Diedrich Schroeder

The title of this article is ambiguous. For a German politician with a similar name, see Diedrich Schröder (1922–2009).

Diedrich Schroeder

Diedrich Wilhelm Schroeder (born April 16, 1916 in Groß Augstumalmoor, Heydekrug district , East Prussia ; † March 2, 1988 in Kiel ) was a German soil scientist.

Life

In the post-war period, Schroeder, son of a moor vogt, began studying agriculture at the Georg-August University of Göttingen , which he completed in 1949 with the main diploma examination, and received his doctorate in 1951. rer. hoard. at the Technical University of Hanover with a dissertation on the mineralogical composition of white jurassic limes. There he was given a teaching position in the field of plant nutrition in 1951. Just three years later (1954) he qualified as a professor in Hanover in the fields of soil science and plant nutrition with a highly regarded study of weathering and soil formation on loess profiles . In 1956 he accepted an appointment at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . For almost thirty years he worked here as professor for plant nutrition and soil science. In 1962/63 and 1970/71 he was rector of the CAU.

In Kiel, Schroeder first worked on current problems with the supply of potassium and magnesium in soils and plants, and also on the properties and importance of clay minerals and radioisotopes in soils. Furthermore, he dealt with the material dynamics and genesis of soils in Schleswig-Holstein, as well as with questions of regional soil science and with new methods of soil classification . With his pocket book Soil Science in Keywords , which was first published in 1969 and has been published repeatedly , he methodically embarked on new methods of conveying soil science knowledge.

In several contributions, Schroeder dealt with fundamental questions of scientific development, including a. in 1962 published The soil science as pure and applied natural science . As an emeritus he also dealt with the history of his field. His studies on the soil science aspects in the life work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and on Alexander von Humboldt's importance in the history of the development of soil science are noteworthy.

Schroeder received the Paul Wagner Prize in 1954 . Since 1962 he was a member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina in Halle / S. and from 1974 to 1981 President of the German Soil Science Society.

His grave is in the Eichhof park cemetery .

Fonts (selection)

• Soil science as a pure and applied natural science . Verlag Ferdinand Hirt Kiel 1962 = Publications of the Schleswig-Holstein University Society NF, No. 31.
• The idea of ​​progress in agricultural chemistry . In: Erich Burck (ed.): The idea of ​​progress. Nine lectures on ways and limits of belief in progress . Verlag CH Beck, Munich 1963, pp. 199-220 u. 236-237.
• Soil science in brief . Verlag Ferdinand Hirt, Kiel 1969; 2nd edition 1972; 3rd edition 1978; 4th edition 1984; 5th edition 1992. - English-language editions under the title Soils - Facts and Concepts , Bern 1980 a. 1984.
• The human environment and its exploration . In: Bayerisches Landwirtschaftliches Jahrbuch , vol. 53, 1976, pp. 16-23.
• Goethe and soil science . In: Leopoldina (R. 3) 29, 1983 (1986), pp. 209-215. Zugl. in: Christiana Albertina , New Series H. 22, 1986, pp. 31-38.
• Alexander von Humboldt and soil science - in memoriam Ernst Ehwald . In: Archive for arable and plant cultivation and soil science , Volume 32, 1988, pp. 3–9.

literature

• A. Finck, W. Hoffmann: Diedrich Schroeder for his 60th birthday . In: Landwirtschaftliche Forschung , Volume 29, 1976, before p. 101 (with picture).
• GW Brümmer: Diedrich Schroeder on his 60th birthday . In: Communications of the German Soil Science Society , Volume 23, 1976, pp. 243–245.
• E. Count von Reichenbach: Professor Dr. Dietrich Schroeder on his 70th birthday . In: Journal for plant nutrition and soil science , Volume 149, 1986, pp. 145-146 (with picture).
• Willibald Reichertz: East Germans as lecturers at the Technical University of Hanover (1831–1956) . In: East German family studies . XVIII (55th year), No. 3 . Degener & Co, Insingen 2007, p. 109-120 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Diedrich Schroeder in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rector's speeches (HKM)