Hans Schön (agricultural scientist)
Hans Schön (born February 16, 1940 in Großensterz , Tirschenreuth district ; † November 30, 2004 in Kranzberg , Freising district ) was a German agricultural scientist specializing in agricultural engineering . He was the founding president of the Bavarian State Agency for Agriculture .
Life and professional history
Schön came from a long-established farming family in the northern Upper Palatinate.
After an agricultural apprenticeship, he studied agricultural sciences from 1960 to 1963 at the University of Kiel and the Technical University of Munich-Weihenstephan . In 1969 he received his doctorate from the Justus Liebig University in Gießen with the thesis Requirements and possibilities of mechanization of feeding in cattle stalls , which focused on animal-friendly housing systems.
From 1970 to 1978 Schön worked at the Chair of Agricultural Engineering at the Technical University of Munich-Weihenstephan , where he played a key role in setting up the Collaborative Research Center 141 of the DFG “Production Technology in Cattle Farming”.
In 1978 he was appointed head of the Institute for Industrial Engineering at the Federal Research Center for Agriculture (FAL) in Braunschweig - Völkenrode . In 1988 he was elected President of the FAL.
In 1990, Schön followed a call as a full professor to the chair for agricultural engineering at the Technical University of Munich-Weihenstephan. At the same time he was appointed director of the institute of the same name and board member of the Bavarian State Institute for Agricultural Engineering. From 2001 onwards, Schön prepared the establishment of what would later become the Bavarian State Agency for Agriculture (LfL), of which he was appointed founding president at the beginning of 2003.
In 1988 the German Agricultural Society awarded him the Silver Max Eyth Commemorative Coin for his services to agriculture . In 1994 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Pannonian Agricultural University. In 1968 he received the Armand Blanc Prize from the World Association for Agricultural Engineering (CIRG). In 2000 he received the Bavarian State Medal in silver.
Functions in scientific societies and commissions
From 1993 to 2001, Schön was President of the Board of Trustees for Technology and Construction in Agriculture (KTBL). After 1990 he was a member of the Science Council for the evaluation and redesign of agricultural research in the new federal states.
Important research areas
- Mechanization of dairy farming in loose stalls under the aspect of animal-friendly housing systems
- Optimization of the tractor use
- Water-saving irrigation methods
- Technology of renewable raw materials and recycling of biological residues
- Automation of milking and dairy farming ( milking robots ); 1989 automated milking of cows for the first time in Germany
- Mechanization strategies in agriculture
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Around 450 publications on the mechanization of agriculture.
Web links
- Obituary (PDF) in the LfL's 2004 annual report
- Requirements for agricultural research. ( Memento of November 4, 2004 in the Internet Archive ; PDF) tll.de, May 31, 2002
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fine, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German agricultural scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grossensterz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 2004 |
| Place of death | Kranzberg |