Manfred Bonatz

Manfred Bonatz (born March 1, 1932 in Siegburg ; † December 2, 2018 ) was a German geodesist and university professor for theoretical geodesy with a focus on gravimetry and earth tides .

Live and act

Manfred Bonatz was a student at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium in Bonn and studied geodesy at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn after graduating from high school . During his studies in 1953 he became a member of the Marchia Bonn fraternity . After completing his studies, he completed a technical clerkship . In 1961 he became a scientific assistant at the Institute for Theoretical Geodesy at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, founded by Helmut Wolf in 1955 . This made him a doctorate in 1965 as Dr.-Ing. ; the thesis topic was: About the calibration of registration gravimeters by means of a vertical laboratory calibration section. In 1969 Manfred Bonatz completed his habilitation . From 1973 to 1997 he was a full professor of gravimetry and earth tides at the Institute for Theoretical Geodesy. 1997 Bonatz retired.

Bonatz 'specialty was gravimetry and the study of the earth's tides. To measure the earth's gravity field, he developed measuring instruments and set up various measuring stations, including a. in Svalbard ( Spitzbergen ), in Erpel , in the Wiehler stalactite cave , in Walferdange ( Luxembourg ) and in Odendorf , on which he made observations himself. Bonatz has published numerous specialist publications on these topics.

literature

50 years of the Institute for Theoretical Geodesy in Bonn . In: Karl-Rudolf Koch (Ed.): Messages from the geodetic institutes of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . No. 93 . Bonn 2005, p. 57-72 .
50th anniversary celebration. Institute for Applied Geodesy, accessed on March 20, 2019 .
Dominik Pape: The professor is drawn underground. Generalanzeiger Bonn, April 9, 2008, accessed on March 20, 2019 .
Prof. Dr.-Ing. (em.) Manfred Bonatz †. Institute for Applied Geodesy, accessed on March 20, 2019 .

Selection of honors

Carl Pulfrich Prize (1969, first prize winner)
Medal of Honor of the Belgian Astronomical, Meteorological and Geophysical Society
Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Golden Lot (2000)

Web links

Literature by and about Manfred Bonatz in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Burschenschafter Stammrolle 1991. P. 67.
↑ The natural and life sciences . In: Thomas Becker, Philip Rosin (Hrsg.): History of the University of Bonn . tape 4 . Bonn 2018, p. 573 ( google.de ).
↑ ^a ^b Prof. Dr.-Ing. (em.) Manfred Bonatz †. Institute for Applied Geodesy, accessed on March 20, 2019 .
^ Förderkreis Vermessungstechnisches Museum : No. 688: On the death of geodesist Prof. Dr. Manfred Bonatz
^ German Society for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation : Carl Pulfrich Prize

personal data
SURNAME	Bonatz, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German geodesist and university professor for theoretical geodesy
DATE OF BIRTH	March 1, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Siegburg
DATE OF DEATH	2nd December 2018

[1] Burschenschafter Stammrolle 1991. P. 67.

[2] The natural and life sciences . In: Thomas Becker, Philip Rosin (Hrsg.): History of the University of Bonn . tape 4 . Bonn 2018, p. 573 ( google.de ).

[Nachruf-3] Prof. Dr.-Ing. (em.) Manfred Bonatz †. Institute for Applied Geodesy, accessed on March 20, 2019 .

[4] Förderkreis Vermessungstechnisches Museum : No. 688: On the death of geodesist Prof. Dr. Manfred Bonatz

[5] German Society for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation : Carl Pulfrich Prize