Jost Fitschen

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Jost Fitschen (born January 1, 1869 in Brest , Stade district, † January 26, 1947 in Hamburg-Altona ) was a German botanist . He was a co-author of the proven flora of Germany plant identification book , known as Schmeil / Fitschen . His botanical-mycological author's abbreviation is " Fitschen ".

Life

Jost Fitschen was an elementary school teacher in Geversdorf near Cuxhaven , then in Neuhaus / Oste and Uphusen, and later in Magdeburg , before he was the principal of an elementary school in Hamburg-Altona. In Magdeburg he was a member of the 1st Wilhelmstädter Volksschule, one of the largest schools in Magdeburg with around 1,400 students and more than 40 teachers.

His supervisor was the natural science teacher Otto Schmeil , who had held the rector's office since 1894. Fitschen wrote the flora of Germany together with Schmeil . A guide to help identify the plants growing wild and cultivated in the area . The first edition appeared in December 1903. From 1923 on, Fitschen was the sole editor.

He retired early because of an insidious nervous disease. For almost the last twenty years of his life he suffered from progressive paralysis, which tied him to his Hamburg apartment.

In specialist circles, Fitschen was considered an excellent plant expert. Among other things, he researched the flora of the Lower Elbe , adventitious plants , freshwater algae , blackberries and conifers .

Works

  • Flora of Germany. An auxiliary book for determining the plants growing wild and cultivated in the area , Leipzig, 1903; later than Flora of Germany and its adjacent areas .
  • Woody flora. A book to identify the trees and shrubs that grow wild and are planted in Germany and neighboring countries . Leipzig, 1920.
  • Manual of coniferous wood science: systematics, description, use and culture of the Ginkgoaceae, free-range conifers and Gnetaceae. For gardeners, forest officials and botanists with contributions by Henrich Klebahn, Hamburg, Hans Sachtleben, Berlin-Dahlem and H. Luyken, Weener. 3rd, completely revised edition of Beissner's Softwood Studies . Berlin, 1930.
  • The most common plants in Germany. Simple tables to determine our most common wild and cultivated plants according to the "Flora" by Schmeil-Fitschen (together with Otto Schmeil). Leipzig, 1941.

literature

  • Albert Schumacher: Jost Fitschen . In: The new elementary school in town and country , Volume 2, 1951, pp. 383–389.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anette Schenk: Otto Schmeil. Life and work . Palatina Verlag, Heidelberg, 2000. ISBN 3-932608-17-8 .
personal data
SURNAME Fitschen, Jost
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Brest , Stade district
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1947
Place of death Hamburg-Altona