Lothar Eissmann

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Lothar Eißmann (born September 8, 1932 in Hartmannsdorf near Kirchberg , † July 4, 2019 in Leipzig ) was a German geologist . He was a professor at the University of Leipzig .

Life

From 1951 Eißmann studied geology at the University of Greifswald . In 1962 he received his doctorate and in 1970 he completed his habilitation at the University of Halle . From 1959 he was department head for geological exploration and research in Halle and Freiberg , from 1981 to 1992 scientific curator.

He researched in particular the geology of Saxony and especially the Quaternary (Ice Age).

Honors

In 2000 Eißmann received the Hans Stille Medal . Since 1991 he has been a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences . In 1990 he received the Albrecht Penck Medal of the German Quaternary Association and in 2003 the Serge von Bubnoff Medal . In 1962 he received the Kurt Pietzsch Prize and in 2015 the Federal Cross of Merit for his services to the geosciences in Leipzig and Central Germany .

Fonts

  • with Frank W. Junge The Central German Lake District - The West. Vom Wandel einer Landschaft , Sax Verlag Markkleeberg-Beucha, 1st edition, 2019 (third and final volume on geology, mining-related landscape change and lake formation as a result of lignite mining in the former GDR in the area west of the Elbe and Saale between Merseburg - Halle - Eisleben - Köthen - Bernburg - Magdeburg)
  • with Frank W. Junge The Central German Lake District - The North. From the change of a landscape , Sax Verlag, Markkleeberg-Beucha, 1st edition, 2015 (continuation volume on geology, mining-related landscape change and lake formation as a result of lignite mining in the former GDR in the area between Leipzig - Delitzsch - Bitterfeld - Lutherstadt Wittenberg)
  • with Frank W. Junge The Central German Lake District - The South. Vom Wandel einer Landschaft , Sax Verlag, Markkleeberg-Beucha, 1st edition, 2013 (overview of geology, landscape changes and the emergence of the mining-related fourth generation of lakes as a result of lignite mining in the former GDR in the area between Leipzig - Borna - Zeitz - Altenburg - Grimma)
  • The earth has a memory - 50 million years in the mirror of central German opencast mines , Sax Verlag, Beucha, 2nd edition, 2008 (illustrated book on landscape changes and geological insights through open-cast lignite mining in the former GDR)
  • Metamorphosis of a Landscape , Sax Verlag, Beucha, 2nd edition 2006 (illustrated book on the lake landscape that resulted from open-cast lignite mining in East Germany)
  • The quaternary ice age in Saxony and Thuringia Northeast: landscape change on the southern edge of the Scandinavian ice area . Altenburger Naturwiss. Research, Volume 8, 1997
  • The oldest mountains in Saxony or the morphological persistence of geological structures , Altenburger Naturwiss. Research, Volume 10, 1997
  • as editor with Thomas Litt Das Quartär Mitteldeutschlands: a guide and excursion guide; with an overview of the pre-Quaternary of the Saale-Elbe area , Altenburger Naturwiss. Research, Volume 7, 1994 (Conference of the German Quaternary Association in Leipzig, Quaternary and environmental geology of Central Germany, 150 years of inland theory in Saxony , September 1994)
  • Editor The Eemwarmzeit and the early Weichsel Ice Age in the Saale-Elbe area: geology, paleontology, paleecology; a contribution to the younger Quaternary in Central Europe , Altenburger Naturwiss. Research, Volume 5, 1990 (International Union for Quaternary Research, Beijing Congress)
  • with Ansgar Müller, Renate Ortmann The heavy minerals in the fluvial Quaternary of the central Saale-Elbe region: a contribution to Central European river history , Altenburger Naturwiss. Research Volume 4, 1988
  • Periglacial processes and permafrost structures from six Quaternary glacial periods. A contribution to the periglacial geology from the point of view of the Saale - Elbe area , Altenburger Naturwiss. Research Volume 1, 1981
  • The old and early Pleistocene gravel terraces of the Leipzig lowland bay and the adjacent area , supplement to the journal Geologie, No. 46, year 13, 1964, Berlin, Akademie Verlag
  • The Quaternary of the Leipzig lowland bay and adjacent areas around the Saale and Elbe: Model of a landscape development at the edge of the European continental glaciation , series f. geolog. Wiss., Volume 21, Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1975 (Habilitation)

literature

  • Frank W. Junge, Ansgar Müller: Professor Dr. Lothar Eissmann on his 75th birthday (=  magazine of the German Society for Geosciences . Volume 159 ). E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 2008, p. 3–6 , doi : 10.1127 / 1860-1804 / 2008 / 0159-0003 ( [1] [PDF; accessed October 23, 2019]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituaries , accessed on July 15, 2019
  2. ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung of July 13, 2019: Obituary Lothar Eißmann is dead - mourning in Leipzig for the guru of geological research , accessed on July 13, 2019
  3. ^ Biographical data according to Kürschner's Scholars Calendar, 2001
  4. ^ Federal Cross of Merit for Academy member Lothar Eißmann on saw-leipzig.de
personal data
SURNAME Eißmann, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Hartmannsdorf near Kirchberg
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 2019
Place of death Leipzig