Gerhardt Prussia

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Gerhardt Preuschen (born January 22, 1908 in Darmstadt ; † March 22, 2004 in Goslar ) was a German agricultural scientist who is best known for his work on organic agriculture and viticulture .

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Gerhardt Preuschen was the son of the theologian and philologist Erwin Preuschen . He studied agriculture in Stuttgart-Hohenheim and Berlin as well as mechanical engineering for a few semesters in Darmstadt and Stuttgart .

In 1932 he completed his studies as a qualified farmer and took on consulting tasks in eastern Germany, including in Landsberg an der Warthe and in Eberswalde . In 1935 he started working in agricultural engineering. Developed from East German company relationships, PhD at the Agricultural University in Berlin .

Gerhardt Preuschen joined the SS in 1933 and became a member of the NSDAP in 1937 (member no. 5318725). In 1940 he founded the Institute for Agricultural Labor Science of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society for the Promotion of Science in Breslau , which was moved to Imbshausen in 1945 and transferred to the Max Planck Society in Bad Kreuznach in 1950 as the Institute for Agricultural Work and Technology .

Gerhardt Preuschen was appointed as an adjunct professor at the Institute for Agricultural Economics at the Hohenheim Agricultural University in 1956 . In 1964 he became a member of the Society for the History of Wine , of which he was Vice President from 1969 to 1988. He initiated the publication of Georg Schreiber's book German Wine History. The wine in popular life, cult and economy , which appeared posthumously in 1980 .

Preuschen headed the Max Planck Institute for Agricultural Labor and Technology until his retirement in 1976, when it was closed. After his retirement, Gerhardt Preuschen mainly worked again in the field of organic agriculture. He published several books and was particularly involved in the Ecology & Agriculture Foundation .

Gerhardt Preuschen was married to Marie-Luise Preuschen, b. Schulz rose garden.

Fonts

  • Agricultural engineering tasks. Developed from East German operating conditions. Dissertation. Agricultural University Berlin 1934. Beyer, Langensalza 1935.
  • The use of the machine on the farm. Instructions for the farm manager and a suggestion for the agricultural engineer (= Improved working methods in agriculture. Work from the experimental and research institute for agricultural work. Booklet 4). Pary, Berlin 1935.
  • Use of machines today and tomorrow (= work management and management. Series of publications by the technical estate consultancy Eberswalde. Issue 1). Parey, Berlin 1940. 4th edition 1944.
  • Labor-saving manure management (= labor management and management. Series of publications by the technical estate consultancy Eberswalde. Issue 2). Parey, Berlin 1940.
  • Labor saving through functional buildings. Parey, Berlin 1943.
  • The economic framework. With the collaboration of Hans Rheinwald and Walter Glasow. Verlag der Landwirtschaftskammer, Hannover 1946. 2nd edition 1947.
  • with Friedrich Lampe: The work estimate on the farm. Determination of workload and work requirement. Landbuch, Hanover [1947].
  • General agricultural management. Lutzeyer, Minden, Frankfurt am Main 1949.
  • Guide to economic advice in agriculture. Lutzeyer, Bad Oeynhausen 1949.
  • Agricultural management. Lutzeyer, Frankfurt am Main 1950.
  • with Walter Robert Blum: Price and wages in German agriculture. Study Society for Agricultural Labor Economics, Bad Kreuznach [1950].
  • The technology on the farm. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1951. 2nd edition 1958.
  • Farm work that pays off. Bayerischer Landwirtschaftsverlag, Munich 1952. 2nd edition 1954. 3rd edition 1957.
  • Our Max. A story from the life of a farming family. Bayerischer Landwirtschaftsverlag, Munich 1954.
  • with Ludwig-Wilhelm Ries : The work in agriculture. 3. Edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1956.
  • Live more meaningful life, happier life. Daily work and happiness in today's world. Stalling, Oldenburg 1958.
  • The rural family business. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1959.
  • with Heinrich Dupuis, Olaf Nord: Working methods and machines for viticulture. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1959.
  • The agricultural machinery advisor. Bayerischer Landwirtschaftsverlag, Munich, Bonn 1959.
  • Man himself is not exempt - women. Mann, Hildesheim 1961.
  • Europe. Problems, tasks, opportunities. Krausskopf, Wiesbaden 1962.
  • with Josef Hesselbach: Agricultural business organization in the EEC. Field and forest, Essen 1964.
  • with Sybille Driver: The Budget Today. Way of life and way of working in the household in the country. Parey, Hamburg, Berlin 1965.
  • Rationalize appropriately. Parey, Hamburg, Berlin 1968.
  • Introduction to ergonomics. Rombach, Freiburg i. Br. 1973, ISBN 3-7930-0982-3 .
  • Organic viticulture. Müller, Karlsruhe 1980, ISBN 3-7880-9643-8 . 3rd edition 1983, ISBN 3-7880-9692-6 . 4th edition 1986, ISBN 3-7880-9711-6 . 6th edition: Müller, Karlsruhe 1994, ISBN 3-7880-7473-6 .
  • with Konrad Bernath: The art of green manure. Stocker, Graz, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-7020-0462-9 .
  • The farmer as a soil protector. Stocker, Graz, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-7020-0502-1 .
  • Man and nature - partner or opponent? Stocker, Graz, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-7020-0547-1 . 2nd edition: SÖL, Bad Dürkheim 1991, ISBN 3-926104-36-8 .
  • The new land book. With the collaboration of Ulrich Hampl and Andrea Mathy. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-596-24062-X .
  • Agriculture according to ecological laws. Müller, Karlsruhe 1991, ISBN 3-7880-9838-4 . 2nd edition 1994, ISBN 3-7880-9873-2 .
  • with Nicola Osswald: Apprenticeship for organic farming. Müller, Karlsruhe 1993, ISBN 3-7880-7456-6 .
  • Small ecological world history. Deukalion, Holm 1996, ISBN 3-926104-61-9 .
  • with Konrad Bernath, Ulrich Hampl: conversion to organic farming. SÖL, Bad Dürkheim 1999, ISBN 3-926104-90-2 .
  • Life is creation. SÖL, Königslutter 1999, ISBN 3-934499-30-9 .
  • Life memories. Agriculture in the 20th century. Autobiography. Videel, Niebüll 2002, ISBN 3-89906-338-4 .

literature

  • Walter Glasow (Ed.): Tasks and results from agricultural labor science. Scientific contributions on the 60th birthday of Prof. Dr. Gerhardt Prussia. Parey, Hamburg, Berlin 1968.
  • Irene Raehlmann: Industrial Science in National Socialism. An analysis of the sociology of science. VS, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 3-531-14678-5 , pp. 123ff. ( Google books )
  • Josef Hesselbach, Ulrich Hampl: Gerhardt Preuschen January 22, 1908 - March 22, 2004. In: Yearbook of the Max Planck Society 2005. ISBN 3-927579-21-1 , pp. 121f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Preuschen, Gerhardt. In: Ulrich Fellmeth , Harald Winkel (Hrsg.): Hohenheim themes. University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart-Hohenheim 2008, p. 343f.
personal data
SURNAME Prussia, Gerhardt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agricultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 2004
Place of death Goslar