On the death of Gerhard König

Authors: Gabriele Kaiser

Publish Date: 2015/12/01

Volume: 48, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 247-247

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Abstract

After finishing his studies on education mathematics and physics with excellence at the Free University of Berlin in 1967 Gerhard König worked as editor for mathematics at the publishing house Ernst Klett in Stuttgart Ernst Klett publisher supported the founding of the Journal „Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik“ ZDM in 1968 ZDM—Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik was the first name of this journal which kept the acronym over decades only changing the subtitles Gerhard König was given the responsibility regarding publishing and the editorial process The first edition of the ZDM—Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik was published in June 1969In 1976 the responsibility for the Journal was delegated to the Zentralstelle für AtomkernenergieDokumentation ZAED Nuclear Energy Documentation Centre and later to FIZ Karlsruhe and on 1 September 1976 Gerhard König became Managing Editor of ZDM and ZAED as well In October 1978 the journal was taken over by the institution which today is named FIZ Karlsruhe—LeibnizInstitut für Informationsinfrastruktur—the Leibniz Institute for Information InfrastructureAt the beginning Gerhard König worked on scientific and organizational tasks in connection with the enlargement of the content of ZDM and he developed the computerbased input and data processing Already at an early stage Gerhard König internationalised ZDM so that since 1978 many nonGerman publications were included in the database on mathematics education Gerhard König established a cooperation with various national and international institutions Simultaneously he supported the transformation of the journal’s documentary part into an online database which at the beginning could be accessed via STN International and later was also accessible as webbased databaseGerhard König officially represented ZDM at all leading conferences Thanks to his high dedication and enthusiasm and his excellent leadership in February 1981 he was appointed as leader of the Mathematics Didactics Group and January 2001 as Head of the Mathematics Didactics Division

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