Herbert Paschinger

Herbert Paschinger (born September 27, 1911 in Neumarkt in der Steiermark , † September 12, 1992 in Graz ) was an Austrian geographer .

Live and act

Paschinger was born on September 27, 1911 as the son of the respected geographer Viktor Paschinger in Neumarkt in Styria. In the years after the First World War, Paschinger attended elementary and middle school in Klagenfurt and then began studying geography, history and geology at the University of Graz in 1929 . In 1934 he received his doctorate and graduated in 1935 with the teaching examination in the subjects of history and geography. After completing his teaching degree, he worked for several years as an assistant teacher in the school service of the city of Klagenfurt, but was unable to find a permanent position and in 1938 began working as Hans Kinzl's assistant at the geographical institute of the University of Innsbruck . In 1941 Paschinger was drafted into the military and only worked in the weather service and from 1943 in the evaluation of aerial photographs and the creation of maps. After the war he was briefly taken as a British prisoner of war in 1945 and then resumed his work at the University of Innsbruck, where he completed his habilitation in 1948.

In 1958 he followed a call from the University of Graz as full professor and institute director, where he replaced Herbert Schlenger as institute director in the geography department. In 1981 he retired for reasons of age and died on September 12, 1992 in Graz.

Paschinger was of the opinion that comprehensive training is necessary without specialization too early and also implemented this in his own research and education. He dealt with cartography , geomorphology , economic geography and glaciology , but also geography , for his scientific work for the Carinthia area he was awarded several honors by the state of Carinthia.

Works (selection)

Development and nature of the capitals of the Austrian federal states , 1954, Universitätsverlag Wagner
Styria, Styrian Randgebirge, Grazer Bergland, Styrian Riedelland , 1974, Borntraeger
Carinthia, a geographic regional studies , part 1. General presentation , 1976, publishing house of the Landesmuseum für Kärnten
Carinthia, a geographical study of the country , part 2. The economic areas , 1979, publishing house of the Landesmuseum für Kärnten

Awards (selection)

Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Styria
Gold medal of the state of Carinthia
Carinthian regional order in silver

literature

Sieghard Morawetz : Herbert Paschinger on his 60th birthday. In: Communications of the natural science association for Styria. 101. Graz 1971, pp. 11-14 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
Wilhelm Leitner : Directory of the scientific publications by em.o.Univ.Prof.Mag.Dr. Herbert Paschinger. In: Festschrift for Herbert Paschinger on his 80th birthday . Institute for Geography at the Karl Franzens University. Graz 1991. pp. 15–27 ( PDF on ZOBODAT )

Web links

Entry on Herbert Paschinger in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Literature by and about Herbert Paschinger in the catalog of the German National Library
Entry in the Lexicon of Geography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Wilhelm Leitner: Herbert Paschinger 1911-1992 . Ed .: Austrian Geographical Society. 135th year Vienna 1993, p. 273–274 ( geologie.ac.at [PDF]).

personal data
SURNAME	Paschinger, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian geographer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 27, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neumarkt in Styria
DATE OF DEATH	September 12, 1992
Place of death	Graz

[:Leitner-1] Wilhelm Leitner: Herbert Paschinger 1911-1992 . Ed .: Austrian Geographical Society. 135th year Vienna 1993, p. 273–274 ( geologie.ac.at [PDF]).