Ein Haus für Pettenkofer. Wissenschaftliche Traditionspflege in München 1902–1962

Abstract

AH ouse forP ettenkofer. Cultivationo faScientific Tr aditioni n Munich,1902Munich, -1962. Thearticle dealswiththreeattemptstop reservethe memory as well as thescientificheritageofMax vonP ettenkofer,madebyhis successorsatthe Uni-versityofM unich'sI nstitute of Hygiene, Maxv on Gruber,K arlK isskalt,and Hermann Eyer.All of thosescientificmemorials were supposedtotakethe form of abuilding: an interdisciplinarycenterofscienceand educationinthe city of Munich,anoutpost of the InstituteofH ygiene in Pettenkofer'sb irthplaceinrural Bavaria, andanewb uildingfor thei nstitute itself.T he effort to establish such ap lace of memory ande mulation were driven,o nt he oneh and, by Pettenkofer'sd ownright mythical reputation as them an whonot only hadestablished anew scientific fieldbut savedM unichfromdirtand pestilence; on theo ther hand,i twas motivatedb yh is successors'respectiveu nderstanding of whichaspects of Pettenkofer'slegacywereworth preserving as well as helpfulinorder to advancet heir owns cientifica nd institutionals tanding-ac alculation whicht urned outt ob es till valida nd compelling more than half ad ecennium afterP ettenkofer's death.