Theodor Engel

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Memorial plaque for Theodor Engel at the Fuchseck

Theodor Engel (born November 20, 1842 in Eschenbach , † January 29, 1933 in Eislingen ) was a German Protestant theologian , geologist and paleontologist .

Life

Engel, son of pastor Johann Christian Engel, attended the lyceum in Esslingen and then the Latin school in Göppingen . From 1860 he studied theology , philosophy and general natural sciences and geology with Friedrich August von Quenstedt at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen . In 1866 Engel received his doctorate with a dissertation on the mystic Johannes Scottus Eriugena .

theologian

His first job as a clergyman was in Biberach as a vicar and parish administrator. Other places of activity were Heubach , Kohlberg , Würtingen , Laufen , Glatten and as a pastor in Ettlenschieß .

geologist

As a paleontologist and student of Quenstedt ( Quenstedt's structure of the main layers of the Jura rocks , which was only replaced by a new international structure in 1973), Engel continued his tradition of excursion guides to fossil deposits, but, in contrast to FA Quenstedt, he made geological excursions in Swabia. (Laupp, Tübingen 1864) placed greater emphasis on popular science communication.

In 60 years Theodor Engel collected a large number of rocks, fossils , ammonites , conchiles , minerals and plants. His fossil collection gives an almost complete overview of the fauna of the Jurassic Sea as well as that of the earth's history.

Engel was a co-founder of the Swabian Alb Association and publisher of its papers for the Swabian Alb Association .

The Municipal Museum of Natural History , founded in Göppingen-Jebenhausen in 1970 , was part of the private collection of the Natural History Museum Dr. Angel out.

Engel was married to Klementine Tritschler. His grave is in the cemetery in Eislingen (south) and bears the inscription: "Theolog und Geolog".

Honors

Publications

  • About the storage conditions of the white Jura in the vicinity of Heubach . In: Annual books of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg. 25, Stuttgart 1869, pp. 57-100 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • The White Jura in Swabia. Swiss beard, Stuttgart 1877.
  • The Swabian Alb and its geological structure. 2nd Edition. Publishing house of the Swabian Alb Association , Tübingen 1894.
  • The Hohenstaufen and its area: Göppingen , Geislingen , Gmünd and their surroundings. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1894 ( European hiking pictures. 232).
  • The most important types of rock on earth: together with an introduction to geology, compiled in an easily comprehensible manner for friends of nature. Published by Otto Maier, Radenburg 1897.
  • Our Swabian Alb: travel guide, with numerous full pictures and original woodcuts as well as an overview map of the Swabian Alb. Ebner, Ulm 1900.
  • Chamberlain Dr. Joseph Probst † in Biberach a. R. March 9, 1905. In: Annual notebooks of the Association for Fatherland Natural History in Württemberg, 61, Stuttgart 1905, pp. XXXVII-XLV ( archive.org ).
  • Geognostic guide through Württemberg: Instructions for recognizing the layers and collecting the petrefacts. 3. Edition. Swiss beard, Stuttgart 1908 (contains all fossils and sites known at the time).
  • Geological excursion guide through Württemberg. Swiss beard, Stuttgart 1911.

literature

  • Dr. Theodor Engel: explorer of the Swabian Alb. Konrad, Weissenhorn 1988, ISBN 3-87437-270-7 .
  • Jurassic Collection Dr. Engel: Geological history and landscape in Swabia. A museum and nature guide. Municipal Natural History Museum Göppingen. Goldschneck-Verlag, Korb 1990, ISBN 3-926129-10-7 .
  • Dr. Theodor Engel: Stages of a rich life. In lore and his poems. City archive, Eislingen / Fils 1992.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Member entry by Theodor Engel at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on March 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Honorary members of the Association for Patriotic Natural History in Württemberg
  3. ↑ Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association , No. 3, May / June 1959, p. 64
  4. ↑ Homepage of the secondary school named after him from March 15, 2014. ( Memento from March 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Current homepage of the Dr.-Engel-Realschule. on-line
personal data
SURNAME Engel, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Protestant pastor and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Eschenbach
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1933
Place of death Eislingen