Michael Greisiger

* Tátraalja, December 25, 1851 – † Szepesbéla, September 10, 1912 / physician, naturalist, amateur entomologist ; ; He began his schooling in his native village, graduating from the Keszmárk gymnasium in 1872. After that, he first enrolled at the University of Vienna, where he studied natural sciences, and then transferred to the medical faculty of the University of Pest, where he obtained his medical degree in December 1877. He settled in Szepesbéla, where he worked as a practicing physician in the city and in the local tobacco factory until his death. However, his area of practice also extended to the surrounding settlements, and he even had patients from Poland. As a physician, he carried out health education activities: he campaigned a lot against alcohol consumption and smoking. He popularized tourism as a form of a healthy lifestyle. In addition to his work, he primarily studied the natural conditions of the area – the High Tatras. He was engaged in ornithology, observing migratory birds, insects and fish, paleontology, but also researching the flora and fauna of the Spiš region. He often accompanied Viktor Greschik (Lőcse) on his observation trips. He regularly reported on bird migrations to the Ornithological Institute in Budapest. He created a botanical garden of medicinal herbs in Spiš. He was one of the founders of the MKE. His insect collection was purchased by the Keszmárk gymnasium, and is currently housed in the Keszmárk City Museum. He was also interested in archaeology and numismatics, and his archaeological collection and coin collection are kept in the Keszmárk Museum and the Slovak National Museum in Bratislava. Several pieces from his herbarium and butterfly collection were given to various schools, but these were destroyed over time. Of his four daughters, Greisiger Irma Julianna was a botanist. Another daughter was the wife of Dr. Károly Mauks Jr. (1870–1940), a doctor and amateur ornithologist from Keszthely. ; ; His main works: ; The pine forests of the High Tatras (Tourist's Newspaper, 1. p. 52-55), 1889, ; Kulturhistorisches aus Tátragegend (Annuals of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 24., p. 87–97), 1897.