Josef Ferstl from Förstenau

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Josef Ferstl von Förstenau (born August 21, 1820 in Vienna , † June 22, 1883 ) was an Austrian physician and geologist .

Life

Ferstl of Förstenau studied at the Vienna University of Medicine and was there in 1845 with a geological dissertation to Dr. med. PhD . His dissertation "De monitbus circa Nikolsburg sitis" (printed in German translation " Geognostic observation of the Nikolsburg mountains ") contains the "probably first description of the Upper Jurassic - fauna of the Lower Austrian cliff mountains ". Ferstl worked as a doctor in Vienna and belonged to the circle of friends of the geologist Franz von Hauer (1822–1899). In 1853 he published a study on the spa town of Luhatschowitz in Moravia .

Publications

  • Geognostic observations of the Nikolsburg mountains . PP Mechitaristen, Vienna 1845 ( digitized version ).
  • The bathing, drinking and whey cure institute in Luhatschowitz in Moravia. Monograph based on research and experience . Gerold, Vienna 1853 ( digitized version ).

literature

  • Helmuth Zapfe : Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae (= Catalogus fossilium Austriae issue 15). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1971, p. 29 online (PDF; 388 kB).
  • Helmuth Zapfe: Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae. Supplementum (= Catalogus fossilium Austriae issue 15a). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-7001-0948-2 , pp. 161–162.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helmuth Zapfe: Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae . Vienna 1971, p. 29.
personal data
SURNAME Ferstl von Förstenau, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ferstl von Förstenau, Joseph Leopold (full name); Ferstl von Förstenau, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian physician and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1883