Ludwig Ahorner

Ludwig Ahorner (born May 9, 1930 in Straubing ; † May 14, 2007 in Bergisch Gladbach ) was a German geoscientist . Between 1960 and 1995 he was in charge of the Bensberg earthquake station .

Life

Ludwig Ahorner studied geology with Martin Schwarzbach at the University of Cologne . Immediately after receiving his diploma, Ahorner was given the management of the Bensberg earthquake station founded by Schwarzbach. In 1962 he received his doctorate with the dissertation research on the quaternary fracture tectonics of the Lower Rhine Bay in Cologne. From 1961 Ahorner received a position as a scientific assistant at the Cologne Geological Institute, where he was appointed professor on April 26, 1979. As an earthquake geologist and head of the Bensberg earthquake station, Ahorner was responsible for the seismic monitoring of the opencast mines in the Rhenish lignite mining area , as well as the creation of earthquake-compatible building standards. Among other things, he prepared seismological reports for nuclear power plants and dams. Including reports for the Mülheim-Kärlich nuclear power plant and the Gorleben nuclear waste storage facility .

Ahorner was a member of the German Society for Earthquake Engineering and Building Dynamics .

literature

Klaus-Günter Hinzen: Obituary for Prof. Dr. Ludwig Ahorner (1930-2007). Bulletin of the earthquake societies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DA-CH), September 2007, volume 82, p. 10. ( PDF )
J. Schwarz, Hein Meidow: Comments on selected works by Ludwig Ahorner. Bulletin of the earthquake societies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DA-CH), March 2008, Volume 83, pp. 2–8. ( PDF )

Web links

Literature by and about Ludwig Ahorner in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ DIN 4149: 1981: Buildings in German earthquake areas. Load assumptions, dimensioning and execution of common buildings. Standards Committee in Building (NABau) in DIN - April 1981, Berlin.
↑ Ludwig Ahorner: Seismological report Gorleben. Created by the Department of Earthquake Geology of the Geological Institute of the University of Cologne. On behalf of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt in Braunschweig. Revised version from August 1989. Bensberg.

personal data
SURNAME	Ahorner, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German earthquake geologist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 9, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Straubing
DATE OF DEATH	May 14, 2007
Place of death	Bergisch Gladbach

[1] DIN 4149: 1981: Buildings in German earthquake areas. Load assumptions, dimensioning and execution of common buildings. Standards Committee in Building (NABau) in DIN - April 1981, Berlin.

[2] Ludwig Ahorner: Seismological report Gorleben. Created by the Department of Earthquake Geology of the Geological Institute of the University of Cologne. On behalf of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt in Braunschweig. Revised version from August 1989. Bensberg.