Theodor Wintges

Theodor Wintges (born November 24, 1947 in Klotzsche ; † August 15, 2011 in Munich ) was a German cartographer .

Career

Wintges studied at the then University of Munich initially Cartography (1970-1973) and subsequently to 1978 Geography with a minor in Geology and Land Planning . After his doctorate as Dr. rer. nat. in geography at the University of Salzburg with Helmut Heuberger , he worked as a research assistant at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and the Technical University of Munich . From 1985 to 1987 he was a ltd. Employee at the Gesellschaft für Angewandte Fernerkundung mbH (GAF) in Munich. From March 1987, Wintges taught the subjects of map design and editing, original cartographic production, planning and cartography, map science and geography at the Munich University of Applied Sciences .

His teaching activities focused on the one hand on generalization and on the other hand on the recording and visualization of the high alpine relief - for example in the region of the Berliner Hütte , the Madlenerhaus and the Wiesbadener Hütte . In addition, Wintges led excursions to Scandinavia and the Italian volcanoes Vesuvius , Etna and Stromboli .

Memberships

Between 1992 and 1996 he initially headed the Munich local association of the German Society for Cartography (DGfK). From 1995 until the German Cartographers' Day in Berchtesgaden in 2001 he was President of the DGfK.

Fonts

Investigations on glacier-shaped rock surfaces in Zemmgrund, Zillertal (Tyrol) and in southern Scandinavia . Institute for Geography, Salzburg 1984 (Diss. Salzburg 1982).
Gabriele Braun, Reiner Buzin, Theodor Wintges: GIS and cartography in the environmental sector . H. Wichmann Verlag, Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 978-3-87907-381-8 .

Web links

Literature by and about Theodor Wintges in the catalog of the German National Library
Wintges, Theodor at WorldCat

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Reinhold Schuhmacher, Peter Mellmann, Reiner Buzin: Theodor Wintges 1947–2011 . In: Kartographische Nachrichten , 62nd year, No. 1/2012, ISSN 0022-9164 , p. 46.
^ Munich University of Applied Sciences: Information on the death of Prof. Dr. Theodor Wintges ( Memento of August 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) , accessed on May 12, 2012.
↑ ETH Zurich : 50th Deutscher Kartographentag, Berchtesgaden - conference report ( memento of the original of June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , October 25, 2001, p. 2 (PDF file; 1.1 MB), accessed on May 12, 2012.

personal data
SURNAME	Wintges, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German cartographer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 24, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Klotzsche , today Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	August 15, 2011
Place of death	Munich

[KN_2012_1-1] Reinhold Schuhmacher, Peter Mellmann, Reiner Buzin: Theodor Wintges 1947–2011 . In: Kartographische Nachrichten , 62nd year, No. 1/2012, ISSN 0022-9164 , p. 46.

[Hochschule_Muenchen_2011-2] Munich University of Applied Sciences: Information on the death of Prof. Dr. Theodor Wintges ( Memento of August 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) , accessed on May 12, 2012.

[Kartographentag_2001-3] ETH Zurich : 50th Deutscher Kartographentag, Berchtesgaden - conference report ( memento of the original of June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , October 25, 2001, p. 2 (PDF file; 1.1 MB), accessed on May 12, 2012.