Hans Feldmeier

Hans Feldmeier (24 July 1924 – 21 August 2025) was a German pharmacist, who held a leading regional position in Rostock, Germany.

Life and work Feldmeier was born in Hanover on 24 July 1924. with his dissertation On the representation of some amines of the quinoline series and their carboxylase effect on α-keto acids. He carried out the work on this under the supervision of Wolfgang Langenbeck at the Rostock Institute for Catalysis Research. From 1954 he was head of the St. Georg Pharmacy in Rostock, from 1961 district pharmacist of the city and the district of Rostock.

Feldmeier's commitment to consulting activities in the pharmacies of the GDR was of particular importance. His lecture "The Expert Discussion in the Pharmacy" at the conference of the Scheele Society in 1977, which was held under the theme "Pharmacist and Patient" met with a lively response. Feldmeier was the publisher of the "Rostock Pictogram Cards" designed with his team, which were used in 80 percent of GDR pharmacies. These cards contained a clear compilation of the consultation content for 550 finished medicinal products and specialities, and they had a short pharmacology on the back as a further development. The pictogram cards were very suitable for qualifying the patient discussions. These ideas, the development of information compositions for counselling, which go back to the Czech university lecturer Vladimir Smečka, were later continued in several publications. Encouraged by information technology, such advisory aids have also found widespread application.

His monthly medical information – initially intended only for Rostock – was highly valued in medical circles and beyond for 23 years because of its brevity and conciseness. In addition to information on the range of medicines, the "supply situation in keywords" for bridging defects, tabular overviews and, last but not least, feuilletonistic extras such as Pharmacia ridens, -criminalistica, -historica, -oeconomica were of particular interest. The two pages of the 1500 copies required a printing permit and the note "For official use only".

In 2012, he made headlines by eating a tin of 64 year old Lard from the United States.

The Medal of Rostock's Pharmacy System, an award for meritorious pharmacists and other personalities, was presented by him personally for many years – even after reunification. Feldmeier also published on the history of the origin of the Medal of Honour.