Mathias Schlegel
Mathias Schlegel (born April 26, 1865 in Rüttwies near Sankt Blasien , † January 30, 1940 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German veterinarian and university professor.
Life
Mathias Schlegel studied veterinary medicine in Munich, Stuttgart and Berlin. In Stuttgart in 1887 he became a member of the Corps Nicaria, later the Corps Saxo-Thuringia Munich . After obtaining his veterinary license in 1890, he worked as a veterinarian in Löffingen and Kirchzarten . After working as a scientist from 1893 to 1897 at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Dresden , the Baden Ministry of the Interior appointed him scientific director of the animal hygiene department of the Hygiene Institute at the University of Freiburg . In 1900 he was appointed associate professor. In 1901 the animal hygiene department became an independent institute with Schlegel as head. In 1904 he was appointed honorary professor, in 1908 as full honorary professor and in 1920 as director of the institute. Although the institute was directly subordinate to the Baden Ministry of the Interior from its establishment, Schlegel was always a member of the teaching staff at the University of Freiburg. In 1932, after 35 years of service, he retired. He had turned down calls to the University of Veterinary Medicine Stuttgart in 1900, to the University of Gießen as full professor for veterinary-pathological anatomy and bacteriology in 1901 and to the veterinary university in Dresden as professor for pathological anatomy in 1904. His successor was Karl Trautwein .
Schlegel worked scientifically on infectious diseases and parasitology. He read about animal parasites of man and animal food science. He also worked on the veterinary control of animal diseases. He was chairman of the Association of Baden Veterinarians and from 1909 to 1919 first chairman of the Baden Chamber of Veterinarians . From 1900 to 1939 he was co-editor of the Berliner Tierärztliche Wochenschrift .
On July 6, 1937, Mathias Schlegel married Hedwig Röttger, who had a doctorate in German. The couple had a son, Matthias Schlegel, born on May 29, 1938, died on March 18, 1943. Hedwig Schlegel died on October 5, 1944 in the Eglfing-Haar institution , house 12 E.
Web links
- 100 years of the Animal Hygiene Institute Freiburg (PDF; 20.1 MB) on ua-bw.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Corps Saxo-Thuringia Munich. Membership directory. As of October 1, 1937, p. 26, No. 278
- ^ Helmut Faller: Family book of the community Dachsberg .
- ↑ Obituary from the Eglfing-Haar sanatorium to the registry office in Haar .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schlegel, Mathias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German veterinarian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rüttwies near Sankt Blasien |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1940 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |