Rudolf Käubler
Rudolf Käubler (born July 10, 1904 in Niederdorf (Saxony) , † August 16, 1989 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German geographer .
Life
Käubler attended elementary school in Niederdorf in Saxony and the seminar preschool in Stollberg / Erzgebirge . From 1928 to 1925 he completed the teachers' seminar there. He then became a teacher in Niederdorf. In 1931 he passed the state examination in geography , German studies and history . He did his doctorate and habilitation as an assistant at the Geography Institute of the University of Leipzig . In 1933 he joined the NSDAP and also became a member of the National Socialist German Lecturer Association (NSDDB) .
In 1951 he was appointed professor at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg , where he was given a chair in geography in 1952 and became director of the Institute for Geography . In 1955, Käubler was elected Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. He was also Vice Dean until 1962 . In 1969 he retired. One of his academic students is Klaus Mylius , who became internationally known especially as an Indologist .
Käubler was a presidential member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , of which he was a member from 1959, and in 1980 he received the Leopoldina Medal of Merit .
literature
- Prof. Dr. Dedicated to Rudolf Käubler for his 80th birthday. Knowledge Abh. Geogr. Ges., Vol. 17. Gotha 1984.
Web links
- Entry on Rudolf Käubler in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harry Waibel : Servants of many masters. Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 , p. 161.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Käubler, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niederdorf (Saxony) |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1989 |
| Place of death | Halle (Saale) |