Friedrich Wilhelm Meschwitz
Friedrich Wilhelm Meschwitz (born January 31, 1815 in Bockau , † October 20, 1888 in Blasewitz ) was a German forest inspector .
Life
After attending the secondary school in Plauen , Friedrich Wilhelm Meschwitz embarked on a career in forestry. After a few years of practical training, he studied from 1834 to 1836 at the Tharandt Forest Academy . There he learned from Heinrich and Friedrich August von Cotta, among others . In 1836 he took up a job in the Saxon forest administration. In 1852 he became chief forester in Bockau and in 1862 forest inspector in Dresden . Here he played a major role in the development of the Dresdner Heide for tourism. In the 1870s, for example, he led the expansion of the Sandschluchtweg and initiated the planting of trees along Marien- and Stauffenbergallee .
Meschwitz worked on numerous forest science topics. So he invented a reforestation method for sanded heather stretches and developed a method for successfully combating tree dumps . He worked for the Tharandt Forestry Yearbook. Meschwitz prepared expert reports for the Saxon War Ministry during the soil investigations for the construction of Albertstadt and the infantry barracks in Zwickau.
In 1879 Meschwitz was appointed forester. Due to illness, he was retired in 1881. He spent his last years in Blasewitz near Dresden.
Meschwitz was buried in the St. Pauli cemetery . At his grave is a shingle oak that Meschwitz planted himself in 1880. With a trunk circumference of 370 cm, it is now the largest tree of its kind in Germany and one of the oldest surviving memorial trees in Dresden . In 1946, Meschwitzstrasse in the Albertstadt district of Dresden was named in his honor .
His son was the officer, writer and librarian Heinrich Meschwitz (1869–1927).
Individual evidence
Web links
- Meschwitz, Heinrich: Meschwitz, Friedrich Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 330.
- Literature by Friedrich Wilhelm Meschwitz in the SWB online catalog
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meschwitz, Friedrich Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German forest inspector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bockau |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1888 |
| Place of death | Blowjoke |