Johann Ludwig Heim (geologist)

Johann Ludwig Heim the Younger (born June 29, 1741 in Solz , † January 19, 1819 in Meiningen ) was a German Protestant theologian , mineralogist and geologist .

Life

Heim was a son of the pastor Johann Ludwig Heim . He gave his children their first lessons. Later he moved to the Meininger Lyzeum illustrious . There his interest in mineralogy was awakened, which would accompany him until his death. After graduating from the Lyceum, he moved to the University of Jena . There he studied theology, according to his father's wishes, but he also devoted himself to geosciences .

Heim returned to Meiningen after completing his studies. There he became a prince educator for the later Duke Georg I of Saxony-Meiningen . In 1775 he accompanied the prince together with his brother Karl to the University of Strasbourg . Heim was able to continue his studies there. He also started his mineral collection there, which he handed over to the firm for the entire mineralogy in Jena in 1816 .

After Heim returned to Meiningen with the princes, he got a job at the consistory . He was first appointed consistorial councilor , court counselor of the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen and finally there in 1803 a real common council . In the end he was Vice-President of the Consistory. In addition to his work in the consistory, he was able to conduct extensive geoscientific research.

The Berlin doctor Ernst Ludwig Heim was his brother.

Works (selection)

• Geological experiment on the formation of valleys by streams , Hoffmann, Weimar 1791.
• Geological description of the Thuringian Forest Mountains , 6 volumes (3 parts, 2nd part in 5 sections), Hanisch, Meiningen 1796–1812.
  • 1st part: From the external figure , 1796.
  • Part 2: Of the internal construction of the same , 1798–1806.
  • 3rd part: Brief overview of the Thuringian Forest according to the arrangement, design and grouping of its mountain camps, together with some general results derived from them , 1812.

literature

• Wilhelm von Gümbel :  Heim, Johann Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 325 f.
• Heim, Johann Ludwig dJ In: German Biographical Encyclopedia of Theology and the Churches (DBETh). Walter de Gruyter, 2005, ISBN 3-11-095988-7 , p. 604.

Web links

• Detlef Tonn: Famous geologist of an even more famous brother wrote the first geological description of the Thuringian Forest on http://www.thueringer-naturbrief.de .
• Works by and about Johann Ludwig Heim  in the German Digital Library