Georg Franz Dietrich from the Winckell

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Georg Franz Dietrich from Winckell (born February 2, 1762 on the manor of Priorau ; † May 31, 1839 in Schierau ) was a German forest and hunting scientist .

Life

Winckell came from the very noble family from the Winckell and lost his father, the electoral Saxon court judge Karl Gottlob from the Winckell, at the age of one. He attended the Pädagogium Halle from 1773 to 1777 and then from 1777 to 1780 the Grimma State School . In 1780 she was enrolled at the University of Leipzig . He took up a degree in law and cameralistics , which he was unable to complete as a result of a fall from a horse and an accompanying chest ailment, which did not allow him to work predominantly at his desk. Winckell then took up a three-year apprenticeship as a hunter and forester in Sitzenroda in 1781 , his teacher being mainly a hunter, which is why he had to develop forest science independently from literature.

Winckell withdrew to the inherited manor of Schierau around 1784 , which he managed from then on. On the side he devoted himself to his studies. In 1794 he had to sell the estate to the Hereditary Princess of Anhalt-Dessau . He came into the service of Prince Leopold III. Friedrich Franz of Anhalt-Dessau . However, he was denied the prospect of a position in forestry and hunting, which is why he left the service in the principality in 1802.

Winckell first settled on the family estate in Obernitzschka , then in 1807 he moved to Machern . Through the mediation of Moritz August von Thümmel he got a job as administrator of the forest of the barons of Thüngen in October 1812 . He stayed there until 1832. Then he returned to Schierau.

Winckell was a full member of the Society for the Advancement of the Entire Natural Sciences in Marburg and the Ducal Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Meiningische Societät der Forst und Jagdkunde . He was also an honorary member of the Leipzig Economic Society and the Wetterau Society for all natural history in Hanau .

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  • Manual for hunters, those authorized to hunt and hunting enthusiasts , 3 volumes, Gräff, Leipzig 1805–1806.
    • 2nd edition, Brockhaus, Leipzig 1820–1822.
    • 3rd to 5th Edition as Winckell's Handbook for Hunters and Hunting Lovers , edited and edited by Johann Jakob von Tschudi , Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, 1865 and 1878.

Along with Stephan Behlen , Johann Christian Friedrich Meyer and Carl Emil Diezel, he belonged to the group of those who brought the journal for forestry and hunting back to life in Bavaria in 1823.

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  1. ↑ Handbook for hunters, authorized hunters and hunting lovers , 1st volume, 2nd edition, Brockhaus, Leipzig 1820, title page.
personal data
SURNAME Winckell, Georg Franz Dietrich from the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German forest scientist
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH Priorau
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1839
Place of death Schierau