Walter Albien

Walter Georg Richard Albien (born November 14, 1879 in Eydtkau ; † December 12, 1964 in Schönberg ) was a German veterinarian .

Life

Walter Albien was the son of the East Prussian railway assistant August Ferdinand Albien (* 1842) and his wife Ludmilla Amalia Rosetta, née Krispien. He studied natural sciences and veterinary medicine at the University of Munich and the University of Veterinary Medicine Berlin , where he received his license to practice medicine in 1906.

After that, Albien practiced for a short time in Hutzfeld (today in the municipality of Bosau ) and assisted at the bacteriological institute of the Chamber of Agriculture in Kiel , whose animal disease institute was headed by Georg Bugge. He lost an eye during a saber manure and was therefore unable to continue his scientific career. On December 1, 1908, he took up a job as a practicing veterinarian in Schönberg in Holstein. In 1909 Albien received his PhD. med. vet. at the University of Giessen with studies on uterine tuberculosis infection .

On July 5, 1910, Albien married Bertha Riis (* December 10, 1875) from Reisby in Schönberg . Her father Hans Nicolai Riis (born January 27, 1822) worked as a missionary on the African Gold Coast and pastor in Reisby, her mother's name was Bolette Catharina, née Nicolaisen. The Albien couple had four children.

Works

Although Albien practiced daily, he also published extensively, gave speeches and carried out practical experiments. His treatises were characterized by a sharp dialectic and were logically structured. He benefited from his broad and precise medical expertise. In doing so, he spoke out clearly and openly to the state veterinary administrations in Berlin and Kiel, which were considered to be technically leading.

Albia was particularly concerned with bovine brucellosis . He repeatedly campaigned for the promising early vaccination of young female cattle, which the veterinary authorities rejected.

Since 1939 Albien published annual reports, which the East Prussian veterinarian Puttkammer had started. By 1959, 11 volumes had been published with the title “What's new for the practical veterinarian?” In addition, he founded the monthly “ The practical veterinarian ”, which he was editor-in-chief until the 41st year on December 31, 1960.

Honors

For his services as a veterinarian, Albien received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1954. The German Veterinary Association awarded him a badge of honor.

literature

• Dietrich Korth: Albien, Walter . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 2. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1971, pp. 30–31