Dream God Erich Gattinger
Traugott Erich Gattinger (born September 20, 1930 in Grieskirchen ; † January 11, 2006 ) was an Austrian geologist .
Gattinger completed his Abitur at the Realgymnasium in Wels and studied geology at the University of Vienna from 1949 with his doctorate in 1953 ( geology of the Kremsmauer group in Upper Austria ). From 1956 to 1959 he was at the Turkish State Geological Institute (MTA) in Ankara . In 1956 he took part in an expedition of the Austrian Himalayan Society to the Karakoram as a geologist. This was the first ascent of the 8,039 m high Gasherbrum II by an Austrian expedition led by Fritz Morawetz. In Turkey he mapped, prospected Scheelit and worked in hydrogeology (water supply) and engineering geology (subsoil investigations).
From 1959 he was at the Federal Geological Institute in Vienna. He mapped in the Salzkammergut and dealt with hydrogeology and engineering geology . In 1974 he became Vice Director and Head of the Applied Geosciences Department. From 1983 until his retirement in 1993 he was director of the Federal Geological Institute. Then he was honorary professor at the University of Salzburg .
As an engineering geologist, he was involved, among other things, in the Schneealpenstollen , in various hydrogeological work, investigations for the storage of radioactive waste and in the subsoil investigations for the Vienna subway. For the Austria Atlas he created a hydrogeological map of Austria on a scale of 1: 1 million in 1969.
He was a councilor and honorary member of the Austrian Geological Society.
In addition, Gattinger was also artistically successful. He delivered part of his Matura (German and Latin) in rhyming form and was actively interested in painting throughout his life (mainly oil, acrylic and watercolor painting). Several vernissages documented his extensive work.
Web links
- Literature by and about Traugott Erich Gattinger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary in the yearbook of the Federal Geological Institute 2006, pdf
- Brief biography at the Austrian Geological Society
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results published in the yearbook of the Federal Geological Institute, special volume 6, 1961, Gattinger, Scharbert Geological cross section of the Karakoram from the Indus to the Shaksgam: geological results of the Austrian Himalaya-Karakoram expedition 1956
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gattinger, Traugott Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grieskirchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 2006 |