Georg von Arnswaldt
Georg Michael Martin Hubert von Arnswaldt (born September 29, 1866 in Hanover , † July 29, 1952 in Ebstorf ) was a German forester and conservationist .
Life
Georg von Arnswaldt was the son of the landowner Hans von Arnswaldt from the originally Thuringian and later Hanoverian noble family von Arnswaldt . From 1876 to 1883 he attended the Vitzthumsche Gymnasium in Dresden and in 1885 the Realgymnasium in Celle . He then studied forest sciences at the Eberswalde Forest Academy and became head of the Radelübbe Forestry Office in 1888 . In 1891 he enrolled to study cameras at the University of Rostock . In 1901 he was appointed head of the Mecklenburg Forestry Office Schlemmin (today part of Bernitt ), which he developed into a model area with exemplary silvicultural activity in the 33 years of his management activity . In 1926 he was appointed head forester . He was captain of the reserve .
In 1905 Arnswaldt was a member of the preparatory committee for the establishment of the Mecklenburg Heimatbund. In 1917, on his initiative, the first nature reserve in Mecklenburg was created in the Drispether Moor . In 1935 he became head of the state agency for nature conservation in Mecklenburg. Georg von Arnswaldt was chairman of the Mecklenburg Forestry Management Association, a member of the management council of the German Forestry Association and the Reich Forestry Council, and chairman of the Reich Forest Association .
Retired in Schwerin since 1934, from 1939 to 1941 he took over the management of the Schlemmin Forestry Office as a substitute due to the war. In 1944 he moved to Lower Saxony.
In the Hohe Burg and Schwarzer See nature reserve, a memorial stone has been commemorating him and his son and successor Hans-Jürgen, who, like the Schlemmin Forestry Office, is on the list of architectural monuments in Bernitt since 1992 .
family
Georg Michael von Arnswaldt married on June 12, 1896 in Klodram Annamarie Mathilde Caroline Bolten (1872–1955). The four children Hans-Jürgen , who later became Rear Admiral Wolff Ehrenreich (1898–1972), Edelgard and Burghard emerged from the marriage.
Works
- Nature conservation in Mecklenburg (Wismar 1938)
- Mecklenburg, the land of strong oaks and beeches (Schwerin 1939)
literature
- Holger Voß: Georg von Arnswaldt: a pioneer of near-natural forestry, nature conservation and landscape management in Mecklenburg; Findings and experiences, problems and solutions from the first half of this century. Techn. Univ. Dresden (Diss.), Dresden 1999.
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 284-285 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg von Arnswaldt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Georg von Arnswaldt in the state bibliography MV
- Works by Georg von Arnswaldt in the state bibliography MV
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ↑ Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 284 .
- ↑ Arnswaldt, Georg von ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Orte-in-MV.de.
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SURNAME | Arnswaldt, Georg von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arnswaldt, Georg Michael Martin Hubert von (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German forester and conservationist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1866 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover , Germany |
DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1952 |
Place of death | Ebstorf , Germany |