Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Alers

Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Alers

The wing saw invented by Alers

Alers grave in Bad Helmstedt

Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Alers (* May 12, 1811 in Braunschweig , † December 31, 1891 in Helmstedt ) was a German forest expert and founder of the Clarabads in Bad Helmstedt .

Life

Georg Alers came from a Huguenot family that originally wrote des Alleurs and went back to the Croismare family . He attended high schools in Helmstedt and Braunschweig. The acquaintance with Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Pfeil led him to Berlin for further training . After studying forest science and natural science subjects in Berlin and Tübingen , Alers went on trips before he began his first job as a district hunter in Runstedt in 1832 . Later he worked in Braunschweig, Königslutter , Stiege imHarz , Calvörde and Helmstedt. He began to publish forest science papers early on. In 1868 he invented the wing saw for value pruning without a ladder. This invention was patented in several countries and made Alers even better known than his previously published writings.

In 1869 he bought the Obere Holzmühle in the Brunnental in Bad Helmstedt . There were two springs on the property which, because of their temperature and their sulfur and iron content, were suitable for setting up a bathing establishment. The mill was rebuilt in 1871/72 to Clarabad, named after Aler's daughter.

Alers, who died highly decorated, was buried on a hill above this bath.

Publications

• The v. Alemann's forest culture method in its application to the Calvörde forest district in Brunswick. In: Allgemeine Forst- und Jagd-Zeitung 28. 1852, 361–366.
• Chronicle of the Calvörde forest district. created by the district forester A. at the beginning of 1855, Ms. o. J. (Forestry Office Haldensleben)
• About the pruning of the forest trees by using the height or wing saw. 1868.
• The Drömling, a forest and agricultural fragment. In: Allgemeine Forst- und Jagd-Zeitung 54. 1878, 185–193.
• The deer crossing. Dedicated to all hunters and hunting enthusiasts as a companion for decency and stalking. 1885.
• The menu of our forest animals in snowy, severe winters. 1888.

literature

• Richard Hess: Georg Alers . In: Central sheet for the entire forest system 22, no. 3, 1896, p. 125ff.
• Joachim Pohl: The Clarabad . In: Der Lappwald, his sources, his baths, his theaters, 1990, pp. 148–172.
• Rolf Volkmann: Alers, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 25 .
• Franz Kropp, Zoltan Rozsnyay (ed.): Georg Alers. In: Lower Saxony Forest Biography. A source volume (messages from the Lower Saxony forest administration. From the forest. Issue 51, 1998, pp. 37-40.)
• Reinhold Brennecke: Ornithological information from the Braunschweig forests of Calvörde under Georg Alers. In: Haldensleber ornithology information 18. 2000, pp. 69–75.

Web links

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• Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Alers in the Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon