Julius Spriestersbach

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Julius Spriestersbach (born November 20, 1871 in Reichenberg , St. Goarshausen / Rhein district, † September 27, 1945 in Remscheid ) was a German teacher. In his spare time he worked as a geologist and paleontologist .

Life

Julius Spriestersbach was born as the son of the mayor Philipp Martin Spriestersbach and his wife Elisabeth Katharina, née Brodt, in Reichenberg .

He was married to Ella, née Platte, and had two sons with her.

Julius Spriestersbach taught in Bornich am Rhein from 1891 to 1895 , then in Solingen-Wald until 1899 . In May 1899 he moved to the Stachelhausen elementary school , and in October 1911 to the elementary school in Reinshagen . From October 1, 1930 he was the main teacher there. From April 1, 1931 to March 31, 1934 he was principal of the Daniel Schürmann School in Remscheid and then retired.

From 1919 he gave lectures on geology and palaeontology at the adult education center and led corresponding excursions .

Scientific work

Already in the Hunsrück he started collecting fossils together with Alexander Fuchs , together with the later state geologist he wrote his first book at the Prussian Geological State Institute in 1909 .

He introduced the term Remscheid strata into geology, using the special flora and fauna to show that these strata emerging in Remscheid do not appear again in Europe. He discovered 140 Devonian fossils and described them for the first time.

At the suggestion of Hans Philipp , head of the Institute for Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Cologne , he also summarized his findings in the book Die Oberkoblenzschichten des Bergisches Land and Sauerlandes published in 1924 . This book is still a guide to Devonian research today .

Julius Spriestersbach Collection

The Julius Spriestersbach collection was remarkable because of the exactness of its scientific documentation and the detailed description of the Bergisch-Sauerland Devonian that this enabled. The collection comprised more than 15,000 fossils, most of which had been requested by the Prussian State Geological Institute and were in Berlin during the Second World War .

After the Second World War, this part of the collection was brought to Saint Petersburg . It was not until 1958 that part of it was given to the Museum of Natural History at the Humboldt University in Berlin . This part is no longer shown as the Julius Spriestersbach Collection today. However, around 3,600 fossils have been lost.

In a small part of his collection, which is now in the historical center , there are 140 fossils from the Devonian , 83 of which are fossilized shells from the group of the Montanaria genus, which is common in Remscheid .

Honors

Julius-Spriestersbach-Strasse and the Catholic Julius-Spriestersbach primary school in Remscheid are named after Julius Spriestersbach.

On February 22, 1926, he was awarded a doctorate by the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Cologne for the scientific research of the local mountains. appointed hc.

Works

  • Fauna of the Remscheid strata , Prussian State Geological Institute, Berlin 1909 (with Alexander Fuchs)
  • New or little-known fossils from the Devonian, especially from Lenneschiefer , Prussian Geological State Institute, Berlin 1915
  • New fossils from the Lenne slate , Prussian Geological State Institute, Berlin 1919
  • The Oberkoblenzschichten of the Bergisches Land and Sauerland , 1924
  • Contribution to the knowledge of the fauna of the Rhenish Devonian , 1935
  • Lenneschiefer - Stratigraphy, Facies and Fauna , 1942

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  • Hans Jürgen Roth: History of our city, Remscheid with Lennep and Lüttringhausen , RGA-Buchverlag, Remscheid 2009, ISBN 978-394049101-5 , p. 22
  • Chr. N. Litsakis: The Birth of the Bergisches Land - Hike in Remscheid's Urzeit , RGA-Buchverlag, Remscheid 1994, ISBN 3-923495-30-7

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personal data
SURNAME Spriestersbach, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Reichenberg , St. Goarshausen district
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1945
Place of death Remscheid