Thuringian Geological Association
The Thuringian Geological Association is an association for the promotion of knowledge of the geosciences of Thuringia , based in Jena . He maintains the tradition of geoscientific research in Thuringia and collects relevant documents about it in an archive of the association.
history
On February 14, 1925, four existing geological associations in Erfurt, Gera, Jena and Saalfeld merged to form the Thuringian Geological Association. The aim of the association was to research the geological conditions in Thuringia. After the club's life came to a standstill after the end of the Second World War and the club had de facto ceased to exist, it was re-established in 1990 in accordance with the basic principles of its predecessor.
Chairperson
Before the start-up
- 1925–1935: Wilfried von Seidlitz
- 1935–1940: Gottlob Eduard Linck
- 1940–1946: Johannes Weigelt
- 1946–1947: Wilhelm Nöller
After the start-up
- 1990: Gerd Seidel (* 1932)
- today: Lothar Viereck
Annual general meetings
Before the start-up
- 1925: Elgersburg
- 1926: Pößneck
- 1927: Eisenach
- 1928: Arnstadt
- 1929: Altenburg
- 1930: Coburg
- 1931: Erfurt
- 1932: Jena
- 1933: Sonneberg
- 1934: Bad Blankenburg
- 1935: Schleusingen
- 1936: Plauen
- 1937: Nordhausen
- 1938: Eisenach
- 1939: Saalfeld
- 1940: Gera
- 1941: Erfurt (special assembly)
- 1941: Suhl
- 1942: Halle / Saale
- 1943: Schleiz
Due to the war, no annual general meetings or excursions could be held between 1944 and 1946.
After the start-up
- June 9, 1990: Jena, founding meeting
Publications
The association has published the scientific journal Articles on the Geology of Thuringia, New Series, and the newsletter of the Thuringian Geological Association since 1994 .
Before that, a total of 8 volumes of articles on the geology of Thuringia were published by 1955. Issues 1 to 3 of the last volume VIII were published in 1944, volumes 4 to 5 as an emergency edition in 1947 and volume 6 in 1955 with a Ceratiten work by Hans Werner Rothe .
Honorary members
- 1927: Ernst Zimmermann (1860–1944)
- 1928: Gottlob Linck (1858–1947)
- 1928: Ernst Weise (1843–1941)
- 1929: Hermann Franke (1847–1932)
- 1930: Johannes Walther (1860–1937)
- 1931: Richard Wagner (1847–1932)
- 1939: Adolf Franke (1860–1942)
- 1991: Rudolf Hohl (1906–1992)
- 1991: Karl Mägdefrau (1907–1999)
- 1991: Rudolf Meinhold (1911–1999)
- 1994: Heinz Pfeiffer (1921–1994)
- 1995: Hans-Dietrich Kahlke (1924-2017)
- 1995: Alfred Wätzel (* 1924)
- 1997: Gerd Seidel (* 1932)
- 1998: Otfried Wagenbreth (1927-2017)
- 2003: Josepha Wiefel (* 1929)
- 2005: Roland Geyer (1935–2013)
- 2010: Joachim Schubert (* 1944)
- 2012: Harald Lützner (* 1931)