Wolfgang Gotte

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Wolfgang Gotte (born January 3, 1929 in Radeberg ; † March 13, 2002 in Berlin ) was a German geologist .

Life

He was the son of an administrative employee and grandson of a master brewer at the Radeberger export beer brewery . After elementary school he attended the Radeberg high school from 1939 to 1947 . Here, one of his teachers, the "permanent scientific teacher" and vice-principal Theodor Arldt , promoted his interest in geology and mining , which had been aroused by his grandfather Robert Gotte, a miner in Brand-Erbisdorf . After successfully passing his Abitur in 1948, he completed a mining internship in the Marie mine in Beendorf , a nationally known potash company. For the 100th anniversary of the shaft in 1997, Wolfgang Gotte contributed to the commemorative publication with a contribution about the sinking of this shaft.

In 1949 Wolfgang Gotte switched to geology and studied at the Humboldt University in Berlin until 1954 . His scientific teachers included Hans Stille , Serge von Bubnoff and Fritz Deubel .

As a qualified geologist, Wolfgang Gotte returned to Saxony, where he initially received a position in the geological service. He worked as an exploration geologist in the Brand Revier . He then became chief geologist in the VEB Geological Exploration South in Freiberg in the Ore Mountains .

In 1967 he received his doctorate from the Freiberg Mining Academy with a dissertation on lithology and tectonics as factors in the formation, exploration and evaluation of deposits, illustrated by a few examples from the Saxon Ore Mountains (unprinted).

From 1967 to 1974 Wolfgang Gotte worked as Deputy State Secretary and from 1974 to 1983 as State Secretary for Geology in the GDR Ministry of Geology . In 1979 he became an honorary member of the Society for Geological Sciences of the GDR. 1981 Gotte received an honorary professorship for exploratory geology at the Bergakademie Freiberg. In 1983 he left the ministry and became director of the Central Geological Institute in Berlin. He then worked as a consultant for this institute from 1986 to 1990, until it was dissolved in the course of German reunification.

After a serious illness, he died at the age of 73 on March 13, 2002. According to his wishes, he was buried in the cemetery of his birthplace in Radeberg.

Merits

Gotte was significantly involved in the development of geological research and exploration work in the GDR, which aimed to expand the raw material base and improve the energy supply in the GDR. The combination of geological, geophysical and geochemical research made the southern part of the GDR one of the best geologically researched areas in Europe.

Gotte wrote several works for the exploration of deposits in Central and Southeast Asia as well as in East Africa. He has written over 50 scientific publications and over 150 unpublished geological reports and expert opinions.

literature

  • Hans Hetzer, Peter Krüger: Wolfgang Gotte † (1929-2002) . In: Sächsische Heimatblätter 48, No. 3, 2002, pp. 184-185.
  • Katja Altmann: Professor Dr. Wolfgang Gotte (1929-2002) . In: Between Großer Röder and Kleiner Spree , 2, 2003, pp. 116–117.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wolfgang Gotte: Theodor Arldt (1878-1960): A pioneer of paleogeography . In: Treatises of the State Museum for Mineralogy and Geology in Dresden; 39: 125-130 (1993) . Dresden 1993.
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Gotte: The sinking of the Marie shaft . In: Knappenverein Oberes Allertal (ed.): 100 Years of the Marie Shaft - Salt Mining in the Upper Allertal , 1997.
  3. ↑ a b Biographical databases: Biographical information from the manual “Who was who in the GDR?” Retrieved on December 14, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME God, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Radeberg
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 2002
Place of death Berlin