Johann Georg Hargasser

Johann Georg Hargasser (* 1785 in Mühldorf am Inn ; † August 22, 1824 in Berchtesgaden ) was a pharmacist and botanist.

Life

Johann Georg Hargasser was born in Mühldorf am Inn and completed six years of high school in Salzburg . He learned the profession of pharmacist in Landau and completed his knowledge in Salzburg, Innsbruck and Munich. From 1821 he studied pharmacy in Landshut . But his love was also for botany , which he pursued alongside his job. He traveled to southern Tyrol , came to Verona and also explored the area around the Großglockner. In Salzburg he was employed in the court pharmacy and used his free time for botanical research.

death

On August 21, 1824, Hargasser left Salzburg and went via Hallein to Dürrnberg, where he spent the night. On Sunday morning he climbed the Eckerfirst with the guide, with the intention of doing botanical research on the Hohen Göll . Above the Ofneralm he sent the guide for plants, but when he returned he could no longer find Hargasser in his original place. The calls and the search were in vain, no sign of life came. The guide had to dismount with falling fog and falling darkness. On the following Thursday 8 miners from Dürrnberg and 4 from Berchtesgaden climbed up, but had to descend unsuccessfully because of the bad weather. The next day the four Dürrnbergers and the Führer found the body of the fallen Hargasser in the furnace sands. On Saturday Hargasser was buried in Berchtesgaden.

On May 22, 1825, Pentecost Sunday, Hargasser's friends came to Berchtesgaden to hold a funeral. A rock was erected on his grave, an iron cross with a laurel garland and an ornate marble slab attached to it.

Services

In addition to his well-founded pharmaceutical knowledge, it was above all botany that made him one of the very active researchers in his time. His trip in August and September 1821 from Munich via Innsbruck to Bozen and the Grossglockner brought interesting results.

Works

Due to his early death, he was no longer allowed to make a publication. This was done by the botanist August Emanuel Fürnrohr (1804–1861) after his death.

Web links

• Marianne Klemun: The rare Alpine children , in: Carinthia , 193./113. Vol., Pp. 217-254, Klagenfurt 2003; online: [1] (PDF file; 9.45 MB)

literature

• Flora or Botanische Zeitung VII , Regensburg 1824, II. Vol., No. 35, pp. 557ff; online: [2]
• Flora or Botanische Zeitung VIII , Regensburg 1825, II. Vol., No. 28, p. 433ff; online [3]