Walther Bacmeister
German jurist and ornithologist (1873-1966)
Walther Bacmeister (also spelled Walter; 21 February 1873 – 14 June 1966) was a German jurist and ornithologist.
Biography
Bacmeister was descended from the Württemberg line of the Bacmeister family, an old Lower Saxony family with many distinguished members in the fields of medicine and the law. He was born in Niederstetten, the son of Karl Albert Wilhelm Bacmeister (1845–1920) and Auguste Gertz (1845–1929). After completing his Abitur he initially sought a military officer's career, but then decided to study law. After his state exams and trainee years, Bacmeister received an appointment as prosecutor in Heilbronn in 1905. He remained in this post until 1928, interrupted only by his military service with the rank of Hauptmann on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during the First World War. In 1928 he accepted a call to Stuttgart, where he held the office of chief prosecutor until his retirement in 1938. Some years later, during the course of the Second World War, he worked sporadically as a judge.
From an early age, Bacmeister was interested in birds and the science of ornithology, and here in particular the protection of native bird species in Baden-Württemberg. Even during his military operations, observing birds was his hobby, and he wrote detailed publications about the occurrence of different species of birds.
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