Georg Friedrich von Jaeger

This article explains the forester Georg Friedrich von Jaeger; the doctor Georg Friedrich von Jäger is explained under Georg Friedrich von Jäger .

Georg Friedrich Jaeger , from 1808 by Jaeger , (also hunter ; born October 6, 1766 at Favorite Castle near Ludwigsburg ; † June 24, 1840 in Stuttgart ) was a German forester and administrative officer .

Life

Jaeger was the son of Johann Jakob Jaeger, a ducal chamber hussar and hunting lakai . After attending the Ludwigsburg Latin School , he was accepted as a forestry student at the Hohen Carlsschule in 1782 . After completing his studies, he went to the Black Forest in Württemberg in 1786 to receive further training in forestry practice in Freudenstadt under the direction of the chief forester Carl Christian von Weitershausen . From there he applied for a corresponding professorship at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau . In the end, his appointment did not fail because of his abilities, which he was awarded, although he was considered too young for the office.

Jaeger was appointed on November 11, 1787 by Duke Karl Eugen von Württemberg to teach natural history to the ducal hunter's guard in Hohenheim , where he mainly taught zoology . He held this position until April 1, 1789. In the summer of 1790 he was briefly employed by the ducal church council for its forests, but during this time he received a large sum of money for an extended study trip, which he completed from August 16, 1790 to May 18, 1792. He traveled through Germany via the Harz , Hanover , the Giant Mountains , the Ore Mountains and finally via Franconia and Bavaria back to Württemberg. He was able to make many lasting contacts.

After his return to Stuttgart on June 8, 1792, Jaeger got a job as a forestry commissioner, and he also took care of the cultural and operational regulation work for the church council's forest administration. These positions enabled him to explore the forests throughout the estate. On March 17, 1806, he became a forestry advisor with a seat and vote in the royal forestry directorate, and on February 12, 1811, he became a forestry advisor at the royal court and domain chamber . On June 8, 1811 he was appointed chief forestry officer. In December 1817 he was promoted to the first voting council in the forest council of the Kronforstes. From July 1, 1824 until its dissolution in 1827, he was the director of the body. He then worked in the Royal Treasury until his retirement on March 9, 1840. Shortly afterwards he passed away.

Works

Jaeger worked from 1790 to 1799 on the journal for forestry and hunting of his brother-in-law Johann Daniel Reitter and from 1797 to 1803 on the illustrations of the 100 German wild wood species according to the number directory in the forestry manual of Herr von Burgsdorf . In addition, he published the Osteological Remarks posthumously in 1857 in Breslau and Bonn . It is his merit that the planned coppice forest management in the Württemberg state forests could be prevented.

Honors

• 1808 Knight of the Civil Merit Order of the Württemberg Crown
• In 1812 he was elected a member of the Saxon-Gotha and Meiningische Society of Forestry and Hunting in Dreisigacker
• 1830 Knight of the Order of the Württemberg Crown
• 1837 Elected member of the Imperial Russian Society for the Promotion of Forestry

literature

• Richard Hess :  Jaeger, Georg Friedrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, pp. 646-648.
• Nekrolog: Georg Friedrich Jäger. In: General forest and hunting newspaper. 1840, p. 365.

Web links

• Works by and about Georg Friedrich von Jaeger  in the German Digital Library