Wolfgang Eisenmenger
Wolfgang Eisenmenger (born February 4, 1944 in Waldshut ) is a German forensic doctor , former university professor and former director of the Institute for Forensic Medicine at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .
Life
After graduating from high school in Waldshut in 1963 , Eisenmenger studied human medicine in Freiburg im Breisgau and Vienna . In Freiburg, Eisenmenger, who originally wanted to be a country doctor, was an assistant at the forensic medicine institute after completing his doctorate with a topic on infant and toddler development. From February 1972 he worked at the Institute for Forensic Medicine in Munich . In 1977 he completed his habilitation with a thesis on the age determination of cerebral cortical injuries. Having already one in Munich C3 received -Professur and reputation had declined to the University of Freiburg, he was in October 1989, succeeding Wolfgang Spann professor and director of the Munich Institute. During his time as director of the institute, there were many sensational murder cases, genetic analysis investigations into the descent of Kaspar Hauser and the final clarification of the identity of the remains of Martin Bormann . Eisenmenger retired at the end of March 2009. In the case of the kidnapping of Ursula Herrmann , he acted as an expert.
Eisenmenger is married and has two grown daughters.
Eisenmenger's successor as head of the institute was Matthias Graw on April 1, 2009 .
Committee work
- since 1996 expert appraiser of the German Research Foundation
- 1996–2000 President of the German Society for Medical Law
- 2001–2006 President of the German Society for Forensic Medicine
Editorships
Eisenmenger is co-editor of the magazines
- Forensic medicine
- International Journal of Legal Medicine
- American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
Awards and memberships
- 1987: Prize for forensic medicine from the Humboldt University in Berlin
- 1991: Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 1995: Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 1999: Richard Kockel Medal
- 2000: Honorary member of the Romanian Society for Forensic Medicine
- 2001: Gold Medal of Honor from Istanbul University
- 2003: Senator Lothar Danner Medal
- 2009: Medal for Services to the Bavarian Justice
- 2010: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 2013: Bavarian State Medal for Internal Security
Works
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Eisenmenger in the catalog of the German National Library
literature
- Wolfgang Keil (Ed.): Perspectives of forensic medicine. Festschrift for Wolfgang Eisenmenger on the occasion of his 60th birthday . Shaker, Aachen 2004, ISBN 3-8322-2439-4
- Oliver Peschel , Elisabeth Mützel and Randolph Penning (eds.): The child in forensic medicine. Festschrift for Wolfgang Eisenmenger . ecomed Medicine, Landsberg am Lech 2009, ISBN 978-3-609-16409-0
Web links
- Forensic medicine, 11/6 2001, pp. 303-308: Prof. Dr med. Wolfgang Eisenmenger - new President of the DGRM , PDF document.
- The last witness Der Spiegel , March 26, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Forensic doctor Eisenmenger retires ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Nürnberger Nachrichten , February 24, 2009. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
- ↑ www.rechtsmedizin.med.uni-muenchen.de Institute> History. Accessed January 7, 2011.
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) "Münchner Blaulicht - Executive Board. Accessed January 7, 2011.
- ↑ Most beautiful thriller of all time . In: Der Spiegel . No. 48 , 1996, pp. 254 ( Online - Nov. 25, 1996 ).
- ↑ Katja Anslinger and Burkhard Rolf: The case of Martin Bormann . Institute for Forensic Medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, PDF document, accessed on February 18, 2010.
- ↑ Bormann's skeleton clearly identified . In: Der Spiegel . No. 19 , 1998, pp. 230 ( online - 4 May 1998 ).
- ^ Forensic pathologist : "Ursula must have been terrified" . merkur-online .de of March 28, 2009, accessed on August 27, 2009.
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Prof. Graw appointed to the board ). Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. Institute for Forensic Medicine, accessed on May 5, 2011
- ↑ List of winners of the Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved December 9, 2015.
- ↑ Member entry of Wolfgang Eisenmenger (with picture) at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 5, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eisenmenger, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German forensic doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waldshut |