Carl-Ernst Büchting
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Carl-Ernst Büchting (born September 6, 1915 in Klein Wanzleben ; † May 1, 2010 in Einbeck ) was a German agricultural scientist and CEO of KWS Saat .
Life
Carl-Ernst Büchting was the son of Karl and Annemarie Büchting and the grandson of the Ökonomierat Ernst Giesecke (1859-1930) and great-grandson of Julius Giesecke . He was married to Johanne M. Rabbethge , the great-granddaughter of the company founder Matthias Christian Rabbethge . The couple have two daughters and one son together. The son is Andreas Büchting , who today heads the supervisory board of KWS Saat SE.
In 1934 he passed his Abitur at the Arndt-Gymnasium in Berlin-Dahlem and then completed a commercial traineeship in Copenhagen . This was followed by internships in the Salzwedel and Klein Wanzleben sugar factories . In 1937 he began studying sugar technology at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin , which he completed with the state examination as a graduate sugar factory engineer. In 1942 he received his doctorate. agr.
During the Second World War he took part as a staff officer with the rank of lieutenant in the reconnaissance department of the 22nd Infantry Division . He fell into American captivity , from which he returned on June 18, 1945. He helped father and father-in-law transfer the KWS Saat company to Einbeck. In 1951 he became a board member and was a member of the board of directors and supervisory board until 1993 as chairman.
Carl-Ernst Büchting had been a sponsoring member of the Max Planck Society since 1949 and was also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Max Planck Institute for Breeding Research in Cologne for many years .
Around 1951 he acquired the former war fishing cutter Helgoland .
Awards
- 1968: Johann Heinrich von Thünen Medal in gold from the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS
- 1975: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 1987: Honorary citizen of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- 1991: Thünen Thaer Medal from the Albrecht Thaer Society
- 1991: Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1995: Honorary citizen of the Klein Wanzleben community
- Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit
Fonts
- Development and current status of the treatment of sugar factory wastewater, with special consideration of diffusion water withdrawal. Dissertation. University of Berlin, 1942.
Foundations
- AKB Foundation for the Promotion of Religion, Culture and Science.
literature
- Werner Haufe: Rabbethge, Matthias Christian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , pp. 61-63 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl-Ernst Büchting in the catalog of the German National Library
- Dr. Carl-Ernst Büchting 90 years on the KWS Saat SE website
- In memoriam Carl-Ernst Büchting (PDF file; 113 kB) - Journal for Cultivated Plants No. 62. pp. 274–275, Braunschweig 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituaries. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , May 5, 2010, p. 18.
- ^ Officer positions in the reconnaissance department 22 - May 20 , 1941 , accessed on May 5, 2010
- ↑ Escape Ships : Why shouldn't I , in: Der Spiegel, 36/1951 of September 5, 1951, accessed on May 6, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Büchting, Carl-Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German agricultural scientist and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klein Wanzleben |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 2010 |
| Place of death | Einbeck |