Richard Leißling

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Richard Leißling (born December 10, 1878 in Markröhlitz ; † March 3, 1957 ) was a German teacher, biologist, local researcher and nature conservation officer .

Life

Richard Leißling was born in Markröhlitz near Weißenfels in the Prussian province of Saxony as the son of a teacher. Already in his early youth he occupied himself with biological observations and began to love and appreciate nature very early. After attending school, he completed the teachers' seminar in Weißenfels. There he received suggestions for special scientific research work such as the investigation of the habitat of small animals in the area around Plön. The publication of his research results made him known abroad, especially in the former Soviet Union , from where he received some letters of dedication from researchers.

After the First World War he devoted himself to researching the world of small animals in Zeitz and the surrounding area. Richard Leißling began to revise the flora of the Zeitz district compiled by Zeitz's senior teacher Hüttig and to add 171 species. A biologist by training, he included both geologist and folk medicine knowledge in his research. He dedicated himself to collecting the names of plant species in the vernacular and systematically recorded the field names of his homeland. He examined geological outcrops as carefully as excavation, road construction and drilling. If something was discovered, he recorded it in writing and with photo documentation. In this way, through his hint, the forgotten hill fort Posa could be rediscovered and examined more closely. The small geological-biological home book appeared in 1958 only after his death.

As a teacher, he also designed suggestions and tips for hikes with colleagues as well as nature trails.

After he was reprimanded during the Nazi era, he took over the training of new teachers as a lecturer in 1945. In Zeitz he was one of the co-founders of the LDPD and was politically active in the Antifa committee. Richard Leißling left active school service only at the age of 73.

estate

His academic legacy was given to the Zeitz Abbey Library, today the library of the United Cathedral Founders. Copies of his most important scientific works are in the Leopoldina in Halle / S.

Honors

  • In Zeitz, on the occasion of his 100th birthday in 1978, a street was named after Richard Leißling and a memorial stone was erected for him.
  • The station of young naturalists and technicians in Zeitz bore his name.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Albrecht: Honor for Richard-Leßling-Zeitz . In: Sächsische Heimatblätter , 25 (1979), p. 112.
  2. ↑ Artifacts Zeitz ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.xn--hndelstadt-halle-vnb.de
personal data
SURNAME Leißling, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German homeland researcher
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Markröhlitz
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1957