Siegfried Schöpfer

Siegfried Erich Schöpfer (born April 5, 1908 in Waldsee ; † September 9, 2007 in Überlingen ) was a German meteorologist .

Career

After graduating from the Friedrich-Eugens-Gymnasium Stuttgart , Schöpfer first studied physics , astronomy and mathematics or actuarial mathematics at the TH Stuttgart and later at the universities of Göttingen and Tübingen . In Tübingen, like his grandfather and brother, he joined the Landsmannschaft Scotland student union .

After graduation, Schöpfer worked for various insurance companies and as a private teacher. In 1939 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht . During the Second World War he was employed as a meteorologist in the Air Force .

After the Second World War , Schöpfer became managing director of the Volkshochschule Eßlingen am Neckar in 1947 . From 1959 to 1975 he was director of the State Academy for Teacher Training in Comburg . Since 1969 he has been a lecturer at the University of Education in Baden-Württemberg for astronomy and meteorology . Schöpfer was a meteorological consultant for sailing regattas for decades and still in old age he was active as a meteorological presenter for the television station " See TV " .

Publications

• Flying saucers - yes or no? Hädecke, Weil der Stadt 1955, DNB 454451768 .
• How will be the weather? Kosmos, Stuttgart 1960; 4th edition 1972: ISBN 3-440-03015-6 .
• with Wolfgang Zimmermann: Leisure - Hiking Experience , Ravensburger Buchverlag, 1985, ISBN 978-3-473-43096-3
• with Jörg Kachelmann : How will the weather be? An easily understandable introduction for everyone , Reinbek, Rowohlt 2004, ISBN 3-498-06377 4

literature

• Erich Faul (ed.): Landsmannschaft Scottland zu Tübingen - List of all federal brothers 1849-1959 . Stuttgart 1969.
• At the age of 95 working on the new edition of his book . In: Südkurier of April 4, 2003.

Web links

• Literature by and about Siegfried Schöpfer in the catalog of the German National Library