Rudolf Metz

Rudolf Metz (born June 4, 1923 in Karlsruhe ; † October 18, 1991 ) was a German geologist . His monographs on the geology of the Black Forest also include extensive natural and regional history. He became known to numerous mineral collectors through his excursions.

Life

Rudolf Metz, son of the geographer Friedrich Metz , passed his Abitur in Freiburg in 1942. From 1942 to 1944 he was in the military. After being wounded in 1944, he was in English captivity until 1948. Then he studied in Freiburg and received his doctorate in 1952 under Hans Schneiderhöhn . From 1952 to 1956 he was an assistant at the Mineralogical Institute in Freiburg. Here he worked on petrographic and geological issues. In 1958 he became an assistant at the Geological Institute of the TH Karlsruhe, completed his habilitation in 1971 and was appointed adjunct professor at the University of Karlsruhe in 1983. In 1988 he retired. In 1990 he became an honorary member of the Upper Rhine Geological Association (OGV) .

Works

• with Arnold Ernst Fanck : the face of precious stones. Minerals - Crystals . Chr.Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 1964 and 1978
• Mineralogical and regional hikes in the northern Black Forest, especially in its old mining districts. 2nd, completely revised edition, Schauenburg , Lahr 1977, ISBN 3-7946-0128-9 .
• Geological studies of the Hotzenwald with excursions in its old mining areas. Schauenburg, Lahr 1980, ISBN 3-7946-0174-2 .

literature

• Gerhard Müller: Rudolf Metz, in: The opening. Journal for the Friends of Mineralogy and Geology, Volume 43, No. 4, July / August 1992, pp. 193–194.
• Rolf Stellrecht: Rudolf Metz, in: Upper Rhine Geological Association, Annual Reports and Communications , New Series Volume 75, 1995, pp. 19–26.

Web links

• Rudolf Metz estate in the archive of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• Metz, Rudolf. In: Mineralienatlas .