Karl Zörkendörfer

Karl Anton Zörkendörfer (born May 22, 1864 in Marienbad , Bohemia ; † February 13, 1945 there ) was a professor of medicine at the University in Prague and head of the balneological institute in Marienbad.

Life

He was the son of Anton Zörkendöfer and father of Walter Zörkendörfer , studied medicine in Prague and was a member of the Teutonia Prague fraternity there in 1888 , after becoming a member of the Albia academic fraternity in Vienna in 1883 . After successfully completing his studies, he received his habilitation and taught balneology as a medical advisor. In Marienbad the hygienic and balneological institute, which he headed, bore his name. After the Germans fled and were expelled from Bohemia and Moravia, the institute was renamed the Balneological Research Institute Marienbad. He was awarded the Goethe Medal for Art and Science for his medical knowledge .

Works

Bog investigations: A study of the occurrence, investigation, assessment and weathering ability of iron-mineral bogs; C. Bellmann, 1911
Sudeten German bathing guide; Press and Gunther Thon's publishing service, 1929; 334 pages
Observations on the carbon dioxide loss of mineral water in pipes, pumping stations and water reservoirs Volume 2 of publications of the Central Office for Balneology; Simion, 1914; 180 pages

Individual evidence

↑ Willy Nolte (Ed.): Burschenschafter Stammrolle. List of the members of the German Burschenschaft according to the status of the summer semester 1934. Berlin 1934. P. 566.

personal data
SURNAME	Zörkendörfer, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zörkendörfer, Karl Anton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bohemian bath doctor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 22, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH	Marienbad
DATE OF DEATH	February 13, 1945
Place of death	Marienbad

[1] Willy Nolte (Ed.): Burschenschafter Stammrolle. List of the members of the German Burschenschaft according to the status of the summer semester 1934. Berlin 1934. P. 566.