Kurt Ruchholz

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Kurt Ruchholz on an excursion in 1988

Kurt "Ricki" Ruchholz (born March 14, 1925 in Peenemünde ; † August 14, 2008 ) was a German geologist and professor of general and regional geology at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald .

Life

Kurt Ruchholz attended grammar school in Franzburg , but was only able to take his Abitur in 1947 because he was drafted as a pilot in the Air Force in 1944 until the end of World War II . After graduation Ruchholz began at the University of Greifswald education in the subjects of geography and biology to study. The final thesis in pedagogy in 1950 dealt with the Baltic Ordovician . In the same year Kurt Ruchholz switched to geology and was a student of Walter Schriel and Serge von Bubnoff , his later scientific mentor . In 1951 he received a scheduled aspiration . His diploma thesis in 1953 dealt with a tectonic topic in the area of ​​the Elbingerode limestone complex in the Harz Mountains : the storage conditions on the northern flank of the Büchenberg saddle in the Harz Mountains . In 1956 he did his doctorate under Walter Schriel on scree investigations in the Lower Devonian Harz Mountains . As a student, Kurt Ruchholz began to take on teaching tasks in the field of general geology , later courses in the historical and regional geology of Europe and the Earth were added.

In 1960 he received a lectureship in general geology and stratigraphy at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University. The habilitation in 1961 also dealt with a topic of Harz geology: The younger Herzyn of the middle Harzgerode fold zone and west of Wernigerode and its position in the lower and middle Devon of the Harz. Ruchholz was to remain connected to the geology of the Harz until his retirement in 1990. He mainly dealt with the issues of stratigraphy, facies and tectonics of the rocks of the Eastern Harz. Another focus of his scientific work was the research of young sediment bodies on the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania coast and the recent coastal dynamics. From 1964 until his retirement, Ruchholz was head of the chair for general and regional geology at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University. After Hans Wehrli retired in 1967, Ruchholz became director of the Geological-Paleontological Institute and Mineralogical-Petrographic Institute and the soil science working group at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University.

As part of the third university reform in 1968/1969, Ruchholz campaigned intensively for the geology department to remain at Greifswald University. In 1968 he was appointed full professor for lithology and formation theory and in 1985 as full professor for regional geology.

In addition to his professional skills, Kurt Ruchholz was highly valued by employees and students, “because he did not allow himself to be corrupted by the GDR system within the scope of his possibilities and always stood up for his employees”.

Kurt Ruchholz was a member of the Geological Society of the GDR, on whose board he was also active between 1962 and 1966.

In addition, Kurt “Ricki” Ruchholz is considered a sponsor of the student singing movement at the University of Greifswald.

Kurt Ruchholz was buried in the cemetery in Ückeritz after his death in 2008 .

Scientific publications (selection)

  • Scree investigations in the Lower Devonian Harz Mountains , 1956 (dissertation)
  • Graptolite finds at Schweng near Wernigerode (Harz) , Geologie, 7, Berlin 1958, pp. 184f.
  • The younger Herzyn of the middle Harzgerode fold zone and west of Wernigerode and its position in the lower and middle Devon of the Harz , 1961, 172 p.
  • An Upper Devonian limestone deposit at Stollborn southeast of Beneckenstein as an example of extreme stratigraphic condensation . Geologie 12, pp. 1039-1047.
  • Stratigraphy and facies of the Devonian of the central Harzgeröder fold zone in the Lower Harz and west of Wernigerode , Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1964, 119 pp.
  • On the ennology and facies of the Devonian and Lower Carbons, Geologie, 16, Berlin 1967, pp. 503-527.
  • Fossil finds in the southern Harz Selke quartzite (so-called main quartzite) south of the Tanner Zug in the lower Harz - a contribution to the age . Geologie, 17, Berlin 1968, pp. 348–353.
  • On the genesis of gravitational stratified and sedimentary formations in icy areas - Scientific journal of the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche, Greifswald, series 26, pp. 49-57.
  • On the lithology and facies development of the Herzynkalke - a contribution to their redefinition , Wiss. Magazine d. Univ. Greifswald, math.-nat. Row, XXI, Greifswald 1972, pp. 197-204.
  • with Helmut Weller: Geological and stratigraphic problems in the Paleozoic of the Harz . Excursion guide and publ. the society Geol. Wissensch., 57, Berlin 1973, 16-27.
  • Sedimentation and glazitectonics of Quaternary sediments on Usedom , excursion guide and publication d. Society Geol. Wissensch., 82, Berlin 1977
  • Lithology and sediment structure - their importance for the methodology of sediment-genetic-tectonic investigations in freezing areas. Journal of Geological Sciences 7 (2), Berlin 1977, pp. 225-234.
  • On the geological development of the island of Usedom in the Quaternary - excursion guide "Geology and Coastal Protection" . Berlin 1979, pp. 44-67.
  • Justification and significance of the Bode lineament . Knowledge Time. Ernst Moritz Arndt University, math.-nat. Row, 38, Greifswald 1984, pp. 63-69
  • with Walter Schumacher: On the geology of the Baltic Sea islands of Usedom, Rügen, Hiddensee and the adjacent mainland between Recknitz and Oderhaff , excursion guide and publ. the society Geol. Wissensch., 164, Berlin 1988, pp. 3-24.
  • Deep fractures and pre-orogenic lateral displacement in construction in Central Europe . Mitt.GGW, 16, Berlin 1988, p. 30
  • Development and directed transformation of Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous Flysch sedimentation in the eastern Rhenohercynikum (Harz) . Z. geol. Wiss., 17, Berlin 1989, pp. 581-588
  • Kurt Ruchholz (Ed.): Lithology: Sediments, sedimentation processes, facies, facies models; Lecture and excursion conference from November 8th to 10th, 1989 in Binz / Rügen . Society for Geological Sciences of the GDR, Berlin 1989
  • Advances in geology: actuogeology, regional geology, lithology, stratigraphy . Scientific articles from the Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald 1991, ISBN 3-86006-035-X , 69 pp.
  • with Ralf-Otto Niedermeyer: Sediment structure in Klastika - their significance for physical-geographical process research in the coastal area of ​​the southern Baltic Sea. In: Konrad Billwitz (ed.): Jungquartäre landscape spaces , Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg 1992, ISBN 978-3-642-76746-3 , pp. 173-181.

literature

  • Klaus Granitzki & Ralph-Otto Niedermeyer: On the 80th birthday of Prof. (em) Dr. habil. Kurt Ruchholz, Geoscientific Association Neubrandenburg e. V. (Ed.): Neubrandenburg Geological Contributions - Volume 5/2005, 61 pp.
  • Helmut Weller, Heiko Hüneke & Martin Meschede: Obituary Kurt Ruchholz (1925-2008) , Geoscientific Mitteilungen, 34, Berlin 2008, pp. 109–112

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Geological Society: Obituary Kurt Ruchholz ( memento of the original from November 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 5, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dgg.de
  2. ↑ Helmut Weller, Heiko Hüneke & Martin Meschede: Obituary Kurt Ruchholz (1925-2008) , Geoscientific Mitteilungen, 34, Berlin 2008, p. 110
  3. ↑ Jan Messerschmidt: Obituary for Professor Kurt Ruchholz, geologist at the University of Greifswald , accessed on April 5, 2013
  4. ↑ Helmut Weller, Heiko Hüneke & Martin Meschede: Obituary Kurt Ruchholz (1925-2008) , Geoscientific Mitteilungen, 34, Berlin 2008, p. 111
  5. ↑ Eckhard Oberdörfer: Cheerful sung ambiguity between adaptation and rebellion - student song in Greifswald during the GDR era , In: Ekkehard Ochs, Peter Tenhaef, Walter Werbeck and Lutz Winkler (eds.): University and Music in the Baltic Sea Region , Frank & Timme, Berlin 2009 , ISBN 978-3-86596-183-9 , p. 322.
  6. ↑ Eckhard Oberdörfer: Cheerful sung ambiguity between adaptation and rebellion - student song in Greifswald during the GDR era , In: Ekkehard Ochs, Peter Tenhaef, Walter Werbeck and Lutz Winkler (eds.): University and Music in the Baltic Sea Region , Frank & Timme, Berlin 2009 , ISBN 978-3-86596-183-9 , pp. 321f.
personal data
SURNAME Ruchholz, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ricki
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Peenemünde
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 2008
Place of death Greifswald