Higher federal college and federal office for viticulture and fruit growing
| Higher federal college for viticulture and fruit growing | |
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| type of school | Federal College |
| founding | 1860 as the lower monastery viticulture school |
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Wiener Strasse 74 |
| place | Klosterneuburg |
| state | Lower Austria |
| Country | Austria |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 18 '4 " N , 16 ° 19' 53" E |
| carrier | Republic of Austria |
| student | 166 (as of May 2011) |
| Teachers | 37 |
| management | Reinhard Eder |
| Website | www.weinobstklosterneuburg.at |
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| State level | Federation | ||
| Position of the authority | subordinate agency | ||
| At sight | Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Regions and Tourism | ||
| founding | 1870 as an oenochemical experimental station | ||
| Headquarters | Klosterneuburg , Austria | ||
| Authority management | Reinhard Eder | ||
| Servants | ~ 10 | ||
| Website | www.weinobstklosterneuburg.at | ||
The Höhere Bundeslehranstalt und Bundesamt für Wein- und Obstbau Klosterneuburg ( Alma mater Babonensis , also LFZ Klosterneuburg ) is the Austrian teaching and research center for viticulture and fruit growing in Klosterneuburg in Lower Austria. It reports directly to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism .
Agendas
The aim of the only Austrian federal educational institution in this field is to offer comprehensive training in the areas of viticulture and cellar management , fruit growing and fruit processing. Research projects and experiments with close practical relevance are carried out in the affiliated Federal Office with its research center. In addition, expert opinions and test certificates are created, consulting services are provided and training courses are offered.
In 2006 the institute had around 150 employees in all areas of responsibility. The institute has one class with 25 to 35 students per year.
The many achievements that come from the establishment include a sulfur-free wine, first cover wines made from Austrian grape varieties , a first dealcoholized wine, quality brandies made from Austrian grapes, new technologies in red wine production and the development of the Klosterneuburg must weigher .
The following quality grape varieties have been developed in the field of vine breeding : Blauburger , Goldburger , Jubiläumsrebe , Zweigelt , Roesler and Rathay . The last three grape varieties were named after former directors. The Seifert grape variety, also named after a director, has since been withdrawn due to its high susceptibility to rot. Pinot Blanc , Traminer , Welschriesling and Riesling were significantly improved through selection from old vines.
The breeding of the most important elderberry variety "Haschberg" should be emphasized from the fruit growing department .
The institution contributes to research on the origins of the grape varieties through DNA analyzes . Important successes are the determination of the father variety of the Müller-Thurgau , as well as the parents of the Grüner Veltliner and the proof of the importance of the so-called Franconian and Heunischen grape families for many of the grape varieties widespread in Europe.
The most famous former students of the institute are the winery owner and inventor of the high culture form of education Laurenz (Lenz) Moser III and the viticulture specialist Franz Kober .
history
The foundation goes back to the commitment of Eduard Schwäger Freiherr von Hohenbruck, the vice director of the kuk Landwirtschaftsgesellschaft Wien . It took place on April 12, 1860 in Klosterneuburg Abbey under the name of Niedere Stiftsweinbauschule with the support of the Abbey. The Institute is therefore one of the world's oldest schools of this kind. The top line led Adam Schreck, the former prelate of the Canons of Klosterneuburg. August-Wilhelm Freiherr von Babo was appointed as the first director . He was responsible for the technical management of the "Fruit and Wine School in Klosterneuburg", as it was officially called at least since he took office. On his initiative, the school was converted into a state educational institution in 1874 and the viticulture schools were founded in Retz , Mistelbach , Krems and Gumpoldskirchen .
In 1863, the educational institution passed to the state of Lower Austria by resolution of the Lower Austrian Parliament and was renamed the Lower Austrian State Fruit and Wine School. In 1869 Babo founded the first Austrian wine magazine. The following year, the independent oenochemical research station was founded, which was headed by Leonhard Roesler . In the years that followed, the control of phylloxera and powdery mildew were the primary goals. On June 15, 1872, Roesler was able to detect phylloxera on a Burgundy vine for the first time in Austria. The irony of fate is that phylloxera was brought into Europe on the American vines via Great Britain, which Director v. Babo in 1868 for experimental purposes - in the search for solutions in the fight against powdery mildew - introduced to Austria. As a result, the hostility against the director of the fruit and wine school was at times so great that he could only walk from his apartment to the wine school with a gendarmerie escort.
On October 1, 1874, the institute was converted into a technical secondary school with the name kuk Oenological and Pomological Educational Institute and placed under the Ministry of Agriculture. At the same time, the duration of the study was increased from 2 to 3 years. The refinement of the vines, which originated in France, was further developed in 1885. Downy mildew had to be detected for the first time in the school's test facilities in 1889 .
After Babo left, Emerich Ráthay took over the post of director of the institution from 1893, initially provisionally and officially from April 19, 1894. On April 16, 1902, the institute received new statutes , was reorganized and was henceforth called the kuk higher educational institution for viticulture and fruit growing . The chemical-physiological experimental station was closed and the wine chemistry department was incorporated into the institute.
In 1925 the Horticultural Society's Higher Horticultural School was attached to the institute. In addition, the federal vine cultivation station and the yeast cultivation station with the laboratories for wine chemistry and botany were combined to form the federal research station for viticulture, fruit growing and horticulture . From 1927, the name changed to Higher Federal Teaching and Federal Experimental Station for viticulture, fruit growing and horticulture .
In 1938 Fritz Zweigelt was appointed director. Many employees took early retirement or dismissed for political reasons . At the end of the Second World War , the institute was used as the Volkssturm barracks in April 1945 . In the last days of the war the institutional library received an artillery hit and was almost completely destroyed. On September 20, the lessons that had been discontinued in March were resumed.
The Horticultural Society's Higher Horticultural School, incorporated in 1925, was again outsourced as the Higher Federal Teaching and Research Institute for Horticulture in 1951. After another renaming, the institute was now called the Higher Federal Teaching and Research Institute for Horticulture . The duration of study was extended to four years in 1954 and to five years in 1967.
On May 1, 1980, was Federal Training and Research Institute of Apiculture joined the Institute. Similarly, the name changed to Higher Federal Teaching and Research Institute for Viticulture and Fruit Growing with an Institute for Apiculture . In 1994 the name changed again to Higher Federal College and Federal Office for Viticulture and Fruit Growing with Institute for Apiculture . This was accompanied by additional tasks such as testing and assessing plants, seedlings and propagation material . The Apiculture Institute was spun off the following year . Since then, the school has been called the Federal Higher Education Institute and Federal Office for Viticulture and Fruit Growing .
The Austrian Wine Challenge Vienna has been held since 2004 .
HBLA directors for viticulture and fruit growing
- 1860–1893: August Wilhelm Freiherr von Babo
- 1893-1900: Emerich Rathay
- 1900–1909: Leopold Weigert
- 1909–1922: Wenzel Seifert
- 1922–1927: Ludwig Linsbauer
- 1927–1938: Artur Bretschneider
- 1938–1945: Friedrich Zweigelt
- 1946–1953: Emil Planckh
- 1953–1962: Paul Steingruber
- 1962–1969: Heinrich Kronlechner
- 1969–1980: Franz Prillinger
- 1980–1988: Johann Haushofer
- 1988–1999: Josef Weiss
- 1999–2012: Karl Vogl
- since 2013: Reinhard Eder
literature
- Josef Weiss: From the practical school for wine and fruit growing to the higher federal college and federal office for wine and fruit growing - a chronicle . ( pdf , hbla.weinobstklosterneuburg.at)
Web links
- Official website of the Federal College Klosterneuburg
- Article on the history of the "Viticulture School"
Individual evidence
- ↑ A. Freih. v. Babo: Agricultural Tables II: Tobacco growing, viticulture. Vienna: Anton Hartinger & Sohn 1869 (information about the author on the title page).
- ^ Leonhard Roesler (1839–1910), most recently professor at the Grand Ducal Badisches Polytechnikum, co-founder of the Annalen der Oenologie ; Lit. Weiss, pdf p. 3