Gerhard Götz (viticulture specialist)

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Gerhard Götz (born June 5, 1931 in Flein ) is a German viticulture and fruit growing specialist . In the Wuerttemberg wine-growing region , as managing director of the Viticulture Association and director of Germany's oldest wine-growing school, he had great influence over decades and was involved in many innovations.

Life

Götz was born as the eldest son of the farmer Alfred Götz and his wife Emma, ​​b. Lang was born in Flein and attended elementary school there from 1938 to 1942 . From autumn 1942 he was a student at the Robert Mayer High School in neighboring Heilbronn . Was after the lessons due to the war failed in December 1944 he continued to attend school from June 1945 in the United high schools continued Heilbronn and completed in June 1951 at the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Heilbronn the High School . He completed a subsequent agricultural apprenticeship with a visit to the Heilbronn agricultural school in the winters of 1951/52 and 1952/53 in the spring of 1953 with the agricultural assistant examination.

From the winter semester of 1953/54 he studied agriculture at the Hohenheim Agricultural University in Stuttgart . In 1956 he passed the examination to become a qualified farmer with the subject of vine relocation and conversion , then he worked at the institute for fruit and vegetable growing at the university. In 1960, he was there with a work for the selection and licensing the fruits of Doctor of Agriculture PhD .

At the suggestion of President Otto Haag , Götz was honorary managing director of the Württemberg winegrowing association from July 1, 1958 to 1970, whose office was in Stuttgart- Birkach during his term of office . In addition to improving the structure of the association, during this time he accompanied the consolidation of vineyards and new wine cellars, participated in the organization of the German wine-growing congresses in Stuttgart and Offenburg and stood out through numerous specialist publications and lectures.

In 1970, Götz was appointed director of the oldest viticulture school in Germany, the state teaching and research institute for viticulture and fruit growing in Weinsberg, to succeed Ernst Klenk . He took this office on March 1, 1970 and held it until May 1, 1995 for 25 years. During this time, the viticulture school received a large number of new tasks such as the official quality wine test , the coordination of the experimental fruit cultivation and the creation and management of the viticulture register in Württemberg. Götz influenced an entire generation of young tenants that drove new variety of grape varieties ahead and was among the pioneers of oak - expansion in Württemberg. After leaving as director of the viticulture school, Götz took on various voluntary tasks, including until 2010 that of the head of the state award for wine and sparkling wine.

family

During his time in Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Gerhard Götz met his wife Ilse. The marriage had three children. Götz lives in Obersulm - Affaltrach .

Publications

In addition to numerous articles on viticulture and fruit growing, Götz also published a number of monographic works:

  • For selection and licensing of fruit . Hohenheim, Agricultural University, dissertation from May 25, 1960, DNB 480967482
  • Sweet and sour cherries . Ulmer, Stuttgart 1970, ISBN 3-8001-5248-7
  • Fruit types atlas. Pome fruit, stone fruit, soft fruit, nuts. By Gerhard Götz and Robert Silbereisen . Ulmer, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-8001-5527-3
  • Fruit types atlas. Pome fruit, stone fruit, soft fruit, nuts. By Robert Silbereisen, Gerhard Götz and Walter Hartmann. 2nd Edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8001-5537-0

Awards

In 1977 Götz received the Golden Badge of Honor from the Württemberg winegrowing association, and in 1995 he was made an honorary member of the association. In the same year he received the Golden Medal of Honor of the City of Weinsberg.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Yearbook for the city of Weinsberg 1995 . Jahrbuch-Verlag, Weinsberg 1995, ZDB -ID 717014-2 , pp. 39-41
  2. ↑ Kilian Krauth: From the underworld into the spotlight . In: Heilbronn voice . October 19, 2011 ( from Stimme.de [accessed December 19, 2012]).
  3. ↑ “Weindoktor” Götz retired as exam manager. ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) weinbauverband-wuerttemberg.de, March 4, 2010; Retrieved December 19, 2012
  4. ↑ Article on viticulture by Gerhard Götz in the bibliography on the history and culture of wine

literature

  • Gerhard Götz: On the selection and licensing of fruit . Hohenheim, Agricultural University, dissertation from May 25, 1960, DNB 480967482 , p. 112 (curriculum vitae)
  • 1825-2000. 175 years of Weinbauverband Württemberg e. V. Weinbauverband Württemberg, Weinsberg 1999, DNB 963883925 , p. 79
  • Gerhard Götz (Red.): Festschrift 1868–1993. 125 years of the state teaching and research institute for viticulture and fruit growing in Weinsberg . State Teaching and research institute for viticulture and fruit growing, Weinsberg 1993, DNB 931838657

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personal data
SURNAME Götz, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German viticulture and fruit growing specialist
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Flein