
• Works by Hellmuth Dost in the state bibliography MV