Ludwig Hohenegger
Ludwig Hohenegger (born February 21, 1807 in Memmingen ; † August 25, 1864 in Teschen ) was a German geologist and mining specialist .
Life
After studying law in Munich and then studying mining and metallurgy at the Bergakademie Freiberg , he gained practical experience in the Salmschen Eisenwerke in Blansko . In 1833 he entered service in Welten an der Ruhr. In 1835 he took over the management of the Eduard Schmidt puddling and rolling mills in Nachrodt in Westphalia. In 1837 he was appointed director of the ironworks in Wolfsberg and in 1839 was entrusted with the management of the Archduke Albrechtian trades in Ustron in the Teschen area. In his 25 years of activity he has made great contributions to this area by introducing new processes, modernizing the factories, building new plants (including the foundries in Gorka and Trzynietz ), especially the Karlshütte in Lipina . In his own small company school, he taught young miners in mineralogy, geognosy and mining science .
He wrote geological publications on the Carpathian Mountains , such as the 1861 geognostic map of the northern Carpathians in Silesia and the adjacent parts of Moravia and Galicia and the geognostic map of the former area of Krakow . The name Teschenit also goes back to him , applied to a group of basic intrusive rocks from the northern edge of the Carpathian Mountains, which entered the specialist literature via Gustav Tschermak , who modified the term. He was the main initiator of the Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn . After his death, his rich fossil collection was transferred to the Bavarian State Collection in Munich, where it was worked on by Karl Alfred von Zittel and his students.
honors and awards
- Shortly before his death, Ludwig Hohenegger received the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order in recognition of his services to the promotion of the coal and steel industry in Austria .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Hohenegger, Ludwig . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 187 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Hohenegger, Ludwig . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 14th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1865, pp. 482–484 ( digitized version ).
- Gustav Tschermak, rock types of unusual composition in the vicinity of Teschen a. Neutitschein , In: SB der k. Ak. d. Knowledge Vienna, math.-natural science Cl., 53, 1st Dept., 1866.
- Karl Albert Zittel, Paleontological studies on the boundary layers of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Formations in the area of the Carpathians, Alps, etc. Apennines, 1st department, The Cephalopods of the Stramberger Strata , In: Paläontologische Mitteilungen from the Museum des kgl. Bayer. State II , 1868.
- Wilhelm von Gümbel : Hohenegger, Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 671 f.
- W. Jicinsky, Mining Notes , 1898, (p. 247).
- Viktor Uhlig , Building and Image of the Carpathian Mountains , 1903.
- A. Perlick, Upper Silesian Miners and Smelters , 1953.
- A. Gruda, the founder of the Kaschau-Oderberger Eisenbahn , on the 150th birthday of Ludwig Hohenegg, In: Heimatjahrbuch Sudetenland , 1957, 4th volume, (p. 351).
Web links
- Literature by and about Ludwig Hohenegger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wilhelm von Gümbel: Hohenegger, Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 671 f.
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hohenegger, Ludwig |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geologist and montanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1807 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Memmingen |
DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1864 |
Place of death | Teschen |