Heinrich Birk

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Heinrich Birk (born May 26, 1898 in Wiesbaden , † May 8, 1973 in Geisenheim ) was a vine grower and expert in viticulture .

Life

After graduating from high school, Heinrich Birk had initially studied agricultural sciences in Bonn from 1920–1923 and, after 1924, in addition to an initial position at the Steinberg domain near the Eberbach monastery, also studied philosophy in Gießen ; he received his doctorate in this subject in 1929. At this point in time, he had already been working for two years as a clerk at the Geisenheim Research Institute at the Institute for Vines as an assistant to Professor F. Muth. The management of the shortly after he was at this institute in 1939 Adolf Hitler's seizure of power founded Reich vine breeding station transmitted. He had to cancel this task a year later because he was drafted into military service. Birk returned in 1945 and devoted himself to rebuilding in the post-war period.

Heinrich Birk became famous for the cultivation of some new grape varieties by clones of Riesling and crossing with other varieties. Birk's idea was to create a wine that ripened earlier than the traditional Riesling. Under his direction, test areas with Arnsburger , Breidecker , Ehrenfelser , Hibernal , Osteiner , Reichensteiner , Rotberger , Schönburger and Witberger were created .

In 1955 Heinrich Birk was appointed honorary professor and director of the institute. In 1964 he retired and transferred responsibility to his better-known successor, Helmut Becker , who achieved international renown as a vine grower. Some of the new breeds developed by Heinrich Birk served Becker as the basis for his further cross-breeding experiments.

literature

  • Walter Schenk: 100 years of the Geisenheim vine processing station , in: Communications from the Society for the Promotion of the Geisenheim Research Station , 1990, 4–17
  • ders .: Vineyard and Cellar , 1963

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinrich Birk: The current state of vine grafting in Germany in terms of technology and business management. Phil. Dissertation. Reuter, Mainz 1930

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personal data
SURNAME Birk, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vine grower and expert in viticulture
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1973
Place of death Geisenheim