Thomas Würtenberger (geologist)

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Thomas Würtenberger

Thomas Würtenberger (born December 21, 1836 in Dettighofen ; † July 26, 1903 in Emmishofen ) was a geologist , paleontologist , local researcher and entrepreneur.

Study and job

Thomas Würtenberger was a brother of Franz Joseph Würtenberger and accompanied him on excursions from an early age. After finishing school in his home country, he attended the Polytechnic in Karlsruhe and studied geology. After successfully passing his exams, he worked as a geometer in the civil service in the Baden Oberland. He married in 1864. In 1876 he left the civil service and acquired the brick factory in Ermatingen with a partner , which he expanded into a large company. In addition, he was passionate about paleontology and collected fossils, he discovered the tertiary sites in Tägerwilen and Bernrain . He did research in the quarries of Öhningen . He found formations with shark teeth near Überlingen . He was also interested in botany, especially the Constance peninsula and Höri . He gave numerous lectures and founded the scientific association "Salamandra", he was also an active member of the Thurgau Natural Research Society . The ETH Zurich acquired his large collection, mainly of tertiary fossils, in 1911 .

family

His son Oskar became a construction technician and also dealt with nature studies, he published some works on paleontology. Since he was a good draftsman, he initially helped his brother, the artist Ernst Würtenberger . The sculptor and ceramist Karl Maximilian Würtenberger (1872–1933) was also his son. His brother's son, a nephew of his, Leopold Würtenberger , also became a paleontologist.

Work

  • Directory of fossil plant remains from the tertiary formations of the Klettgau , 1862 (together with his brother Franz Joseph)
  • About a new exposure in the Tertiary of Tägerwilen, 1880
  • Geological notes on the brick stones in the canton of Thurgau, 1894
  • Phytopalaeontological sketches, 1898
  • The tertiary chestnut tree from Kreuzlingen, (lecture), 1898
  • The Ueberlinger sandstone, previously thought to mean "Lower Freshwater Molasse", is a marine formation, 1890
  • The Ueberling tunnel and its significance for Lake Constance geology, 1900
  • About geological finds that were made during the construction of the railway tunnel at Ueberlingen a. S. were made (reprint of the previous work)
  • The tertiary flora of the canton of Thurgau with consideration of the tertiary plants of Switzerland according to O. Heer in general, as well as the local fauna of Oehningen, Schrotzburg, Hohenkrähen and Staad am Überlingersee. 1906

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gaston Mayer, Die Geologen-Familie Würtenberger from Dettighofen / Baden (1818–1956) , p. 247 ff., In: Report of the Natural Research Society in Freiburg im Breisgau, No. 2, 1963
  2. ↑ Hubert Matt-Willmatt, Dettighofen , p. 367, 1992
personal data
SURNAME Würtenberger, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Dettighofen
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1903
Place of death Emmishofen