Find out more about the anatomists of the University of Hamburg
Anatomy is taught in Hamburg since the founding of the university in 1919.
Currently there are two anatomical institutes with different research areas:
the Institute of Anatomy and Experimental Morphology and the Institute of Neuroanatomy.
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Friedrich Meves
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Meves (1868 - 1923)
Professor for Anatomy at the University of Hamburg from 1918 to 1922.
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Wilhelm von Möllendorf
Prof. Dr. med. Wilhelm von Möllendorf (1887 - 1944)
Professor for Anatomy at the University of Hamburg from 1922 to 1923.
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Heinrich Poll
Prof. Dr. med. Heinrich Poll (1877 - 1939)
Professor for Anatomy at the University of Hamburg from 1924 to 1933.
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Johannes Brodersen
Prof. Dr. med Johannes Brodersen (1878 - 1970)
Founder of the Anatomical Collection
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Kurt Goerttler
Prof. Dr. med. Kurt Goerttler (1898 - 1983)
Professor for Anatomy at the University of Hamburg from 1934 to 1935.
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Hermann Bautzmann
Prof. Dr. med. Hermann Bautzmann (1897 - 1962)
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Karl Zeiger
Prof. Dr. med. Karl Zeiger (1895 - 1959)
Professor for Anatomy at the University of Hamburg from 1941 to 1959.
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Ernst Horstmann
Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. med. Ernst Horstmann (1909 - 1972)
Professor for Anatomy at the University of Hamburg from 1959 to 1972.
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Kurt Fleischhauer
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. sci. h.c. Kurt Fleischhauer (1929)
Professor for Anatomy at the University of Hamburg from 1962 to 1968.
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Werner Lierse
Prof. Dr. med. Werner Lierse (1928 - 1993)
Professor for Anatomy at the University of Hamburg from 1969 to 1993.
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Adolf Friedrich Holstein
Prof. Dr. med. Adolf Friedrich Holstein (1934)
Professor for Anatomy at the University of Hamburg from 1973 to 2000.