Gustav Könnecke (agricultural scientist)

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Gustav Könnecke

Gustav Könnecke (born June 30, 1908 in Luckenwalde ; † October 17, 1992 in Holzweißig near Bitterfeld ) was a German arable and crop scientist . Since 1951, over two decades, he has decisively shaped the development of agricultural research at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg. He is considered the nestor of crop rotation research in Germany.

Live and act

Gustav Könnecke, son of a Reichsbahnamtmann, studied at the Agricultural University in Berlin from 1929 , switched to the University of Halle (Saale) in 1931 and received his doctorate there in 1935 with the dissertation "Investigations into the so-called settling of the soil". Under the aegis of his doctoral supervisor Theodor Roemer , he headed the Versuchsring Köthen from 1935 to 1943 .

After 1945, Könnecke was the head of the experimental farms at the University of Halle, who was responsible for agricultural research and at the same time worked as a scientific assistant at the Institute for Crop Production. In 1951 he completed his habilitation in Halle with the thesis "Increase in yield and preservation of soil fertility by changing crop rotations". In the same year he was appointed as the successor to Theodor Roemer as professor and director of the Institute for Arable and Plant Production at the University of Halle (Saale). He worked here until 1973.

In Köthen and after 1945, Könnecke carried out a large number of soil cultivation, fertilization and variety tests on the Noitzsch, Merbitz, Etzdorf, Mößlitz and Bärenrode university estates. However, the focus of his research activities were studies on the effects of crop rotation. The knowledge gained from the results of his long-term tests gave crop rotation research at home and abroad lasting impulses and also influenced crop rotation design in agricultural practice. For many years, Könnecke was chairman of the “Working Group on Crop Rotation” of the GDR Academy of Agricultural Sciences. His book “Crop rotations” (1967) has been translated into several languages ​​and is one of the “classic works” in the field of arable and crop production.

A notable document on the history of crop science is Könnecke's contribution, published in 1952, entitled “Theodor Roemer and the Institute for Arable and Plant Production at the University of Halle”. Together with Hans Stubbe , Könnecke published the “ Kühn Archive ” from 1952 to 1971 .

Honors

Main publications

  • Investigations into the so-called settling of the ground . Natural science Diss. Univ. Halle (Saale) 1935. - Zugl. in: Kühn Archive Vol. 39, 1935, pp. 294–322.
  • Increase in yield and maintenance of soil fertility by changing crop rotations . Habil.-Schr. Agricultural Faculty Univ. Halle (Saale) 1951. - Zugl. in: Kühn-Archiv Vol. 64, 1951, pp. 107-224.
  • Theodor Roemer and the Institute for Arable and Crop Production at the University of Halle . In: 450 Years of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Vol. 3: Halle-Wittenberg 1945–1952. Halle (Saale) 1952, pp. 183–191.
  • Research tasks and field tests 1956-1961 of the Institute for Arable and Crop Production of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg . Edited by G. Könnecke. Halle (Saale) 1963.
  • Crop rotations . VEB Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag Berlin 1967; second, unchanged edition, ibid. 1967.
  • Research tasks and field tests 1962-1968 of the Institute for Arable and Crop Production of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg . Edited by G. Könnecke. Halle (Saale) 1968.
  • Contribution to the scientific basis of socialist intensification and complex rationalization in plant production . On the 25th day of the founding of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Halle 1947–1972. Edited and edited by G. Könnecke and H. Howitz. Halle (Saale) 1972.

literature

  • G. Müller: Prof. Dr. sc. nat. habil. Dr. hc Gustav Könnecke on his 65th birthday . In: Archiv für Acker- und Pflanzenbau und Bodenkunde, Vol. 17, 1973, pp. 413-415 (with picture on p. 411).
  • Prof. Dr. sc. nat. habil. Dr. hc Gustav Könnecke on his 70th birthday . In: Archive for arable and plant cultivation and soil science, Vol. 22, 1978, pp. 329-330 (with picture).
  • Prof. Dr. sc. nat. habil. Dr. hc Gustav Könnecke on his 75th birthday . In: Archives for arable and plant cultivation and soil science, Vol. 27, 1983, pp. 415-416 (with picture).
  • J. Garz and Erich Kuntzsch: Obituary for Gustav Könnecke . In: Kühn Archive Vol. 87, 1993, pp. 1–2 (with picture).
  • Olaf Christen and Erich Kuntzsch: Gustav Könnecke (June 30, 1908 - October 17, 1992) and the development of crop rotation research in Halle . In: Faculty messenger of the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg e. V. Issue 2–2008, pp. 17–21 (with picture).
  • Theophil Gerber: Personalities from agriculture and forestry, horticulture and veterinary medicine - Biographisches Lexikon, NORA Berlin, 4th exp. Ed., 2014, pp. 387–388

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Footnotes

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personal data
SURNAME Konnecke, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German agronomist and crop scientist
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Luckenwalde
DATE OF DEATH 17th October 1992
Place of death Holzweißig at Bitterfeld