Joseph Russegger

Josef Ritter von Russegger (* November 18, 1802 in Salzburg, † June 20, 1863 in Schemnitz ) was a geologist.

Russ Egger was dedicated to Schemnitz (today Banská Štiavnica in Slovakia) Mount beings came in 1825 in the Austrian civil service and was mountain manager in Bockstein in Bad Gastein, where he works, the editing process gold - and silver-containing raw ores in Salzburgian mining district (Stuttgart 1841) wrote.

1836-1838 he went on a research trip to Cilicia, Syria, Egypt and the Sudan, accompanied by Theodor Kotschy. After he had a part of Egypt examines geognostisch on behalf of the Viceroy, he came in 1838 in the heart of Africa to the gold-washings of Kiamil ago. As a result, he still traveled to Palestine and most of Europe, which he reported in travel in Europe, Asia and Africa (Stuttgart 1841-1850, 7 volumes with atlas) and geognostical in numerous essays and Montanist content. 1843 Russegger Saline administrator was in the Galician Wieliczka (now Wieliczka in Poland), 1850 Ministerial, mountain, forest and estate manager in Lower Hungary, and also the director of the Mining and Forestry Academy Schemnitz and raised in 1853 in the hereditary knighthood. Since 1848 he was also a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences (now the Austrian Academy of Sciences).