Georg Derlitzki

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Georg Derlitzki (born April 30, 1889 in Bergfriede , East Prussia ; † May 2, 1958 in Kindisch ) was a German agricultural scientist, business economist and labor economist.

Memorial plaque for Georg Derlitzki in Pommritz (2019).

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Derlitzki graduated from high school in Osterode in 1908 and then learned agriculture in Brödinen . He first studied law and political science in Berlin , then agriculture and forestry in Giessen . Under Paul Gisevius , he did his doctorate on the subject of rye systematics through studies of the ear structure and qualified as a professor with studies on the germination and driving force and the influence of Fusarium nivale. As a private lecturer , he taught arable and crop production.

Grave site in the Elstra cemetery

When independent agricultural research institutes were founded in Saxony in 1919, Derlitzki went to Pommritz . Together with Bruno Steglich and Gustav Fingerling as directors of the research institutes in Dresden and Leipzig-Möckern , Derlitzki modernized the agricultural research system. The Pommritz research institute concentrated on agricultural management with a special focus on agricultural labor. It was the first research institute worldwide with such a profile. Well-known publications emerged on Taylorism . The development of agricultural labor into an independent discipline is Derlitzki's enduring achievement and has also been recognized internationally. Derlitzki worked from 1927 as a scientific adviser and chairman of the committee for agricultural labor research of the International Agricultural Institute in Rome and from 1932 as head of a department in the section for industrial hygiene of the League of Nations .

Derlitzki refused to become a member of the NSDAP and opposed the shutdown of agricultural machinery in order to create jobs. He was therefore dismissed in 1934 and took over a 35 hectare farm in Kindisch near Kamenz . Here he conducted scientific research on the use of electrical heating devices to reduce the consumption of solid fuels.

After 1945 he took part in the reconstruction of agriculture in East Germany and worked in various committees, including as head of the committee for agricultural work of the German Agricultural Society . He became politically discredited and had a few months in custody accommodate. Derlitzki supported the establishment of ergonomic research in Halle-Etzdorf and the establishment of the state teaching and research institute Gundorf near Leipzig. In 1952 he received a teaching position at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg .

Fonts (selection)

  • P. Gisevius & G. Derlitzki: The fodder industry , agricultural library, Vol. 12. Friedrichswerth (Thür.), E. Meyer, 120 S., 1915
  • The various methods of stretching the potato seeds , from d. Work d. Potato Research Center Gießen, in: "Work of the Society for the Promotion of Construction and the Economically Appropriate Use of Potatoes", H. 16, Berlin, 23 p., 1918
  • Contributions to the fertilizer lime question , Breslau, Korn, 28 p., 1919
  • The Taylor system and its application in agriculture , writings d. Economist. Ges. In the Free State of Saxony, Leipzig Reichenbach, 15 p., 1921
  • Agricultural work research, presented on the work of the Research Institute for Agricultural Work Studies Pommritz , Reports on Landarbeit, Stuttgart, pp. 9–61, 1927
  • Derlitzki et al: Solid fuels in agriculture , general report on the World Power Conference in Vienna, Vol. II, pp. 224–237, 1941

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literature

  • Rotraut Derlitzki, Eberhard Schulze: Georg Max Ludwig Derlitzki (1889-1958). IAMO, Institute for Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Discussion Paper No. 58, 2004
personal data
SURNAME Derlitzki, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergfriede , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1958
Place of death Childish