Christian Deegen

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Christian Michael Daniel Deegen (born January 28, 1798 in Kahla , † December 1, 1888 in Köstritz ) was a German dahlia breeder. He is considered the first German dahlia grower and founded the first commercial dahlia nursery in Germany in 1826 in Köstritz.

Life

As early as 1812, at the age of fourteen, Deegen was growing his first dahlias from single-flowered tubers that he had received from the Belvedere Palace Park in Weimar .

In 1824 he moved to Köstritz and bought the Princely Palace with the garden behind it.

From 1826, thanks to a lottery win, Christian Deegen ran the first German commercial nursery for dahlias and bred other varieties there. He created catalogs with his varieties and sent the orders to France , Norway and Russia . In this way he helped the dahlia to spread widely beyond the borders of Germany .

The oldest German dahlia variety still on the market is Kaiser Wilhelm I , an orange ball dahlia, bred by Deegen in 1881 .

meaning

Show and teaching garden of the dahlia center

As a result of Christian Deegen's work, several horticultural companies were founded in and around Köstritz, some of which still exist today as Paul Panzer , Schade horticultural company and Franz Deegen - Nachf .

In 1928 the world's first dahlia garden , which still exists today, was laid out in Gera .

The Dahlia Center Bad Köstritz was opened on the occasion of the Federal Horticultural Show Gera and Ronneburg in 2007 and houses a permanent exhibition with a show and teaching garden and the German Dahlia Archive .

In honor of the Dahlia and the dahlias Breeding takes place in Bad Köstritz the annual Dahlia Festival instead. The dahlia queen is elected for one year in a festive setting . One of their tasks is to announce and honor the winners of the Most Beautiful Dahlia election.

Honors

Memorial plaque for Christian Deegen and Ernst Herger

Commemorative medal

Since 1997, the Christian Deegen Memorial Medal has been awarded annually by the city ​​of Bad Köstritz for successful dahlia growers in Germany on the recommendation of the German Dahlia, Fuchsia and Gladiolus Society .

Plaque

A remodeled memorial plaque for the founders of the dahlia and rose cultures in Bad Köstritz, Christian Deegen and Ernst Herger is now at the entrance to the Dahlia Center Bad Köstritz .

literature

  • Erhard Lemm, Angelika and Frank Schenke: Bad Köstritz - portrait of a city in Thuringia ; Verlag Erhard Lemm; Gera 2000; P. 8; ISBN 3-931635-14-7
  • Sonja Steiner-Welz: Sample for the City of Mannheim Volume 42; Reinhard Welz Vermittlerverlag Mannheim eK; Mannheim 2004; P. 97; ISBN 3-938164-12-3
  • Bettina Verbeek: Dahlias: The most beautiful varieties and their care ; Blv Book Publishing; Munich 2007; P. 10; ISBN 978-3-8354-0219-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sondra Anabel Kleinsorge. Development history and alternative uses of Dahlia Cavanilles. Diploma thesis at the University of Kassel (2004). Quoted on the website of the Deutsche Dahlien-, Fuchsien- und Gladiolen-Gesellschaft eV ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ddfgg.de
  2. ^ Anne-Cathrin Ritschel (cultural office / press office), Wolfgang Ritschel: DER ELSTERTALBOTE - Official Gazette, news and information for Bad Köstritz and the surrounding area ; No. 06/2009 ; City of Bad Köstritz; Bad Köstritz June 18, 2009; P. 10
  3. ^ Anne-Cathrin Ritschel (Culture Office / Press Office): DER ELSTERTALBOTE - Official Gazette, news and information for Bad Köstritz and the surrounding area ; No. 10/2009 ; City of Bad Köstritz; Bad Köstritz October 15, 2009; P. 6
  4. ^ Anne-Cathrin Ritschel (Culture Office / Press Office), ACR: DER ELSTERTALBOTE - Official Gazette, news and information for Bad Köstritz and the surrounding area ; No. 08/2009 ; City of Bad Köstritz; Bad Köstritz September 20, 2009; P. 2
personal data
SURNAME Deegen, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Deegen, Christian Michael Daniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dahlia grower
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Kahla
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1888
Place of death Köstritz