Meissburger was a professor of Old and Middle High German at the universities of Århus (Denmark), Freiburg im Breisgau and Bonn. In Bonn he was also director of the Institute for German Linguistics. From his enthusiasm for the mountains – he was a member of the youth organization of the Basel section of the Swiss Alpine Club – came the desire to produce a relief of the Spannörter in his spare time. However, it remained with this one.

[1] This article bases on Mair, Toni. Grieder, Susanne. Das Landschaftsrelief – Symbiose von Wissenschaft und Kunsthandwerk. Mit Schweizer Reliefkatalog. Verlag hier+jetzt. Baden, Schweiz. 2006. S.163.

See also: Gerhard Meissburger (German Wikipedia)