Walther Amelung

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Walther Amelung (born April 4, 1894 in Königstein im Taunus , † January 4, 1988 there ) was a German doctor and specialist in bioclimatology and balneology .

Grave of Walther Amelung in Königstein i. T., 2010

education and profession

Amelung made in 1913 at the Humanities College in High School and studied in Tübingen , Marburg and Frankfurt medicine . In 1919 he was awarded a dissertation on the subject of contributions to the question of epilepsy in headshot injuries and its treatment: From d. Corps station f. Brain injured d. XVIII. A.-K. to Frankfurt a. M. to Dr. med. PhD . He then worked in his father's clinic in Königstein, which he took over as head in 1925. In 1941 he completed his habilitation with the thesis Climatic Treatment of Internal Diseases. Clinical experience and experiment. Investigations on the physical, pathological and Therapy and climatology in the low mountain range at the University of Frankfurt , where he was initially a private lecturer from 1946 and then an associate professor for many years (since 1948).

In the two world wars Amelung was a member of the military medical service. From 1952 he was a member of the Medical Research Advisory Board for questions of war victims' care at the Federal Ministry of Labor .

clinic

Amelungs Kuranstalt around 1900

Walther Amelung was the son of the medical councilor Hugo Amelung (1857–1948). In 1891 Hugo Amelung opened a hydrotherapy institute in Königstein. In 1913 the clinic relocated to what is now the sanatorium. Between 1926 and 1971 the sanatorium was managed by Walther Amelung. His successor in the management of the clinic was initially his son Diethard Amelung and then his son Eberhard Amelung , who in turn passed the management on to his son Klaus-Christopher Amelung in 2003 .

Bioclimatology and balneology

Amelung's particular commitment was to bioclimatology. Together with the Meteorological Institute of the University of Frankfurt, he set up a bioclimatic research center in Königstein in 1939. Already in 1935, at Amelung's instigation, Königstein had received the title of “ health resort with healing climate ”.

Walther Amelung was a long-time member of the board of the German Baths Association .

Local political engagement

Walther Amelung was first elected city councilor on January 31, 1926. After the Second World War he joined the CDU and was again a city councilor on April 25, 1948. Amelung was a member of the city council for 46 years, including many years as chairman of the CDU parliamentary group.

Honors

Walther Amelung has received numerous awards for his work:

  • In 1952 he received the Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • 1964 Large Federal Cross of Merit
  • 1964 honorary member of the Southwest German Society for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases
  • In 1968 he received the weather service badge from the Federal Ministry of Transport
  • October 1972 he became an honorary citizen of Königstein
  • Also in 1972 he became honorary chairman of the German swimming pool association
  • In 1978 he received the Gottfried Boehm Medal from the German Society for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Publications (excerpt)

  • Introduction to balneology and medical climatology (spa and climatic medicine). Berlin 1952, 2nd edition.
  • Medical climatology. Bonn 1959, 2nd edition.
  • Handbook of Bath and Climate Medicine. Stuttgart 1962
  • Climate therapy today. Long-term results of modern tuberculosis treatment. Stuttgart 1965
  • Medical climatology. Bonn 1970 (3rd edition)
  • Be it as it may, it was so beautiful - life memories as contemporary history. Frankfurt (Main) 1984, ISBN 978-3-9800951-0-5

Web links

literature

  • Heinz Sturm-Godramstein: Professor Dr. Walther Amelung, important doctor and committed citizen. In: Ingrid Berg (Ed.): Heimat Hochtaunus , Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-7829-0375-7 , pp. 118-120.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is who? The German who's who . XV. Edition of Degeners who is it? Berlin 1967, p. 22.
personal data
SURNAME Amelung, Walther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician and expert in bioclimatology and balneology
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Königstein im Taunus
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1988
Place of death Königstein im Taunus