Erwin Sumser (8 October 1891 – 22 January 1961) was a German physician. He was born and grew up in

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where he came to know the

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and to appreciate the multitude of

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s growing there. In 1931 he purchased several floristically valuable lots of land in the Jennetal which are called Sumser's Garden (). Later he bought also comparable lots of land on the Baar. In 1960 he sold all his private nature reserves to the

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Bibliography

Kuhn, Benno,
Weshalb das Naturschutzgebiet Jennetal auch Sumsergarten genannt wird
' (''why the nature reserve Jennetal is also called Sumser's garden''), in
Ebringer Dorfgeschichten, volume 1
pp. 1-8,

Ebringen Ebringen (Breisgau) is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Geography Ebringen is located about 5 km (3 mi) south of Freiburg at the Schoenberg and belongs to the Freibur ...

2008

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sumser, Erwin Physicians from Baden-Württemberg German conservationists 1891 births 1961 deaths