Walther Herwig
Johann Christian Walther Herwig Adelbert Edward ( born February 25, 1838 in Arolsen, † December 16, 1912 in Berlin) was a Prussian administrative lawyer, the doyen of German High Seas Fisheries and the founder of the German marine research.
Career
Herwig studied from 1856 Law at the Georg -August- University of Göttingen, where he became a member of the Corps Hannovera. He continued his studies at the University of Leipzig, the Albert- Ludwigs- University of Freiburg and the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin.
After graduation he joined the internal administration of the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1869, he was district administrator with the District of Twiste in his home town of Arolsen, was from 1875 to 1878 Circle district administrator in Ahaus and 1878-1880 in Marienwerder.
He was from 1880 Vice-President of the Provincial school and Medizinalkollegiums in Berlin and from 1889 to 1901 president of the monastery chamber in Hanover. From 1879 to 1893 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives, in which he the constituency Marienwerderstraße 1 ( Stuhm - Marienwerderstraße ) represented and the Group of the Free Conservative Party joined. In 1895 the State Council, he received the 1896 Dr. phil. h c. the Christian-Albrechts -University of Kiel. In 1902 he resigned as Real power. Go. Senior Government in Hanover in retirement. From 1907 he lived in Berlin again.
Herwig was buried at the city cemetery sticks in Hanover.
Significance for deep sea fishing
Walther Herwig was one of the founders of the German High Seas Fisheries Association and promoted the end of the 19th century the development of until then, apart from whaling, operated just off shore fishing. It was extended to the fish-rich waters of the North Atlantic. To this end, in 1880 the first German trawlers were built in the English style. The first ship named after him, who in 1888 built trawler President Herwig, however, was in 1898 off the coast of Iceland lost. Herwig sat down at this time of the construction of a German deep-sea fishing fleet in particular for social equity in relation to the crews of ships and reached an adequate basic needs of the families of the fishermen who were at sea.
Importance for the Exploration of the Sea
Herwig founded the German marine research and in 1902 with his retirement from the public service until 1908 President of the Central Committee for the international marine research, today the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea.
Aftermath
For honors the memory the Federal Republic of Germany has so far been three fisheries research ships its name. Currently in its third Walther Herwig is traveling for the Federal Research Centre for Fisheries, the waters of North and Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic.
Writings
- Germany's participation in the international marine research. Annual report. 1, 1902/1903 (1905 ) - 5, 1906/1907 (1908), ZDB - ID 549356-0.