Nikolaus Heinrich von Transehe

Nikolaus Heinrich von Transehe (also Nikolai von Transehe; Latvian : Nikolajs fon Tranzē; born July 19, 1886 in Neu-Wrangelshof , Livonia Governorate ; † September 29, 1969 in Walsrode ) was a German-Baltic ornithologist . He was a professor and headed the Latvian Ornithological Center (LOC).

Life

Nikolaus von Transehe received his first school instruction in his parents' home. In 1901 he was in the Quarta of humanistic city gymnasium was added and put 1906 his matriculation examination from. Already at this time he developed a great interest in nature and began his own scientific research. In the same year he began studying zoology and botany with a focus on the flora of the Caucasus at the University of Dorpat (then officially the Imperial University of Jurjew) . He became a member of the Baltic Corporation Livonia Dorpat . Publications and scientific reports followed. After passing his exams in general zoology and botany, he accompanied Harald von Loudon in 1908 on a scientific trip and ornithological expedition to the Talysh plain in the south-east of the Caucasus and to western Turkestan .

In 1909 he continued his studies at the University of Leipzig . With a dissertation on the large water flea in 1913, he was awarded Dr. phil. PhD.

During the First World War and in the subsequent Latvian War of Independence , he did part of the military service . His first use was in the 16th Dragoon - Regiment in the Caucasus. He was withdrawn from active duty as a result of an eye disease. In 1916 he was drafted into the Russian Red Cross, during which time he was deployed in the medical service in Belarus and Romania . In 1918 he returned to Latvia as a refugee and settled in Jaunvāle. He served in the Baltic State Army and was awarded a medal of honor in recognition of his services. From 1919 the Transehe-Roseneck family faced attacks by the Bolsheviks . Several family members were arrested and murdered, and some properties and properties were destroyed.

In March 1920, Nikolai Transehe was hired as a professor at the newly founded University of Latvia in Riga . He offered ornithological excursions in the area around Riga, led lectures, gave lectures and had good contacts with students, teachers and foresters . At the same time he built up a collection of feathers based on the more than 12,000 exhibits from Louden. From 1922 he gave regular lectures and in 1923 traveled to the bird station on Heligoland . In 1925, the Latvian Ornithological Center (LOC) was set up under the direction of Transehes and the Zoological Institute. Between 1925 and 1927 he carried out several ornithological excursions and supported museums in setting up a zoological exhibition, nevertheless he represented Latvia at international scientific conferences . In 1936 he published his first book, this was titled Latvijas putni ("Latvia's Birds"). At the end of 1938 Transehe was appointed assistant professor at the University of Latvia. He had to stop teaching at the beginning of the Second World War .

In the course of the resettlement of the Baltic Germans , Transehe and his family had to relocate to German-occupied Poland . They were quartered in Gostynin in the Waldrode district . From 1941 to 1943 seconded to the forest administration in Belarus, taught Transehe at forest schools. He was retired in 1943 and took on a job in nature conservation . In 1944 he stayed in Latvia for six weeks and sent his family to Germany. He himself was taken prisoner in Poland in 1945. With the support of the German Red Cross , he was released after four years from captivity in Honerdingen near Walsrode .

Nikolaus von Transehe died at the age of 83. He found his final resting place in Meinerdingen near Walsrode. He left more than 80 publications and books in Latvian and German.

Honors

In 1935, Transehe was elected a corresponding member of the Hungarian Royal Ornithological Society for his “achievements in ornithology”. He received an honorary award from the Latvian Culture Fund for the publication of his first book.

Memberships

• German Hunter Association
• Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
• Board of the Association of Latvian Hunting Associations
• Member of the board of directors in the Riga Zoological Garden
• Student association “Šalkone” at the University of Latvia
• German Ornithological Society

Origin and family

Coat of arms of the noble family Transehe

Nikolai von Transehe-Roseneck came from the German-Baltic noble family Transehe-Roseneck (Sackenhof-Neu-Wrangelshof line). His father was Nikolaus Karl Michael Viktor von Transehe-Roseneck (1842–1919, murdered by Latvian Bolsheviks), lord of Neu Wrangelshof, Sackenhof and Zempen. The father's second wife, Elise b. Weiss (* 1861 in Switzerland ) was his mother. From his own marriage with Elisabeth born in Riga in 1931. Bejnarowicz (1898–1988) had daughters Dagmar (* 1934) and Ira (* 1938).

See also : Transehe-Roseneck (noble family)

literature

• Wilhelm Lenz : Nikolai von Transehe 1886-1969 . In: Yearbook of the Baltic Germans , born in 1971, Lüneburg 1970, pp. 8–12.
• Walter Lange : Dr. Nikolaus von Transehe . In: Journal for Hunting Science , Volume 16 (1970).
• Wilhelm Lenz (Ed.): German Baltic Biographical Lexicon. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 1970, ISBN 3-412-42670-9 , p. 930.

Web links

• Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Nikolai von Transehe. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
• ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Putnu pētniekam Nikolajam fon Tranzē - 130 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Album Livonorum, Lübeck 1972, No. 1348
2. ↑ Studies on the effects of temperature on Daphnia magna, with special consideration of the adaptation phenomena .
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4. ↑ Rīgas Zooloģiskais Dārzs ( Memento of the original from November 15, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ fraternity "Šalkone" at the University of Latvia
6. ^ List of members of the German Ornithological Society 1940 ("1924 Transehe, N. von, Dr. phil"), page XXI., Accessed on November 13, 2017.
7. ↑ Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods (1929), p. 708