Johann Christian Mahr
Johann Christian Mahr (born February 27, 1787 in Farnroda , † September 17, 1869 in Ilmenau ) was a German geologist and friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .
Live and act
Johann Christian Mahr lived in Ilmenau and worked there as a geologist in the copper mines. This is how he met Goethe, the Mining Minister of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach . Together with Goethe he went on numerous hikes to Kickelhahn , Manebach and other places of natural historical interest in the Ilmenau area. Mahr also accompanied Goethe to the Kickelhahn on August 27, 1831 on his last trip to Ilmenau, six months before the poet's death.
In addition, Mahr researched fossils , which he found mainly near Manebach. From this he built up a paleobotanical collection that is considered one of the most important of the 19th century and is owned by the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin .
In 1857 Mahr was appointed Bergrat (head of the mines) in Ilmenau.
In 1990 a street in Ilmenau was named after Johann Christian Mahr.
literature
- Barthel, Manfred: Classical paleobotanical collections from the Thuringian Forest . In: Gleditschia . Vol. 9, pp. 45-55.
- Barthel, Manfred: Johann Christian Mahr (1787 to 1869) Goethe's fossil collector in the hard coal deposit of Manebach - Kammerberg . In: Prescher, Hans (Ed.): Life and work of German geologists in the 18th and 19th centuries. VEB Deutscher Verlag für Grundstofftindustrie, Leipzig 1985. pp. 162-182.
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| SURNAME | Mahr, Johann Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist and friend of Goethe |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Farnroda |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 17, 1869 |
| Place of death | Ilmenau |