Carl Grebe

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Carl (also Karl) Friedrich August Grebe , from 1890 von Grebe , (born June 20, 1816 in Großenritte ( Baunatal ), † April 12, 1890 in Eisenach ) was a German forester and university professor .

Life

Carl Grebe was born on June 20, 1816 as the son of a Hessian district forester in Großenritte am Habichtswald . He spent his youth in a forester's house near Gottsbüren in Reinhardswald .

Carl Grebe attended the polytechnic school in Kassel , completed an internship for several months in his father's area and attended the forestry school in Melsungen from 1836–1837 and a university course in Berlin from 1838–39. A trip he completed after completing his studies took him to the Bohemian Forest , the Saxon Ore Mountains , the Fichtel Mountains and the Thuringian Forest , where he made the acquaintance of the Eisenach forest scientist Gottlob König .

In 1840 Grebe went to the Royal State and Agricultural Academy, founded in Eldena in 1835, as a lecturer in forest science . In 1841 he received his doctorate from the University of Marburg (De conditionibus ad arborum nostrarum saltuensium vitam necessariis). In 1842 or 1843 he completed his habilitation at Greifswald University . His contacts with Gottlob König enabled him to be employed as a forestry advisor in the state service of the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach in 1844 , he moved to Eisenach and became a second member of the Grand Ducal Forest Taxation Commission and lecturer at the Grand Ducal Saxon Forestry School in Eisenach .

On April 1, 1850, he became director of the Eisenach forestry school. In the course of his 50 years of teaching, he trained more than 1000 foresters. He was the author of forest science works and was the co-editor of several magazines. As an appraiser and advisor, he was responsible for the grand ducal private forests in Silesia .

Honors

The Grebestein on the Wachstein near Ruhla

On June 8, 1862 , Grebe was elected a member of the Leopoldina . From 1865 he was a secret chief forestry officer and in 1880 he was promoted to chief forest master in the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach. A few days before his death, on April 1, 1890, he celebrated the 40th anniversary of his service and was raised to the nobility. A memorial plaque was placed at a vantage point near Ruhla , and the rock has been called "Grebestein" ever since.

Works

  • (1845) The supervision of private forests by the state. Attempt to answer the question: "How far does the authorization and obligation of the state in the supervision of the use and management of private wood plots go?
  • (1851) Use of the forest: an estate (dedicated to Gottlob König)
  • (1853) Mountain science, soil science and climate theory in their application to forestry.
  • (1856) The beech high forest operation
  • (1858) The teaching forests of the Eisenacher forest school (excursion guide to the 8th meeting of foresters from Thuringia)
  • (1867) The operation and yield regulation of the forests
  • (1880) The Grand Ducal Saxon Forestry School in Eisenach. Dedicated to its patrons, friends and relatives to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment

literature

  • Hermann Stoetzer: The Eisenacher Forste (Eisenach, Ruhla and Wilhelmsthal). An economic picture . Hofbuchdruckerei von H. Kahle, Eisenach 1900, p. 50 .
  • Richard Hess :  Grebe, Karl . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 49, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, pp. 519-523.
  • Ekkehard Schwartz : Carl Grebe on the 150th birthday . In: The socialist forestry . Issue 7, 1966.
  • Ekkehard Schwartz: On the becoming and growing of the Eisenach forestry school under Gottlob König . In: Forest Archive . tape 61/6 , 1990.
  • Ekkehard Schwartz: Gottlob König 1779–1849. A life for forest and landscape (series of portraits of important Thuringian forest people ). Kleinhampl, Erfurt 1999, ISBN 3-933956-02-1
  • Helmut Witticke, Martin Heinze: Forest training in Thuringia. Schwarzburg 1946-2008 . EchinoMedia Verlag, Bürgel 2009, ISBN 978-3-937107-18-9 , p. 192 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Heinrich Weigel: University professor, forestry practitioner, writer . Dr. Carl Grebe was considered one of the best hardwood hosts of his time: yields rose. In: Thüringische Landeszeitung (local edition Eisenach) . Erfurt November 15, 1990.
personal data
SURNAME Grebe, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grebe, Carl Friedrich August (full name); Grebe, Karl von; Grebe, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German forester and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Big rides
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1890
Place of death Eisenach