Friedrich Brüne

Friedrich Brüne (born October 23, 1878 in Usseln , Kr. Waldeck, † February 13, 1965 in Bremen ) was a German moor researcher and soil scientist .

Life

Brüne, son of a farmer, studied at the Agricultural University in Berlin , received his doctorate there in 1907 with the dissertation Studies on the influence of the climate on the flourishing of bog meadows and bog pastures and then worked as a researcher at the Association for the Promotion of Bog Culture in the German Empire . Later he was head of the agricultural department at the Bremen moor research station . From 1929 to 1948 he was Bruno Tacke's successor and headed this station as director.

Brüne mainly dealt with questions of the agricultural use of the bog soils and published several books about it. The number of his practice-related articles in specialist journals is almost impossible to miss.

Honors

• 1954: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany

Fonts (selection)

• Principles of regulating the water balance in agricultural soils and their technical implementation . Berlin 1929 = Modern bog culture in individual representations H. 2.
• The culture of the raised bogs . Berlin 1931 = The modern bog culture in individual representations H. 5.
• The practice of moor and heather culture. Guide for farmers and culture technicians . Berlin u. Hamburg 1948.
• Wasteland culture. Brief instructions for reclamation and management of bog and heather soils . Hanover 1949 = pamphlets of the German Agricultural Society No. 9.

literature

• Announcements about the work of the moor experimental station in Bremen . 7th report, published by W. Baden = Festschrift for the 75th anniversary of the establishment. Bremen 1952, pp. 42–50 (with picture).
• W. Baden: Professor Dr. Friedrich Brüne, Bremen, † . In: Wasser und Boden vol. 17, 1965, p. 128 (with picture).