!!!Machura, Lothar

Machura, Lothar, b. Krnov, Czech Republic (then Jaegerndorf), Dec. 13, 1909, 
d. Vienna, May 23, 1982, naturalist, adult educator. Head of the 
Department of Natural Sciences of the Lower Austria Provincial Museum, 
where he worked from 1935 to 1970. Co-founder of the Donau Museum at 
Orth an der Donau, of the Hunting Museum at Marchegg and the Alpine 
Garden on the Rax mountain. Advocated the creation of national parks, 
conservation, environmental and landscape protection, especially in 
connection with large-scale building projects.

!Publications
Nationalparke in Oesterreich, 1959; Pilzesammeln - 
leicht gemacht, 1964; Rettet die Tormaeuer, 1965; Die Donau und das 
Donaumuseum, 1966; Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege in 
Niederoesterreich, 1970; Baeume an der Strasse, 1970.



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