Hermann Jerz

Hermann Jerz (born July 21, 1935 in Ulm ) is a German geologist . In addition to his full-time work at the Bavarian State Geological Office (1964–2000), he was honorary professor at the University of Augsburg (1977–2004).

Live and act

Hermann Jerz studied geology up to the preliminary diploma at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (LMU Munich) and then switched to the Technical University of Munich (TU Munich). In 1961 he completed his studies there and then worked in the oil-natural gas department of Preussag AG . In 1961 Jerz received his doctorate at the Technical University of Munich at the Chair of General Geology and Alpine Geology. In 1964 he entered the service of the Bavarian Geological Survey (now part of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment ), first in the field of Soil Science Landesaufnahme , later in the field of geological mapping, and was most recently until his retirement in 2000 as a government official involved. There he carried out mappings that appeared as soil and geological map sheets along with explanatory volumes.

Between 1977 and 2004 Jerz was a lecturer at the Chair for Physical Geography and Quantitative Methods at the Institute for Geography at the University of Augsburg; In 1993 he was awarded the title of honorary professor by the University of Augsburg. There he was also responsible for the sole representation of the subject geology as a minor in the diploma course. His research was in the areas of ice age research, climate and glacier research, stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, geomorphology, soil science and landscape history. As a long-time director of the Society for Bavarian Regional Studies, he also published on the history of the country. From 1981 to 1987 he was secretary of the German sub-commission for quaternary stratigraphy and from 1982 to 1991 secretary of the INQUA sub-commission for European quaternary stratigraphy (SEQS).

Honors

• Albrecht Penck Medal of the German Quaternary Association (2008)
• Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2017)

Works (selection)

• Hermann Jerz: The Wolfratshausen Basin . Its glacial structure and tradition. In: Ice Age and the Present . tape 29 , 1979, pp. 63-69 ( eg-quaternary-sci-j.net [PDF; 3.6 MB ; accessed on July 9, 2018]).
• Jean Chaline , Hermann Jerz: Stratotypes of the Würm glacial . In: Ice Age and the Present . tape 35 , 1984, pp. 185–192 ( unimib.it [PDF; 3.6 MB ; accessed on July 9, 2018]).
• Hermann Jerz: The Ice Age in Bavaria . Geological history, rocks, water, soil (=  geology of Bavaria . Volume 2 ). E. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 978-3-510-65157-3 (XI, 243 pages).
• Hermann Jerz, Andreas Poschinger: Recent results on the Eibsee-Grainau landslide . In: Hans Risch (Hrsg.): Quartär in Südbayern (=  Geologica Bavarica . Volume 99 ). Bavarian Geol. State Office, Munich 1995, p. 383-398 .

literature

• Albrecht Penck Medal for Prof. Dr. Hermann Jerz. (PDF) In: Geo-Newsletter Bavaria, No. 3. Bavarian State Office for the Environment, October 24, 2008, p. 8 , accessed on July 9, 2018 . 
• Margot Böse: Prizes awarded. Honors and awards on the occasion of the DEUQUA conference in Vienna. Deutsche Quartärvereinigung - German Quaternary Association, September 1, 2009, accessed on July 9, 2018 . 
• Th. Schneider: Award of the Federal Cross of Merit First Class to Prof. Dr. Hermann Jerz. University of Augsburg, December 13, 2017, accessed on July 9, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Geographical paperback . 30th edition 2008/2009 edition. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-515-09280-7 , pp. 306 .

Web links

• Personal entry for Professor Dr. Hermann Jerz at the "GEPRIS - Funded Projects of the DFG "