Karl König (botanist)

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Karl Philipp Jakob König (born October 22, 1804 in Bad Dürkheim , † May 10, 1888 in Speyer ) was a German pastor and botanist .

In 1841 he published with ?? Of the?? botanical guides through the Rhine Palatinate: Or Uebers. all so far in d. Rheinpfalz found, both wild and wild, phanerogamic plants, with indication of d. Prosody u. Etymology of their names, d. Locations u. geographer. Distribution, along with e. Flower calendar u. some rules about d. Collecting, drying, etc. Keeping d. Plants. A manual to make it easier to find u. Determine d. Plants, initially for use in higher education institutions, then f. all friends d. Botanical the first German-language book about the flora of the Palatinate .

König was a Protestant pastor in Bad Dürkheim, first consistorial councilor and city pastor in Speyer and pastor in Oppau .

literature

  • Michael Geiger, Hans-Wolfgang Helb (ed.): Nature research, nature conservation and environmental education, 175 years of Pollichia, Neustadt / Weinstrasse, 2015.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Karl Philipp Jakob König - German Digital Library. In: deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de. Retrieved January 21, 2017 .
  2. ↑ ˜Derœ botanical guides through the Rhine Palatinate: Or Uebers. all so far in d. Rheinpfalz found, both wild and wild. In: deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de. March 11, 2016, accessed January 21, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Geiger et al. (Ed.), P. 87
  4. ^ German biography - Koenig, Karl. In: deutsche-biographie.de. January 21, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME King, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES König, Karl Philipp Jakob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pastor and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Dürkheim
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1888
Place of death Speyer