Gottlieb von Gruyères

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Gottlieb von Greyerz (born March 29, 1778 in Steffisburg ; † May 16, 1855 in Bern ) was a Swiss forester , forester in Günzburg and forest inspector in Augsburg as well as co-founder of the Swiss Forestry Association .

origin

His parents were the pastor Gottlieb Emanuel Daniel von Greyerz (born June 9, 1743; † June 1, 1818) and his wife Henriette Maria Anna Morell (born October 10, 1756; † February 20, 1817).

Life

Von Greyerz first studied law in Bern before going into civil service. But the political unrest of his time made him switch to forestry. He went to Germany to study at the Universities of Heidelberg and Göttingen . He then worked in the Harz and other German forest areas.

He must then have joined the army and fought in the First Coalition War, because in 1798 he was an artillery lieutenant and had already been wounded. Attempts to get a job in Bern failed, so in 1804 he went to Bavaria to take up the post of royal Bavarian head forester in Stoffenried near Günzburg. Just a few years later he was promoted to forest master. In 1809 he became a soldier again and took part in the war against the Tyroleans with the Bavarian forest rifle company. In 1810 he was transferred to Augsburg as a forest inspector. He stayed there until he was transferred to Bayreuth in 1829, where he remained until his retirement. Then he moved back to his home town of Bern.

In Bavaria he developed a method for the care of the stunted jaw populations . This was a clear-cutting system with regular thinning and the addition of other tree species.

He continued to use the experience gained in his professional life in his retirement. Under his leadership, numerous avenues were planted and maintained in the area around Bern and on Lake Brienz and Lake Thun, and with great success. He continued to write for the Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung and contributed to the New Pocket Book for Nature, Forest and Hunting Friends , which was published by Georg Friedrich Christian von Schultes. His topic was silviculture . He dealt with plant spacing for the cultivation of fast-growing wood species and experiments with exotic woody plants. He advocated efficient sowing, planting and thinning.

In 1843 he founded the Swiss Forest Association with Karl Albrecht Kasthofer .

family

He was married to Klara Forster (1789–1839), a daughter of Georg Forster and his wife Therese Huber . The couple had several children:

  • Emil (1805-1805)
  • Maria Therese Emilie (born March 3, 1808 - † January 15, 1890), educator in the house of Baron von Tina in Vienna
  • Walo (1808-1815)
  • Georg Leo Emil (born April 20, 1811; † March 11, 1869), head forester and city forest manager in Bern ⚭ Adelheid Caroline Fueter
  • Alfons (born June 5, 1813 - † June 4, 1864), teacher ⚭ Cäcilia Klara Amalia Isenschmid
  • Friedrich Karl Walo (born October 11, 1815 - September 17, 1904), artillery lieutenant in the Bavarian service, forester in Lenzburg, editor of the forest journal, Colonel ⚭ Sophia Wilhelmine Margaretha Wedekind
  • Ludwig Ferdinand Adolf (* February 18, 1818 - April 1871), forester in Biel, chief forester in the Oberland, colonel in the general staff ⚭ Louise Rosina Josefine Huber
  • Emma Klara Ida (* March 18, 1820; † 1913), ⚭ Albrecht Friedrich Haller
  • Wilhelm Amadeus Otto (born November 29, 1829 - † September 13, 1882), pastor ⚭ 1. Elisabeth Paulina Locher ⚭ 2. Anna Sophia Hess
  • Klara Maria Louise Adelheid (born September 13, 1832 - † February 2, 1896), teacher, flower painter

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogical information , website Bernese sexes, accessed on March 27, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Gruyères, Gottlieb von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss forester and forest inspector
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Steffisburg
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1855
Place of death Bern