Soergel in Silesia

Wolfgang Soergel, noted loess scholar, was a professor in Wroclaw from 1926 to 1931. He was one of the noted pioneers of loess stratigraphy- his book 'Losse, Eiszeiten und Palaolithische Kulturen (Eine Gliederung und Alterbestimmung der Losse) was published in Jena in 1919- this book made a huge contribution to the development of loess stratigraphy, and is largely why Soergel is remembered and honoured. This small tribute is published on the occasion of the Loess Conference in Wroclaw 8-9 September 2014. A tribute to WS and to the University of Wroclaw.