Hermann Vetters (geologist)

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Hermann Vetters (born July 31, 1880 in Vienna ; † October 6, 1941 there ) was an Austrian geologist.

Life

Vetters went to high school in Bohemian Leipa and then studied at the University of Vienna . In 1903 he became an assistant at the chair for geology, in 1908 he went to the Geological Reichsanstalt. In addition, he taught at the Montanistische Hochschule in Leoben as a private lecturer for tectonic geology.

During the First World War he was assigned to the military construction institute as a geologist, where he headed the instruction department for deep boreholes and boreholes. From 1916 to 1918 he served in the War Ministry and was last lieutenant engineer of the Landsturm.

After the war he returned to the Federal Geological Institute , whose chief geologist he was. He was also one of the founding members of the Geological Society in Vienna, of which he was president in 1934/35. In October 1938 Vetters became a member of the NSDAP .

After his death Vetters was buried in the Evangelical Cemetery in Simmering . The Vettersgasse in Vienna- Favoriten was named after a municipal council resolution of November 16, 1955.

The archaeologist Hermann Vetters was his son.

meaning

Vetter's special achievement lies in the creation of a geological map of Austria and in the discovery of oil deposits in the country. He also traveled to Albania, Syria, Bukovina, Dalmatia and the Western Carpathians, where he made geological recordings everywhere.

Fonts

  • Small geology of Lower Austria. Explanations of the geological oleate map in the size 1: 750,000 . Lechner: Vienna, 1909
  • Geological-tectonic overview map of the Vienna Basin and its peripheral mountains 1: 250,000 . Austrian Institute for Teaching Aids, 1910
  • Geological-tectonic overview map of the Vienna Basin and its peripheral mountains 1: 100,000. Austrian Institute for Teaching Aids, 1910
  • The geological conditions of the wider surroundings of Vienna and explanations of the geological-tectonic overview map of the Vienna Basin and its peripheral mountains on a scale of 1: 100,000 . Austrian Institute for Teaching Aids, 1910
  • Geological map of the Republic of Austria and the neighboring areas 1: 500,000 . Cartographic Institute: Vienna, around 1933
  • Explanations of the geological map of Austria and its neighboring areas. The formations and rocks of the Eastern Alps and foothills and the adjacent parts of the Franconian-Swabian Alb, the Bohemian Massif, the Carpathians and the Karst . Federal Geological Institute: Vienna, 1947 2nd edition

literature

  • Felix Czeike : Historical Lexicon Vienna Volume 5 . Kremayr & Scheriau: Vienna, 1997
  • Monika Salzer / Peter Karner : From the Christmas tree to the Ringstrasse. Evangelical Vienna . Picus: Vienna, 2008

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Street names in Vienna since 1860 as "Political Places of Remembrance" (PDF; 4.4 MB), p. 297, final research project report, Vienna, July 2013
personal data
SURNAME Vetters, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian geologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1941
Place of death Vienna